Stephen Fishman: 17 books

Maximize your tax deductions Rental real estate provides more tax benefits than almost any other investment. Whether you own a ten-unit rental apartment building or rent a room in your home through Airbnb, you need to know about all the valuable deductions you are entitled to take as a landlord....

For all your tax deductions, from start-up to success, you need to Deduct It! Completely updated for 2010 returns Make more money for your small business by paying the IRS less. Let Deduct It! show you how to maximize the business deductions you're entitled to -- quickly, easily and legally. This...

Everything you need to know about consulting and contracting—get paid what you’re worth and don’t spend it all on taxes.

Tax rules for your nonprofit -- stay legal and keep the IRS off your back Your nonprofit enjoys special privileges not available to other organizations -- but they come at a price. Nonprofits must comply with rules and regulations that don't apply to for-profit ventures. Every Nonprofit's Tax Guide...

If you work with words, you need this book!

Don’t sweat the IRS! The information you need to minimize your taxes and avoid audits. At least 10% of the American workforce are now gig workers who obtain jobs through online hiring platforms like Uber, Lyft, Upwork, TaskRabbit and many others. Gig workers are typically treated as self-employed,...

This is your complete guide to hiring independent contractors to meet your business needs, from making sure you comply with state labor and antidiscrimination laws to protecting your intellectual property to drafting and signing agreements. Working With Independent Contractors also has everything...

AUDIENCE FOR BOOK: • Freelancers • Consultants • Self-employed individuals • Businesses that hire independent contractors REASONS TO BUY THIS NEW EDITION: • According to the US Census Bureau, in 2015, more than 15.4 million U.S. workers were self-employed. • With the rise of the gig economy...

AUDIENCE FOR BOOK: Anyone who rents residential property short-term through an online rental platform and wants to understand all the tax rules (including deductions) applicable to them. The rental host audience for this book includes Airbnb, FlipKey, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, Craigslist, VRBO, and many...

AUDIENCE FOR BOOK: • Small business owners • Startups • Law students and paralegals ----------------------- • Helps startups choose a name for their business, product, or service that isn’t already claimed by someone else. • Explains how to register a trademark with the USPTO, how to deal...

Whether you're contracting your services to others or hiring independent contractors to work for you or your business, it's essential to get everything in writing -- if you don't, you could lose time, money and credibility. Consultant and Independent Contractor Agreements gives you the plain-English...

This is an essential tax reference book every nonprofit needs to avoid common problems and issues every nonprofit faces.

The public domain—the body of creative works not entitled to copyright protection—is the world's greatest intellectual resource. Unfortunately, it can be extraordinarily hard to determine whether a work (or part of a work) is in the public domain. The first book of its kind, Copyright and the...

Need content? Find public domain works free for the taking! Even though you've always been told otherwise, writers and artists can often copy other people’s work and get away with it. Enter the world of the public domain, where everything is free for the taking, and the only secret to unlocking...