{Spam?} Re: [ale] Legal Requirements for small business consulting

[Ryan Neily]

I'd love to see/hear a discussion on this!  Please anyone that is "in the 
know" please comment, or lets have a meeting on this...

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Dylan Northrup wrote:

> A long time ago, (14.11.03), in a galaxy far, far away, BruceG wrote:
> 
> :=Hey all,
> :=
> :=    Got (another) call today about a dead PC, could I come and fix it. It's
> :=a Windows 98 PC with out of date anti-virus software, updates not done
> :=often, and will only boot from the rescue floppy. Basically hosed. Anyway, I
> :=stepped them through getting the PC back upand running, then updating
> :=antivir and scanning it. Didn't find anything.
> :=
> :=    Anyway - looks like the office needs PC maintenance. My son could do it,
> :=but he should get cash for doing so. The volunteer stuff is getting old.
> :=Where do I look for legal requiments for setting up a small consulting
> :=company. Basically, my son would offer a maintenance service in keeping the
> :=PCs at the office current on MS Security fixes, virus updates and firewall
> :=updates. He'd also offer to do backups on the payroll PC and the records PC.
> 
> Actually, this sounds like a great topic for an ALE meeting.  What
> groundwork (legal, financial, contractual) should you have in place or be
> prepared for before doing contract work?  How do you write up a good
> statement of work?  How do you insure that the money you made consulting
> doesn't get eaten up by an accountant/taxes/etc?  What's a reasonable rate
> for easy, moderate and difficult tasks?
> 
> I'm sure there are folks on the list who would be able to talk answer
> questions like these and I'm positive there are plenty of folks on the list
> who would be interested in hearing the answers (myself among them).
> 
> 

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