Tax Planning for Buying and Selling Businesses

Covers various areas of the complex transaction process of tax planning for buying and selling businesses. This work considers the form of the transactions and the various primary steps, which may be required right through the purchase and sale agreement. A practical approach is adopted placing the subject in a general business planning context.

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This significant looseleaf service covers all areas of this complex transaction process in a logical and detailed way. It considers the form of the transactions and the various primary steps, which may be required right through the purchase and sale agreement. A practical approach is adopted placing the subject in a general business planning context. These key features make "Tax Planning for Buying & Selling Businesses" unique: detailed pros and cons of various courses of action, with particular emphasis on how to document the sale and purchase; consideration of computations and payments of tax on chargeable gains; tax planning opportunities for the vendor and the purchaser; and, anti-avoidance legislation aimed at the purchase of companies with losses.