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Closing a business properly is a set of tasks, not an event
Stopping trading leaves obligations that continue after the last invoice, and working through them in order…
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Records, contracts and obligations — the machinery running underneath the work.
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Buying something to reduce a tax bill still costs more than not buying it
Spending money to lower a liability reduces the liability by only a portion of what was spent, which makes…
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Information about other people is a responsibility that arrives with the work
Almost every small business ends up holding details about customers and sometimes about their customers…
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The parts of a job you want to use again
Small businesses build methods, templates and components while they work, and whether any of it can be…
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What you promise about the work after it has been delivered
Every sale carries some obligation to put things right, and whether that obligation is defined in advance…
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The paperwork a client’s own systems force on you
Larger customers pass their internal requirements down to their suppliers, and the cost of satisfying them…
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Being asked to sign somebody else’s contract
A client’s standard terms were written by their side for their circumstances, and reading them properly is…
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Working for a client abroad raises the question of whose rules apply
A job that crosses a border brings a second set of rules into play, and which of them governs the work is…
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