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The First Hire Kit — Going From Solo to Your First Employee

Employee or contractor, every registration, first-day paperwork, the payroll calendar, and the true cost of a hire per hour.

Setup in the right order, pricing from your own real costs, and the logs that show where the first leaks will be. Worked examples are done for you; every state rule points you to where to look yours up.

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What's inside

  1. Employee or contractor?
  2. Every registration before the first paycheck
  3. First-day paperwork
  4. Pay rules
  5. The payroll calendar
  6. The true cost of a hire per hour
  7. Hire cost log — month by month

Goes with

LeakReceipts Crew Kits by tradeThe handbook and onboarding for the person you hireYour First Hire — Companion GuideThe long version, with worked examplesEmployee Cost Calculator (free)The true cost of the hire per hourLeakReceiptsRun it on your own numbersTrueNETThe household side: what you really keep

A look inside

First page of The First Hire Kit — Going From Solo to Your First Employee

What it can't decide for you

This is education and record-keeping. It isn't legal, tax, accounting or financial advice, and it makes no promise about what you will earn or save. Where a CPA, attorney, agency or court makes the call, it says so.

12-page PDF · letter size · print it or fill it on screen · Code VYR-KIT-FIRSTHIRE-01

$149

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