Publisher's Synopsis
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.
