Purchase or Sale of a Business

Careful tax planning is an essential element to a successful business purchase or sale, which can be a challenge to the most sophisticated business management team.  At Barker Viggato, LLP we work closely with our client’s management, legal counsel and appraiser to help with the analysis and maximize the benefit for our clients.

For buyers, a proper tax strategy and purchase price allocation can make a significant difference in post-transaction cash flow.

For sellers, we help maximize the after-tax value from the sale with the following:

• Pre-sale tax planning
• Fixed asset analysis for reduction of recapture effects
• Intangible asset analysis for maximizing lower tax rate allocations
• Sale price allocation analysis to maximize after tax proceeds