Surgent's Buying and Selling a Business: Tax and Structuring Overview (SEL4)

Course Details

Date

Monday, December 30, 2019

3:00am – 6:30am

Field of Study

Taxation

Course Number

SU0683

CPE Credit

4.0 hours CPE credit

Level of Knowledge

Intermediate

Vendor

Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

Prerequisites

A basic course in partnerships/LLCs; experience with C corporations

Description

One of the major transactions CPA clients enter into is a purchase or disposition of a business. To help tax professionals in advising those clients, this course offers a comprehensive analysis of the business and tax aspects of buying and selling a business. It is a practical guide to help practitioners and industry CPAs understand structuring techniques. All CPAs, including controllers and executives in industry, should understand how difficult the process of buying and selling a business has become.

Highlights

  • An overview of the beginning of the process and documents for preliminary tax planning
  • Recognizing the need for due diligence in acquisitions -- checklists of important points
  • Deemed asset sales -- Is §338 or §338(h)(10) appropriate?
  • The impact of the §197 amortizable intangibles regulations on the acquisition and disposition of a business
  • How to allocate purchase price for tax advantage
  • Planning to avoid double taxation under repeal of the General Utilities doctrine
  • Special problems and opportunities when an S corporation is the buyer or seller
  • Installment sale and interest issues
  • Avoiding tax pitfalls and recognition of tax planning opportunities
  • Unique issues in buying and selling of LLC/partnership interests
  • Impact of the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) and the §199A pass-through deduction on the tax due on the sale of a pass-through entity 
  • Individually owned goodwill

Objectives

  • Understand the CPA’s role in the beginning of the transaction and throughout the process
  • Identify the different tax consequences for various forms of acquired businesses
  • Identify the tax consequences to the seller of various forms of businesses, including the impact of the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) and the §199A pass-through deduction
  • Appreciate §338 and §338(h)(10) elections and the benefits of installment sales

Designed For

All practitioners who will be involved in the sale of a business

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Course Pricing

Member Fee

Applicable if you are a HSCPA member in good standing.

$139.00
Non-Member Fee

Applicable if you are not a HSCPA member.

$169.00
Your Price $169.00

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