When I sold my first company, I got a call from my business broker just before I was packing up to go home one night. He said that there was some interest in my business by a potential out-of-state buyer. He added they were a publicly traded company and wanted to fly out a team […]
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Once you agree on a final price for the business, the seller and buyer must agree to what portion of the purchase price applies to the tangible assets vs. intangible assets (e.g., goodwill). The allocation of the purchase price will dictate what portion of the sale price the seller can treat as capital gains vs.
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Most buyers and sellers just assume that when you buy or sell a business you pay cash. While cash may be a component in the sales price, generally a business sale is never an all cash deal. Often, there are secured notes and/or unsecured notes that the seller my extend to the buyer. Of course,
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Whether you are using a business broker or attempting to sell your business yourself, you will need to start with a solid business plan. Using the business plan as your base, you will need to edit it to create a confidential business review document (CBR). The CBR is the main document buyers will use to
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Between the time when a business owner puts his company on the market and the closing date, there are two events that can occur which either kill the deal outright or negatively affect the final sale – the inadvertent disclosure of the sale and the accidental disclosure of proprietary information to competitors and customers. The
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There are several factors that can positively and negatively affect the value of a business from the point of view of the buyer. Some common factors that add value to a business include: When I sold my first business, the payment was to be made in the acquiring company’s public stock. Since it was during
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When it comes to non-profitable businesses, the Liquidation Appraisal Method is used. For this method, only the value of the tangible assets is used. The reason behind this is the buyer is only purchasing the tangible assets. Any liabilities of the business entity are the responsibility of the seller and are not factored into the
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The Asset Accumulation Appraisal Method is used primarily for real estate holding companies, oil & gas companies, or other asset-heavy companies with earnings that do not support a value higher than the tangible assets. This method is sometimes used with profitable companies to represent the low end of the range of indications of value. This
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Companies like Business Valuation Resources and Bizcomps are leading providers of information about private company transactions. They sell reports to business brokers, which they can use to do comparable company searches and evaluations. When it comes to valuations using comparable companies, the values are based on a lot of financial analysis data such as net sales, cash
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The Discounted Cash Flow Appraisal Method is also used for larger businesses similar to the EBITDA method. To understand the Discounted Cash Flow Appraisal Method, one needs to understand the concept of the “time value of money.” If you invest a dollar and it earns you a 10% annual return, that dollar would be worth
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