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Business Start-Up Costs
  1. Rent
  2. Telephones: Installation, equipment, services, long distance, etc.
  3. Fax: Equipment and long distance
  4. Furniture: Desks, tables, chairs, filing cabinets, etc.
  5. Incorporation Fees
  6. Employees: Payroll (wages & commission), taxes (benefits?)
  7. Travel: Conventions, meetings, appointments, interviews, moving, etc.
  8. Legal (make sure you have a relative who's an attorney)
  9. Credit card processing, merchant, and banking fees
  10. Taxes: Company, employee, personal
  11. Office Supplies: Paper, ink cartridges, pens, etc.
  12. Food: Business lunches
  13. Printing/copying expenses (fax, computer, brochures)
  14. Mailings: FedEx, post office, pre-paid envelopes, etc.
  15. Internet: Web design, hosting, registration (InterNIC), updates, etc.
  16. Toll-free number (Who says it's free?)
  17. Advertising expenses
  18. Training materials: For yourself and employees
  19. Computer: Hardware, software, networking, etc.
  20. Subscriptions: Books, magazines, newsletters, etc.
  21. Court fees (hopefully not too many of these)
  22. Key duplication
  23. Office building (in addition to rent): Cleanup/garbage removal, parking fees, utilities, etc.
  24. Newspaper ads: Hiring, selling, advertising
  25. Signs/banners, custom T-shirts (for conventions)
  26. Building assets
  27. And more and more and more!

 
Additional resources: SBA.gov: Startup Costs
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