Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale: What Transfers and What Stays
Compare asset sale and stock sale proposals by what transfers, what stays, and which records advisers need before tax and legal review.
How Business Sale Offer Terms Change Seller Cash
A headline price does not show cash at closing or what remains at risk. Compare working-capital adjustments, deferred payments, tax allocation, transition duties, and continuing obligations before comparing offers or signing a letter of intent.
6 published articles
Guides for owners facing active offers
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Tax & structure - 02
Deal terms Enterprise Value vs. Equity Value: From Offer to Seller Proceeds
Learn how enterprise value becomes agreement-defined equity value, closing consideration, escrow, and post-closing adjustment in a business sale.
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Transition Transition Services Agreement: How to Set Service End Dates
See how a service-by-service transition agreement can separate short-term support from an unfinished buyer handoff and set an end date for each operation.
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Tax & structure Capital Gains Tax on Selling a Business: What Gets Taxed?
Learn why federal tax on a business sale depends on what was sold, allocation, basis, recapture, section 1231, and payment timing.
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Buyers & process Letter of Intent for Selling a Business: What to Read First
Read a business-sale letter of intent by tracing payment events, binding provisions, exclusivity, buyer conditions, and later agreements.
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Tax & structure Form 8594: From Sale Agreement to Tax Return
Learn when Form 8594 may apply and trace contingent consideration, purchase-price allocation, original filings, and later changes back to the sale agreement.