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CASES AND ARTICLES FOR BUSINESS OWNERS- Archives

The Texas Franchise (Margin) Tax: Did it bite you?   (6-30-08)

Have concerns over the amount of franchise tax your business paid this year? Worried that this system is only going to get more expensive in the future? Then this article is for you. There may be ways you can reduce your franchise tax bill in future years.


 

ARCHIVES

Piercing the Veil 5: Can the Owner Be Liable for Debt to Suppliers?   (10-29-04)

Cameraphones Create Liabilities for Employers   (9-14-04)

Can You Use Your Own Name in Your Business? Ask Mr. Brennan (POSTED 8-17-04)

Where You Advertise May Increase Your Risk (POSTED 7-14-04)

Cybersquatting Texas Style. (POSTED 6-18-04)

What Does "Interference with Prospective Contractual or Business Relations" mean? (POSTED 5-18-04)

Texas School Finance and the Related Special Session: Can Anyone Kill Robin Hood? (POSTED 4-13-04)

Competing with your Employer: Caught by His Own Trash (POSTED 3-15-04)

Good Grief: Business Subjected to “Grief Expert”in Wrongful Death Trial (POSTED 12-15-03)

Piercing the Veil 4: The Law Means What it Says (POSTED 11-14-03)

The “New and Improved”–and Increased–Texas Business Tax (POSTED 10-15-03)

Covenants Not to Compete vs. Non-Disclosure Agreements (POSTED 8-16-03)

Piercing the Veil 3: Sole Shareholder Liable in Slip and Fall Case (POSTED 7-19-03)

2003 Final Legislative Update for Business Owners: the Top Ten (POSTED 6-15-03)

2003 Legislative Update No. 2 for Business Owners: Narrowing the Field (POSTED 5-17-03)

Illegal Discrimination by Employees Against Customers (POSTED 5-11-03)

Special Alert: 2003 Legislative Tracking Center for Business Owners (POSTED 4-12-03)

Asset Protection: A Buy-Sell Agreement in Action (POSTED 3-15-03)

Just Because You Have Insurance Doesn’t Mean You’re Covered (POSTED 2-19-03)

Suing Everyone In Sight: Asset Protection in Action (POSTED 2-15-03)

Does Your Business Have a Cell Phone Policy? (POSTED 2-08-03)

Asset Protection: First Things First (POSTED 1-10-03)

The Sanity Behind (Stupid) Disclaimers (POSTED 1-15-03)

Special Alert: You can be liable for passing along false information even if you don't know it's false (POSTED 12-18-02)

Can the Blind Read Your Website? (POSTED 11-14-02)

The Lawyer's Version of "Uncle": How to Affect Substance With Procedure (posted 10-13-02)

Are You Covered? (posted 9-18-02)

SPECIAL IN-DEPTH FOCUS ON ARBITRATION (posted 9-15-02, revised 4-17-07)

SPECIAL IN-DEPTH FOCUS ON ARBITRATION (posted 8-16-02, revised 4-17-07)

THE WORST LITIGATION RISK OF ALL: UNFAIR JUDGES (posted 7-16-02)

PIERCING THE VEIL; TEXAS PROVIDES EXTRA PROTECTION (posted 7-1-02)

IMPLIED AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ALL EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES (posted 6-5-02)

PIERCING THE VEIL: 2 RECENT CASES HOLDING OWNERS LIABLE FOR BUSINESS DEBTS (posted 6-2-02)

SHOWDOWN AT THE SUPREME COURT: THE 2ND AMENDMENT (posted 6-1-02)

ADVERTISING GETS MORE RISKY (posted 5-18-02)

SMOKING GUN E-MAILS: LESSONS FROM MERRILL LYNCH (posted 5-15-02)

THE CASE OF THE BLOCKHEADS (posted 5-1-02)


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BOOKLETS
DESCRIPTION

Business Organizations

Acrobat Reader Format

Chart MS Word (.DOC)
Chart WordPerfect

What form of business entity should you choose for your current or future business? Consider the different rights and duties of owners, tax implications (both income tax and franchise tax), asset protection and administrative costs.

Buy-Sell Agreements

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Business succession planning. What happens to the business if something happens to you? Plan to protect the value of your business for your family, employees, and all others who earn a living because of your business.

Dying is Not a Prerequisite
to Having An Estate

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Personal estate planning. You have an estate right npw. What happens to your estate if something happens to you? This booklet tells you what your estate plan is if you don't have a will, explains some common estate plans, and helps you figure your estate tax liability.

The Family Limited Partnership
Business and Estate Plan

Acrobat Reader Format


This is a popular estate/business plan for estate tax planning and asset protection. FLPs help protect the business from the owners, the owners from the business, and the owners from each other.

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