Employee vs. Independent Contractor: How to Classify Your First Hires
Before you pay your first helper, learn the factors that separate employees from independent contractors and what each choice means for taxes and paperwork.
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Small business, startups, commercial real estate and the local economy, with practical guides for St. Louis founders.
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Forming the company, getting licensed in the city or county, writing a plan you will actually use and bringing on the first people who help you run it.
Before you pay your first helper, learn the factors that separate employees from independent contractors and what each choice means for taxes and paperwork.
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Skip the 40-page binder. Build a lean small business plan with clear customers, honest numbers and a timeline you'll revisit as your business grows.
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St. Louis city and St. Louis County license businesses separately. Learn how to tell which applies to you, what to prepare and where zoning fits in.
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A plain-English walkthrough of forming a Missouri LLC: picking a name, filing Articles of Organization, getting an EIN and setting up the basics in…
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