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This
is the third part of a four-part article, which discusses the 20 most
likely items that a buyer will request when analyzing a business. The
last two posts on the blog discussed the first ten items that may be
requested by a buyer when purchasing a business. This week’s posting will discuss five additional items that are frequently requested by the buyer.
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This is the second part of a four-part article, which discusses the 20 most likely items that a buyer will request when analyzing a business. The last post on the blog discussed the first five items that may be requested by a buyer when purchasing a business- financial statements, tax returns, organizational chart, business plan/projections and marketing materials. This week’s posting will discuss five additional items that are frequently requested by the buyer.
To read more, click here.
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Many business owners operate their business with the goal,
either express or implied, of selling it someday. Every owner should always consider what information a potential
buyer would request during due diligence.
If the information is easily accessible and in the appropriate format,
it will expedite the entire process and bolster the business’ value.
While every buyer has a unique way of conducting due
diligence, over the next few weeks I will discuss the 20 most likely items that
a buyer will request when analyzing a business. This week I will be highlighting the first five items that may be
requested.
To read more, click here.
Parts
2 through 4 of this article will discuss fifteen additional items that are
usually on a potential buyer’s due diligence checklist.
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| Over the last two weeks, we discussed the individual, business, and energy provisions of the recently enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job
Creation Act of 2010 (“2010 Tax Relief Act”).
To learn more about how the 2010 Tax Relief Act affects the estate and gift tax, click here.
Next week we will begin a discussion of the due diligence process and highlight several important issues that buyers and sellers should consider over the following weeks.
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| Last week we wrote to you and discussed how the recently enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job
Creation Act of 2010 (“2010 Tax Relief Act”) affects individuals.
To learn more about how the 2010 Tax Relief Act affects businesses and energy, click here.
Next week we will provide a brief summary of the estate tax that is contained in the 2010 Tax Relief Act. | |
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The
recently enacted Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job
Creation Act of 2010 (“2010 Tax Relief Act”) is a sweeping tax package that
includes, among many other items, an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for two
years, estate tax relief, a two-year “patch” of the alternative minimum tax
(AMT), a two-percentage-point decrease in employee-paid payroll and
self-employment tax for 2011, new incentives to invest in machinery and
equipment, and a host of retroactively resuscitated and extended tax breaks for
individuals and businesses.
To learn more about how the 2010 Tax Relief Act affects individuals, click here.
Subsequent postings will discuss how the new law will affect businesses, energy, estates and gifts.
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