Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010

Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 doesn't fit the standard Quicken financial mold. Instead, it's a highly useful legal template application, built to help businesses prepare and submit legal documents, create contracts and agreements, and ensure that their business is legally sound, all without the need for an on-retainer lawyer or CPA firm.

Providing a wide variety of legal and business documents, Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 is one of the most detailed and comprehensive template applications available.

Preparing legal documents can be a major expense, especially for small businesses without any in-house legal staff. While a range of office stores and business centers offer sample agreements and business document templates, the pricing for a single document can often make it ineffective and prohibitively expensive. Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 makes business documents and agreements easily accessible, providing small businesses with hundreds of pre-made templates, contracts, and worksheets.

Alongside 140 pre-made business and legal templates, Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 includes digital copies of five Nolo Press business bestseller texts. Covering everything fro tax and legal issues to marketing and digital management, these five eBooks are perfect for refining and optimizing a small business, and add value to an already impressive package.

While Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 is centered around the impressive legal template collection, a range of 'how-to' template guides are also included to help new businesses get off the ground. Covering topics including forming an LLC, writing a business plan, and even hiring workers, these simple how-to guides are perfect for carrying out standard business procedures and pointing a new business towards success.

Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 certainly provides a welcome service to businesspeople, but very little of it is impossible to find elsewhere. The majority of forms included in Legal Business Pro 2010 are available for free online or at government libraries, potentially lowering the value for some entrepreneurs.

However, when looked at as an investment, Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 can save tens, if not hundreds of hours during the business planning process, and is a highly recommended purchase for new businesses.

Quicken Legal Business Pro: What We Liked

• Over 140 business and legal templates are included, allowing home users and small businesses to save time and money.
• 5 free eBooks are included, covering a range of interesting and important business topics.
• Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 includes a series of how-to guides, which are ideal for users looking to expand or optimize their businesses.

Quicken Legal Business Pro: What We Didn't Like

• Internet-savvy users will be able to find a lot of bundled information for free online.

Nolo Support

Technical support is available via Nolo's corporate website. As Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010 is primarily an informational product, technical support includes manuals and information, along with a range of online technical support options.

About Nolo

Founded in the early 1970s as a publisher of legal support groups, Nolo began offering consumer and business-focused legal applications in the 1980s. Nolo currently offers a large range of PC legal applications, do-it-yourself legal guides, and informational products.

  

Start and run your business, easily and efficiently, with this complete software package! You don't need an attorney to start and run a business -- most of the legal work involved simply requires reliable information and the right documents. With Quicken Legal Business Pro 2010, you'll get everything you need to get the job done.

Completely updated to reflect the latest laws and regulations of your state, Quicken Legal Business Pro provides:

• over 140 contracts, forms and worksheets
• five completely searchable Nolo business bestsellers
• comprehensive "How to" checklists that help you through complex tasks
• free downloadable legal updates throughout 2010
• a free, downloadable edition of Nolo's business book, Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business (available after registration)

Quicken Legal Business Pro brings these five Nolo bestsellers together in one easy-to-use software package:

Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
Tax Savvy for Small Business
The Manager's Legal Handbook
How to Write a Business Plan
Marketing Without Advertising

With over 140 legal forms, you'll have access to the documents you need, when you need them. You can also take notes, create bookmarks and read real-world examples of situations you're likely to face.

Quicken Legal Business Pro helps you:

Plan for Success
Select the best structure for your business, draft business contracts, get required documents and minimize the chances of legal disputes.

Get the Forms You Need
Choose from over 140 essential documents, contracts, letters, worksheets and more. Many of them are interactive -- just take a step-by-step interview, print the results and you're done!

Become Tax Savvy
Identify deductions allowed by the IRS, write off long-term business assets and minimize the chance of an audit.

Build Your Team
Hire workers, develop sensible personnel policies, minimize the chance of employee lawsuits and legally terminate workers when necessary.

Create a Solid Business Plan
Figure out if your business idea will make money and find potential sources of financing. Prepare cash flow and profit & loss forecasts. Determine your assets, liabilities and net worth. Get backers to invest in your business.

Get the Word Out
Implement efficient and inexpensive marketing plans. Price products for success, market online, and attract customers and clients.

