Webinar: Succession Planning for the Small Business Owner: Finding the Exit Ramp
WS1807 | Course | Intermediate | Scheduled
Description
The life cycle of the small business can be summed up in three segments: 1) starting the business; 2) operating the business; and 3) getting out of th
Credits
| Number of Credits | Type of Credits |
|---|---|
| 4.00 | Taxes |
Designed For
Practitioners with small business clients that will eventually sell that business to third parties or family members that need advice regarding exiting the business
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of business entity types and taxation of sales of businesses
Highlights
- How to find unrelated buyers of a business
- Maintaining control of the business succession process
- Turning over the reins to family members: when to give up control
- Finding the right team to sell a business
- Options for selling a business to an unrelated party
- Options for selling a business to family members
- Options for selling a business to employees
- Overcoming the emotional attachment to a business
- Selling to family members for a life annuity
- Using family partnerships and trusts to transfer a business
Objectives
- Understand the process of selling a business from finding a buyer to completing the sale
- Understand how business brokers operate and the fees that they charge
- Discuss the difference between selling the business and leaving the business: the transition period
- Protect the seller’s interest in a seller-financed sale
- Understand how estate planning and family succession of a business interact
- Understand the use of discounts in transfers of ownership interests to family members
- Discuss when to turn over operations while maintaining control of a family business: drawing distributions from the business for retirement and receiving a step-up in basis at death
- Understand various structuring options for family business succession
Preparation
None
Notes
This webinar is provided by Surgent. After registering for the course, you will receive an email from Surgent with instructions for logging in to the webinar and obtaining your eMaterials.
You may confirm that your computer meets the minimum requirements by visiting: https://www.surgentcpe.com/webinartest/.
Prices
- Member (Early Bird)
- $159.00
- Non-Member (Early Bird)
- $159.00
- Member
- $159.00
- Non-Member
- $159.00