Some of the books that Steve has written in the past aren’t easy to get. Accordingly, we’re posting them here as ebooks and edocuments (i.e. pdf files) so you can download them for free.

These books, we must say, are for your noncommercial use. You can’t resell them, recycle them, scrape the content and then republish as your website, repackage them and then sell them, etc.

Free Downloadable LLC and Incorporation Kits

In the past, an affiliated entity, Stephen L. Nelson, Inc. has sold downloadable incorporation and LLC formation kits for a modest price. And if you’ve poked around the pages of this website, you’ll see that many of the web pages still say you have to pay to download a kit. However, if you have the secret discount code, stephenlnelsoncpa. you can get any of the kits for free. For a complete list of the free downloadable kits you can get and more information about how the free offer works, click here.

Here are free From A to Z references

Tip: You can also purchase paper versions of these same books from an online bookstore such as Amazon. What’s more, Amazon and other booksellers also sell A to Z references on several other technology topics, including Windows XP, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft FrontPage.

MBA’s Guide to Microsoft Excel

Tip: To see what’s in the MBA’s Guide to Excel, first peruse the short introduction. Also, note that you need the starter workbooks zip file (see bottom of list) if you want to work with the models described in chapters 10 through 15.

Fixed rate and adjustable rate mortgage amortization templates:

Loan amortization templates:

Business planning and investment analysis templates:

Note: If you need to show a business plan to outsiders like a bank or venture capitalists, you may want to consider purchasing the updated business planning workbook. The big difference between the free business planning workbook available here and the business planning workbook available for purchase at the Write Your Own Business Plan web site, by the way, is that updated business planning work uses a statement of cash flows format that accords with current generally accepted accounting principles. The free business planning workbook uses the older format for the statement of cash flows. The updated business planning workbook also includes a friendlier set of step-by-step instructions for using the business planning workbook.

Personal financial planning and analysis templates:

Note: We will allow nonprofit organizations such as user groups, colleges and schools to store many of these ebooks, edocuments and templates on their web servers so they can give them away to their members, students, neighbors and so on. Go ahead and email me if you want to do this so we’re clear on the details.

Caution: With the way that search engines like Google now treat duplicate content, We’ve become a lot more diligant about searching out and, well, dealing with unlicensed use of out content and with plagarization. Accordingly, just an upfront fair warning: If you plagarize this content, we will file a DMCA complaint as soon as we find it. Google and the other search engines will then remove those webpage from its index a few days later. This is great for us. Not so good for you.

Accounting and Taxation Web Sites:

We also publish and/or edit (sometimes with the help of St. Petersburg Florida business attorney Carl Baranowski) two free informational web sites:

More Information for Small Businesses

In addition to the free information provided above, we also offer three detailed e-books describing a specific money-saving technique for the business owner or investor.

Probably the most effective and efficient way to save your business money is to maximize your deductions. When done correctly, maximizing deductions can save thousands of dollars every year in taxes. Read More

S corporation owners will need to minimize the salary paid to shareholders in order to maximize deductions. We explain how to do this in this ebook. Read More

The active real estate investor can save thousands of dollars a year by taking advantage of the massive loopholes in real estate tax law. This book explains how you can do so. Read More