Freelancer & Contractor Legal Handbook
Get paid, protect your work, and stay out of trouble
Business · Vol. VI
Freelancer & Contractor Legal Handbook
Get paid, protect your work, and stay out of trouble
Working for yourself means being your own legal department, whether you signed up for it or not. This handbook gives freelancers, consultants, and independent contractors the essentials: contracts that get you paid, clear ownership of your work, and the tax and liability basics that keep your business healthy.
Every chapter is built around real situations — a client who won't pay, a vague scope, a handshake deal — with templates of thought you can apply immediately.
Written for: Freelancers, consultants, and independent contractors.
What you'll learn
- What every client contract should include to protect you
- How to own — or license — the work you create
- How to structure deposits, milestones, and kill fees
- What to do when a client won't pay
- The basics of taxes, deductions, and estimated payments
- When to form an LLC and how liability works for solo workers
Table of contents
- 01Setting up as an independent
- 02The client contract
- 03Owning your intellectual property
- 04Getting paid: deposits and milestones
- 05When clients don't pay
- 06Taxes for the self-employed
- 07Liability and forming an LLC
- 08Scaling up and saying no
Legal clarity, on your terms.
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