If your business is organized as a corporation, you have a choice: you can either sell the stock in the corporation to the buyer, or you can have the corporation sell its assets to the buyer, leaving ... |
If your business is incorporated and you are selling out to a larger corporation, it may be possible to defer any tax due on the sale. How? By structuring the sale as a corporate reorganization, and ... |
Once you've gotten a fix on the what the major terms of your deal are going to be, you can begin to negotiate on what's probably the most important aspect of the sale of your business: the price. |
Early on in the negotiation process, you'll need to determine where the buyer is going to get the money to purchase your business. |
Should you finance a buyer who is purchasing your business? |
When an outside lender such as a bank or investment firm finances the purchase of a business, the transaction is frequently called a Leveraged Buy Out or LBO. LBOs were very common in the 80s, but ... |
Once you've located a buyer for your company and come to an agreement as to the major terms and price, you are ... |
Once you have a general agreement with the buyer as to the price and terms of the sale of your business, the buyer usually drafts and signs a non-binding letter of intent. The letter of intent lays ... |
Usually, after a buyer signs a letter of intent to purchase a business and the seller accepts the letter, the buyer will have a specified period of time in which to conduct a due diligence ... |
The purchase agreement for your business is one of the most important legal documents you'll ever sign. After all, many years of hard work will culminate in this single transaction, by which you'll ... |
