8 Ways to Minimize Taxes When Selling a Business

When an owner sells their business, the IRS and state taxing authorities will take as much of it as they lawfully can. The sale can lead to the single largest tax payment a business owner will ever make and may equal more than a third of their entire net worth.

This whitepaper outlines strategies we use to help owners avoid taxes when we buy their business.

As buyers, we try to structure our purchases so as to minimize a seller’s tax liabilities.

Some of the strategies require a buyer and seller to cooperate and structure the sale while others can be used independently by a seller, regardless of the buyer.