The Best Companies Know These Answers Are you the owner of a lower middle market business (revenues of $5 Million to $50 Million)? If so, do you know the answers to the following questions? Why should you care about the impact that baby boomer demographics will have on your exit planning? Why should you care...
When selling or buying a business think of the transaction structure as a three legged stool. The three legs are Price, Terms and Taxes. If any one of these “legs” are not well built your deal will collapse. Below is an excellent article about a tax strategy many sellers and buyers fail to consider. Thanks...
Thanks to all the business owners who attended the seminar “2014: Finally A Good Time to Sell Your Business”. The seminar room was packed! Thanks to Hellmuth & Johnson for hosting the event. We received great feedback after the seminar. Here were some of the high level subjects: Think Like A Buyer When it Comes...
[caption id="attachment_747" align="alignleft" width="151"] excerpt from the book Sunbelt wrote called “Selling a Business for Dummies”[/caption] Telling Your Business Story – Succinctly! A buyer considering your business has plenty of alternatives. Though many aspects of a business sale are flexible, the window of opportunity you have to grab a buyer’s attention is not. Quickly,...
Sunbelt Business Advisors business broker Clayton Wendt and Webber Law Firm discuss strategies for working with foreign investors to acquire an existing business for sale. Foreign investors seeking to obtain a US green card often consider the EB-5 Investor Visa program, which provides a green card to foreign nationals who meet certain job creation and...
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In a traditional sale, an owner traditionally recognizes a gain, taxed at either regular or capital gains rates. If a seller chooses to exchange a business or investment property for another business or investment property of a like-kind, no gain or loss is recognized under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. There are several types of...
What Owners Tend to Do As a business owner, what did you have at the top of your to do list today? If you are like most owners, you probably had numerous details to handle, most or all of which fit into the category of ‘urgent.’ But what made those items high priority? By and...
