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Feb 7, 2019

Selling a Corporation – Asset vs. Stock Sale?

Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale

The 2017 Tax Act creates new opportunities for asset sales, particularly for sellers of businesses that are carried on in corporate form. Whenever a business owned by a corporation is sold, the parties have to negotiate whether the transaction will be structured as an asset sale or a stock sale. For tax purposes, asset sale treatment is generally more attractive to a buyer and may induce a buyer to pay a premium over what it would pay for a stock purchase. Conversely, an asset sale will usually trigger higher tax expense to the seller.  Prior to the recent tax law… Read more