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April 2011
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             Sale Process          Newsletter Archives      
Partial List of New Businesses for Sale

Oil Product Trading & Transportation 

Medical Equipment Supply Company 

Major Sandwich Franchise Established 10 Yrs
Transmission Repair Center - Cash Flow $420K
Dry Cleaning Plant - 100 Yrs in Midtown Houston
Full-Service Auto Repair Shop w / Property
Upscale Hair Salon - 25 Years in Galleria Area
 

* April Featured Listing 

* CBB Restaurants For Sale Website!

* Listings Coming Soon!

CBB Corporate - M&A Opportunities

Certified Business Brokers Opens New Office In Austin
CBB Expands to Austin Press Release
Read Entire Press Release here.
 

"It has been a long-standing goal to expand our footprint to other parts of the state. Austin's diverse and dynamic business environment offers numerous opportunities for both buyers and sellers to achieve their goals. We are very pleased to have a presence in this iconic Texas city," said Frank Stabler, Chief Executive Officer.

 

Austin Managing Director, Kevin Paulsen, heads up the newly opened Austin office. He is a long-time Austin resident and brings over 35 years of business experience in finance, acquisitions, and consulting.

 

CBB's future expansion plans include offices in Dallas and San Antonio. "Texas is currently the fastest growing state. There's an influx of people looking to settle here because of the favorable business climate, which directly impacts our activities. We strive to bring buyers and sellers together in all major Texas cities."
 

Read Entire Press Release

Tax Implications of Selling or Buying a BusinessAsset Allocation and Tax Implications in a Business Sale

The purchase price allocation in a business sale dictates the tax consequences for both the buyer and seller.

 

Key Points

  • You are only taxed if there is a gain on the sale or if income is earned
  • Capital Gains tax rate is almost always lower than Ordinary Income tax rate
  • Both the Seller and the Buyer are required to file form 8594 with the IRS disclosing how the assets of the business were transferred
  • Buyers prefer asset sales, Sellers desire stock sales
  • Buyers want to allocate as much of the purchase price to consulting agreements and highly depreciable assets such as equipment and vehicles
  • Sellers want to allocate as much of the purchase price to goodwill and inventory

Be sure to see the Seller/Buyer Comparison Table at the bottom of this article. 

 

Sold: Top-Tier Graphic Design FirmSold by Certified Business Brokers
Gateway Design, Inc., established over 20 years ago, was sold by founder and owner Connie Senter to Chris Norton and Sanjay Parikh of Houston, partners at Norton and Park, Inc.
  
The Company, headquartered in Houston, is a pioneer of the graphics design industry with a Fortune 500 client list. They provide a complete portfolio of graphic design and marketing services across a broad spectrum of online and print media.
 

Gateway was very attractive to buyers because of its history as a pioneer in the graphic design industry. The Company was instrumental in the advent of computerized printing technology with the development of a beta site for Apple in 1989. At that time, the ability to create art work and graphic design on the computer and send it directly to the printing press was a new process that held the promise of radical change in how advertising ideas were converted to printed material. Ms. Senter and her team seized on this technology, implemented the process, and became a leading visual communications/design enterprise.

 

Ask The Experts - Question from our AudienceQuestion Ask The Experts


Q: What information and documents are required to do a market valuation of my business?

 

A: This is the most frequently asked question we receive. To determine the most probable selling price range, we ask for the following:

  • three years of tax returns
  • three years of income statements
  • current year-to-date income statement & balance sheet
  • your estimate of fair market value of FF&E
  • value of existing inventory at cost

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