Forms
"How To" Checklists

How to Write a Business Plan
How to Choose an Ownership Structure
How to Choose a Business Name
How to Form an LLC
How to Form a Corporation
How to Find a Business Location
How to Obtain Necessary Licenses & Permits
How to Obtain Insurance
How to Set Up Tax Reporting & Accounting
How to Hire Workers
How to Close a Business
How to Sell a Business
Provides Over 140 Contracts & Documents Buying or Selling a Business

Amendment to Contract (General)
Attachment to Contract (General)
Bill of Sale for Business Assets
Contract for Purchase of Corporate Assets
Contract for Purchase of Corporate Stock
Contract for Purchase of Unincorporated Business
Corporate Resolution Authorizing Sale of Assets
Security Agreement for Buying Business Assets
Seller's Affidavit: No Creditors
Contracts for Goods & Services

Amendment to Contract (General)
Attachment to Contract (General)
Bill of Sale for Goods
Consignment Contract
Contract for Manufacture of Goods
Contract for Services
Equipment Rental Contract
Invoice
Proposal
Request for Proposal
Sales Contract (Installment Payments)
Sales Contract (Lump-Sum Payment)
Security Agreement for Buying Goods
Storage Contract
Corporate Minutes & Consents

Consent of Directors
Consent of Shareholders
Minutes of Directors' Meeting
Minutes of Shareholders' Meeting
Minutes of Telephone Conference Directors' Meeting
Notice of Directors' Meeting
Notice of Shareholders' Meeting
Shareholder Proxy
Forming a Business

Affidavit of Lost Stock Certificate
Amendment to Contract (General)
Attachment to Contract (General)
Corporate Bylaws
Operating Agreement for Single-Member LLC
Partnership Agreement
Pre-Incorporation Agreement
Stock Agreement
Hiring Workers

Amendment to Contract (General)
Attachment to Contract (General)
Authorization to Release Information
Confidentiality Agreement
Contract With Independent Contractor
Employment Application
Noncompete Agreement
Offer of Employment
USCIS I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
Leasing Space

Amendment to Lease
Assignment of Lease
Attachment to Lease
Extension of Lease
Gross Lease
Landlord's Consent to Sublease
Net Lease for Entire Building
Net Lease for Part of Building
Notice of Exercise of Lease Option
Sublease
LLC Minutes & Consents

Consent of LLC Members
Minutes of LLC Meeting
Notice of LLC Meeting
Managing Finances

Amendment to Contract (General)
Attachment to Contract (General)
Limited Power of Attorney for Finances
Promissory Note (Amortized Payments)
Promissory Note (Balloon Payment)
Promissory Note (One Lump-Sum Payment)
Promissory Note (Payments of Interest Only)
Security Agreement for Borrowing Money
Purchasing Real Estate

Amendment to Real Estate Purchase Contract
Attachment to Real Estate Purchase Contract
Contract to Purchase a Building
Contract to Purchase Vacant Land
Exercise of Option to Purchase Real Estate
Extension of Time to Remove Contingencies
Option to Purchase a Building
Option to Purchase Vacant Land
Removal of Contingency Notice
Tax Forms

IRS 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals
IRS 1040, Schedule C, Profit or Loss from Business - Sole Proprietorship
IRS 1040, Schedule SE, Self-Employment Tax
IRS 1040 Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss
IRS 1065, Schedule K-1, Partner's Share of Income etc.
IRS 1065, U.S. Partnership Return of Income
IRS 1120-A, Corporation Short-Form Income Tax Return
IRS 1120S, Income Tax Return for an S Corporation
IRS 1120S, Schedule K-1, Shareholder's Share of Income etc.
IRS 2553, Election by a Small Business Corporation
IRS 4562, Depreciation and Amortization
IRS 4797, Sales of Business Property
IRS 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business
IRS 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement
IRS 8716, Election to Have a Tax Year Other Than a Required Tax Year
IRS 8821, Tax Information Authorization
IRS 8822, Change of Address
IRS 8829, Expenses for Business Use of Your Home
IRS 8832, Entity Classification Election
IRS 940, Employer Annual Federal Unemployment Tax Return
IRS 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return
IRS SS-4, Application for EIN
IRS W-4, Employee Withholding Allowance
IRS W-9, Request for Taxpayer ID and Certification
Plus!

Sample Letters & Policies
Collection Letters
Bad Check Notice
Confidentiality Letter
Contract Letter
Credit Application
Demand Letter
Plus dozens more
Marketing Worksheets

Assuring Your Customers About the Quality of Your Goods/Services
Encouraging Customer Referrals
Evaluating Walk-In Accessibility
Evaluating Your Business's Physical Appearance
Evaluating Your Pricing Policy
Marketing Event Worksheet
Plus over a dozen more