Buying & Selling A Business: Tax & Structuring Overview [SEL4]

Sep 20, 2019
Time: 12:15pm - 3:45pm

Subject:

Taxation

Credit Hours:

4.00

Price:

Member: $150.00
Non-member: $225.00

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Discussion Leader:

Susan Smith, CPA    more info

Susan Smith manages her own firm specializing in tax planning for individuals and business owners and is also a frequent speaker at tax conferences. Smith was a Senior Manager in the tax departments of Price Waterhouse and Peat Marwick (the predecessor of KPMG). While at Price Waterhouse, she also held the national specialist designation for the real estate and partnership tax practices. During her time at Peat Marwick, Smith led the real estate and tax practices locally. She was an associate adjunct professor at Widener University in the master’s taxation program. Her ratings have consistently exceeded 4.8 on a scale of 5.0. Smith is a four-time recipient of the James L. McCoy Discussion Leader of the Year Award for excellence in teaching. And in 2015, 2016, and 2018, she received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award because of her consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. Smith earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an accounting concentration, from the University of Toledo.

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Website registration for this course closes on September 19, 2019. To register after this date please contact the society at akcpa@ak.net or 907-562-4334.

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Buying & Selling A Business: Tax & Structuring Overview (SEL4)

September 20, 2019

Westmark Fairbanks Hotel
813 Noble Street
Fairbanks, AK

LATE REGISTRATION POLICY
For registrations received less than 21 days from the course date will be charged a late fee of $50 for each 8 hour course and $25 for each 4 hour course and $12.50 for each 2 hour course.

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.

Major Topics:
- 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
- Individually owned goodwill

Learning Objectives:
- Understand the CPAs role in the beginning of the transaction and throughout the process
- Identify the different tax consequences for various forms of acquired businesses
- 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

CPE Credits: 4, Taxation

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

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

Acronym: SEL4

Discussion Leader: Susan Smith, CPA