It is several consults and your jurisdiction. First is the police. Clearly you need to meet with them at your home, and learned from them how to collect evidence You need to talk to your insurance company about embezzlement coverage. They will require some forensic accounting sooner or later You may need to consult with your family attorney. And quite frankly I would keep all of this activity away from your brother he is the one that referred this person to you in the first place so the police may be suspicious of him also

I’ve heard this from customers. when I tell them there is an additional $10 invoice fee they generally figure out how to pay it without an invoice

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Or a way to set in your policies.

And you may also have a policy that does not pay anything for local trips that occur once in a blue moon

You need a written agreement, and it needs to be reviewed by your attorney not his attorney.

And you need to decide the legal form of ownership I suggest an LLC with a strong operating agreement that include clauses of how to liquidate the business.

Again you need attorney help with this

My initial impression is that your product is a impulse purchase found near the cash register and purchased by people waiting in line at the grocery or it is personalized with the name of a company and a giveaway at conventions.

In both cases you are likely looking for a distributor and selling your product at a wholesale price, otherwise you will need the market directly to the grocery or the 7-Eleven etc which is very time consuming

You may wish to get expert advice from people who have been there and done that at score.org.

Score is part of the small business administration

The product dictates the marketing channel. Without knowing that I draw the product it is impossible to give you any ideas on which promotion channel to use.

Consider being a serial entrepreneur. Get your first business to where it will run itself and either step back from it or sell it and start another business. Once you get the second one going you can come back to the first one, fresh again, and move it to the next level

The organizer should be able to answer your questions much better than random people on Reddit

As to a city vendor license it depends on the city

You will need to charge sales tax. telephone the Texas controller office near you for directions on how to get a sales tax number, how often to pay and make sure you know you must file the payment form even if you have zero sales or there is a penalty for not filing

You find out the facts from a reputable source, that is not read it, a reputable source is a CPA or another type of text preparation person. Tax season will start in late January so from a timing point of view you need to do this today or wait until late April if you try to do it during the tax season the person will be so rushed that it will be difficult

You appear to be asking legal questions on Reddit. that is another rookie mistake. go get a business lawyer and get a decision based on your state law the appropriate solution may well vary from state to state.

Peo is short for professional employer organization. I suggest you Google and you will see descriptions of the concept as well as companies near you. There are 300 p e o organizations Nationwide therefore a broker may be helpful in identifying your needs and finding you the best price

Score is a volunteer mentoring organization that is part of the small business administration. (SBA) Score can counsel you one-on-one regarding this issue and many other business issues find them at score.org

Consider shopping for payroll as well as workman comp insurance and other kinds of insurance including health and HR functions with a PEO. There’s more to taking care of your employees than writing a check

Frankly I would be more concerned that the $50,000 salary is not reasonable according to IRS standards and the remainder that you’re taking in dividends would be disallowed.

You need to consult with a CPA, or tax attorney on this question, it is rather intricate

Visit your favorite banker for average p&l and balance sheet information per industry. You do need the past 3 years of financials and you do need to create your own proforma financials including membership increases and the cost of new equipment and employee compensation increases