Taking your entire gain in one year can mean paying top federal and California rates at once. Here is how an installment sale spreads capital gains tax over several years.
A net working capital dispute is how buyers re-trade a deal in the final days, when your leverage is gone. Here is how Southern California sellers lock down their price before closing.
Owner salary add-backs can lift your Adjusted EBITDA by hundreds of thousands of dollars, but only the defensible ones survive diligence. Here is what an institutional buyer will actually accept.
The QSBS tax exclusion under Section 1202 can erase federal capital gains tax on up to $10 million of gain. Here is how to qualify, and why California sellers still owe state tax.
The working capital adjustment quietly decides how much cash stays in the business at closing. Here is how Southern California sellers keep an inflated peg from trimming their net proceeds.
