.Comprehensive Publications to Start and Manage a Business:

• Evaluating Your Business Idea
• Starting a New Business in Missouri
• How to Start and Manage a Home-Based Business
• Guide To Writing a Business Plan

Doing Business In Missouri ...

• The Basics
• The Business Plan
• Legal Formation
• Taxes
• Hiring Employees
• Financing Your Business

Financial Information:

• Loan Checklist
• Start-Up and Annual Expense Worksheets

Business Licensing and Registration:

• Licenses and Permits Checklist
• Contacts for Licenses and Permits

Marketing Information:

• Do You Know If You're Charging the Right Price?
• Marketing

Service Centers/Directory for Business Assistance

Common Government Forms and Publications for Businesses

IRS Forms:

• Publication 334: Tax Guide for Small Business
• Publication 535: Business Expenses
• Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide (Pub. 15)
• Form SS-4: Application for Employer Identification Number (fill-in form)
• Instructions for Form SS-4
• Federal W-4 Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate (with instructions)

Missouri Tax Registration Forms:

• MO Revenue Form 2643 (tax registration fill-in form)
• Corp. 56, MO Registration of Fictitious Name
• MO W-4 Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate (fill-in form)

Immigration and Naturalization Service:

• I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

Miscellaneous:

• About the Kit/Acknowledgements

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