Written for the home-based business owner, not for the tax expert, the tax preparer or the tax attorney. Down to home advice from a licensed tax consultant in Oregon, where tax preparers and tax consultants are tested by the state to be able to work in this field. Answers such questions as should I buy or lease a car? What it takes to have an office in your home and what you can deduct from your income for having such an office. Includes many forms. But since you cannot print from the Kindle it gives you a website to go to in order to print your forms from there. Written in plain English, not the English attorneys and tax experts’ use. We do not talk about the court system or the inner workings of the IRS. Instead this is practical advice written for the business owner who works out of his or her home. It is business advice as well as some tax tips. Starting with how to set up a business. Which style of business do you want when you start your business: a sole proprietorship? A partnership if you have partners? What about a corporation or its alternative, a limited liability company? These are the kinds of questions this book prompts you to answer. It goes on to tell you how to set up your bank account. Getting more complex it gives you an outline of how to write and update a business plan for you company. The business plan outline continues by giving you a sample of a complex business plan for a business. You can see how the business plan evolved into a working document so you too can take advantage of this valuable tool.There is even a short essay in the book on effective management tools that gives you references to search further on now management your business and your employees more effectively. This is a book you need and a book that gives you great direct tips on how to manage your business, both from the management side and from the financial side.The author is not only a licensed tax consultant in Oregon but he also has owned his business for many years. He gives you advice not only as a tax expert, in language you can easily understand, but also advice he gathered for many years as a small business owner.