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Buying a Business For Dummies
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Buying a Business For Dummies

by Eric Tyson, Jim Schell
April 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
304 pages
6h 58m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Chapter 11

Handling Regulatory and Legal Issues

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Surveying small-business laws and regulations

Bullet Meeting local, state, and federal small-business regulations

Bullet Managing legal issues related to employees

One of the least-pleasant aspects of starting and running a small business is comprehending and adhering to the myriad government regulations that affect how and where you do business — not to mention the plethora of legal issues that can blow up in your face and culminate in a lawsuit. So we understand that you probably have a strong desire to skip this chapter. But please don’t; doing so can ensnare you in government fines and legal fees that can prove disastrous to your business.

And if the thought of these penalties isn’t enough, we have what we hope is an incentive for you to familiarize yourself with the issues raised in this chapter: We can save you time and headaches by showing you how to efficiently and correctly complete important legal and regulatory tasks.

Navigating Small-Business Laws

You may think that if you’re starting or operating a truly small small business, you don’t need to know much on the legal and regulatory fronts. We wish that were true, but ...

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