This survival guide incorporates professional records management principles in teaching small business owners – those with fewer than 20 employees, home-based businesses, and the self-employed who have no employees – how to organize and manage their business records. Written in simple, non-technical terms, this book provides the guidance you need to organize, manage, and protect your business records. It answers the following questions.
What records are vital to my business and how should they be handled to ensure privacy, business continuity, and regulatory compliance?
How do I set up a filing system for my paper and electronic records?
What legal issues apply to my small business and its records?
What business records do I need to keep and for how long?
What do I need to do to ensure that I can access the information I need when I need it?
