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Archive for the ‘Laws & Regulations’ Category

March 8th, 2008

Criminalizing Home Schooling…Does This Affect Home Businesses?

HomeBizNotes.com 
If you’re a home business owner who home schools one or all of your children, working this into your business schedule, or even incorporates your home business into your schooling lessons, you may want to learn what’s happening in California.  You also could be affected if you provide, through your home business, supplies and services […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 6 comments

December 9th, 2007

More Objections To Businesses In The Home

(Home Biz Notes.com) Another news story reinforces the advice to check into zoning regulations, sub-division agreements, health codes, as well as restrictions that may have been written into  your deed (if you own) and lease (if you rent) before starting a home business.  This holds true particularly if you have many people coming to your […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments

December 2nd, 2007

Local Ordinances May Cause Concern for Home Businesses

          When starting most home businesses, especially where you’ll have walk-in customers, hire employees or require numerous deliveries, make sure you’re checking out the local ordinances of your town or city.  There’s not one standard for the entire country in the US.  This probably holds true for most countries.  So you’ll need to see what […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

August 25th, 2007

Look Before You Leap into a Home Business

We’ve mentioned here several times the need to check out zoning regulations pertaining to your home before you decide to set up a home business, particularly one that involves customers/clients coming to your home.   (However, online business might be affected, too, in some areas.)
 I just read a news item, License Denied for Existing Home Business, […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

August 22nd, 2007

Insurance, Taxes & Licensing Issues for a Home Business

This article in Business Week, Before Setting Up Shop on eBay, by Karen E. Klein, provides tips to consider about insurance, taxes, licensing, permits and other similar issues before setting up your Home Business.  Even though it may be an online business, rather than one with customers coming to a shop in your home, you may find several […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

July 24th, 2007

Will Increased Minimum Wage Affect Your Home Business?

If you have employees and pay minimum wage, you’ll definitely find yourself paying more due to the new law, going into effect today, July 24.  The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 begins by increasing the current $5.15 to $5.85 per hour.  Then the minimum wage will increase over increments until it reaches $7.25 hourly as […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 3 comments

June 30th, 2007

More Considerations About Music & Your Home Business

In a recent post, Do You Listen to Music at Your Home Business,I mentioned the part music might play in your business…whether it’s one you operate solely on the Internet or whether you have a shop in your home that customers frequent. Sometimes you might play the music for your own enjoyment while you […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

January 15th, 2007

Operating a Home Business Can Be Detailed

Depending on the type, a home business can be very simple to operate, such as an outgrowth from a crafting hobby.  However, some businesses operated in the home or from the home encounter numerous regulations…ones that are necessary simply because of the nature of the business.
Recently a friend was hired to work at a children’s […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

January 11th, 2007

Would Increased Minimum Wage Affect Home Businesses?

Currently there’s considerable discussion of legislation being introduced in Congress to increase the minimum wage. How will this affect the home business owner?
There are two areas to consider.
*If you have employees (and some home businesses do), you likely would have to pay out more in wages, social security, unemployment tax, and related payroll expenses. […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

December 10th, 2006

Change in Regulations Can Change Home Business

Changes in regulations governing our home businesses can change the nature of our businesses…and even put us out of business. This may involve the materials we use, the way we sell, the place where we conduct business, the taxes we pay, etc.
Take the new regulation in New York City whereby the Board of Health […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 0 comments

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