Merger & Acquisition Planning

Your company wants to sell a business. Your prospective buyer wants to acquire the assets in order to obtain a tax advantage. Is there some way you can sell your company’s stock and satisfy the buyer?

Depending on your circumstances, there may indeed be a way to achieve this goal. Certain provisions in the tax law allow the tax benefits of an asset purchase in the context of a stock sale. In this way, each party in the transaction may benefit.