Wage Slave No More: Law and Taxes for the Self-Employed [Paperback]

Stephen Fishman (Author)

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Amazon.com Review

The second edition of Wage Slave No More: Law and Taxes for the Self-Employed, by attorney Stephen Fishman, is the updated version of a comprehensive hands-on guide from the authoritative legal populists at Nolo Press. Topics addressed by Fishman range from choosing business names and paying taxes to protecting patents and writing agreements. The new material reflects changes that result from the Taxpayers' Relief Act of 1997 and includes relevant details on applicable new topics such as the emergence of a radical high-deductible health plan available to those who work for themselves. --Howard Rothman

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Nolo; 2nd edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873374584
• ISBN-13: 978-0873374583
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,101,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen Fishman is the author of many Nolo books, including Tax Deductions for Professionals. Other titles include Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide and Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn--plus many other legal and business books. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1979. After time in government and private practice, he became a full-time legal writer in 1983.

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very solid and informative, May 28, 1999

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Robert Lawrence (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wage Slave No More: Law and Taxes for the Self-Employed (Paperback)

This is my first Nolo Press book. Fishman has written an excellent, concise guide for the self-employed. The book clearly explains legal issues and, when the going gets too complicated for this midlength book, refers the reader to other sources. I think it paid for itself in about 30 seconds. Ultimately it should save me thousands, or maybe I should say, thousands of hours of rummaging around.

This is far better than "Inc. Yourself" and some other books I've seen on the subject. Fishman is very sharp, and he must have character as well--otherwise why would he spend his time writing law books for the small entrepreneur? I hope he's flourishing wherever he is.

Why not five stars? I'm just fighting rating inflation . . . five stars ought to be for "War and Peace."

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this book was terrific., August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wage Slave No More: Law and Taxes for the Self-Employed (Paperback)

This was a great book. I would recommend it to anyone thinking about starting their own business. I am a software consultant and business was not a topic I concentrated on in school. This book gave me the confidence and artillery to get out here on my own and do what I have done in the IT consulting industry for two years.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now called "Working for yourself", May 6, 2001

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zem (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wage Slave No More: Law and Taxes for the Self-Employed (Paperback)

This was an excellent book, but now look for Fishman's new edition with the improved title: Working for yourself.