Tom Copeland is the nation's leading expert on the business of family child care. As tax season approaches each year, thousands of family child care providers save time and money using the Tax Workbook and Organizers. The most comprehensive resource available, this book contains up-to-date guidance so family child care providers can accurately complete their own tax returns and take advantage of all the business deductions they are entitled to claim. With closures and other challenges associated with COVID-19, preparing your taxes for 2020 may be more complicated than ever. Tom attends IRS seminars so you don't have to! The Family Child Care 2020 Tax Workbook and Organizer contains information on: How to report stimulus checks How to report unemployment benefits How to treat SBA loan programs: Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans What's deductible because of COVID-19

A business plan is a comprehensive blueprint for how you will run your family child care business. This guide outlines each step for writing your own and explains how to use it to manage your business more effectively, whether you are just starting out or have an established operation. You will find information on the considerations that you should weigh before you decide to become a family child care provider; how to write a start-up plan; how to create a first-year budget and estimate your first-year business income and expenses; and how to use your annual budget as a tool to help communicate with your clients and manage your business more effectively.

On November 11, 1919, the citizens of Centralia, Washington, gathered to watch former servicemen, local Boy Scouts, and other community groups march in the Armstice Day parade. When the marchers swung past the meeting hall of the Industrial Workers of the World, a group of veterans broke ranks, charged the hall, and were met by gunshots. Before the day was over, four of the marchers were dead and one of the Wobblies had been lynched by the mob. Through a wealth of newly available primary source material including previously sealed court documents, FBI records released under the Freedom of Information Act, and interviews with surviving witnesses, Tom Copeland has pieced together the events of that day and has traced the fate of the men who were accused and convicted of murdering the marchers. Copeland focuses on Elmer Smith, the local attorney who advised the Wobblies that they had the right to defend their hall against an anticipated attack. Although he never belonged to the IWW, Smith sympathized with their interests, championing the rights of working people, and speaking on their behalf. He was originally arrested with the Wobbles and then took up their cause in the courts, beginning a life-long struggle to free the men who were charged with murdering the Centralia marchers. Copeland recounts Smith's disbarment and eventual reinstatement, his run for political office, his speeches throughout the Northwest, and his unyielding support for the workers' cause. This book is a balanced treatment of the Centalia tragedy and its legal repercussions written by a practicing lawyer. It is also a compelling human drama, centering on the marginal life of an industrial frontier labor lawyer, a study of radical politics of the 1920s, and a depiction of conditions of life in the lumber camps and towns. It is thus biography as well as legal, political, and social history.

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--J. Fred Weston, Distinguished Professor of Finance, Anderson School of Management, UCLA

"What drives shareholder returns is of immense interest to managers and investors. Bringing expectations squarely into the picture through Expectations-Based Management (EBM) sorts out the issues practitioners and theorists have had with earnings and cash flow measures. The book is a fine companion to Tom Copeland's path-breaking work in corporate finance, valuation, and real options."
--Rob McLean, Dean and Director, Australian Graduate School of Management

"This book is a tour de force critique of the way we measure corporate performance. And it offers a sound remedy that for the first time reflects the fact that value creation is significantly about exceeding investor expectations. Well written and amply researched and illustrated, Outperform with Expectations-Based Management will sharpen the way you judge financial results and the managers who produce them. This is a must-read for thoughtful investors, directors, CEOs, students, and all aspirants to superior performance."
--Robert F. Bruner, Distinguished Professor of BusinessAdministration, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia