You want to protect your company against disruptive, harmful, and nonproductive owners, which may include divorced spouses, competitors, and disgruntled former employees. You also believe that your estate requires protection. The parties—your partners and yourself—enter into a buy-sell agreement with aligned, or at least not sufficiently misaligned, interests, making discussion of the business and valuation […]
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Are You Concerned About Maximizing Your Business Value
According to StoneBridge Business Partners in Rochester, New York, business owners often pass their businesses on to their adult children, using an estate-planning option or gifting program. Other owners believe that the sale of their business represents a prudent way to liquidate their holdings. Yet when it’s time to sell their business, they have only […]
FAQS About Fair Value In Accounting
In recent years, accounting rule makers have issued guidance that requires certain items on the balance sheet to be reported at “fair value.” Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about this standard of value and how it’s measured. What is fair value? Under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), fair value is “the […]
Opportunities And Challenges: Valuation In The Age Of COVID-19
Valuation and estate planning go hand in hand. After all, the tax implications of various estate planning strategies depend on the value of your assets at the time they’re transferred. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the value of many business interests and other assets, which may create some attractive estate planning […]