When dealing with the sale of their own business, entrepreneurs come to face two of the most controversial topics in estimating the value of a business and understand that between the two, there is a one-way relationship—control affects marketability, but marketability does not affect control. The minority stakeholder may benefit from as much [...]
The recording of the acquisitions made as a business transfer or assets transfer, in the buyer's accounting ledgers, without the guidance of a multidisciplinary team of transactions, taxes and legal consultants, entail further tax implications and often costs and undertaken losses.
Strategic corporate buyers are paying a few percent points more for their aquisitions (publicly traded companies) compared to going-private transactions, while financial buyers (portfolio administrators) are likely to pay less. Nevertheless, the transaction price remains subject to the ability of the M&A consultant searching for adequate potential buyers.
