I just came across a really well written article about non-compete clauses, you can read it here www.saleofbusinesslawblog.com . I am a big fan of Non-compete clauses to sweeten a deal. Chances are, that if you are selling the business, it is because you are no longer going to be performing that type of work [...]
Posts under ‘Buying and Selling Businesses’
Where is the real value? In the Company or the Employees?
Often, when a company is looking to acquire another business, it looks at all of its gleaming equipment and its wonderful balance sheet as the reason to purchase the company, but in reality all of that success is probably more tied to the employees that work there then the systems or equipment associated with the [...]
Difference between an Asset Purchase and a Stock Purchase
There are two mainstream ways that Businesses go about acquiring other businesses. This is through either an Asset Purchase or a Stock Purchase. There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches, taking a look at what you want to accomplish will go a long way towards helping you decide which method to take.
Why Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Are Not Just for Big Companies in Wisconsin
What is an ESOP? An ESOP is exactly what it sounds like, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, the employees literally hold the stock to the company. The better questions are how do you go about implementing an ESOP? and what are the benefits? While a small percentage of ESOPs (which get most of the news [...]
Why Doing Everything to Avoid Business Taxes may Hurt Your Bottom Line
Everybody hates to pay taxes, but Small Business owners seem to hate it the most. Small businesses will go to great lengths, both legally and illegally to hide their income from the IRS, and thus have a lower tax bill each year. While this may seem ideal for the present, is this practice hamstringing your [...]
What Happens when one Partner Leaves a Partnership?
In a January 2007 decision, Estate of James H. Matteson v. Robert R. Matteson et al. , the Wisconsin Appellate court takes the time to further clarify its decision from Lange v. Bartlett , 121 Wis. 2d 599, 602 which stated
[W]hen one partner leaves a partnership and allows the other [...]
The Problem with On-Line Form Contracts
If you are looking to start a business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or already own a business in the Wauwatosa or Milwaukee area, you might think, “I can save some money on using contracts and business formation services from an on-line website.” And this is true, you will certainly get a cheap alternative. Of course, as [...]
How will the bailout effect businesses in Milwaukee?
It really remains to be seen what the actual effects will be, but I am optimistic that things are moving in the right track. Regardless of your political leanings and whether you feel it was “deserved” or not, the bailout was necessary because the flow of money had seized up. You can think of the [...]
Why choose an LLC? All of the benefits without a lot of the hassle
LLCs in Wisconsin have become the entity de-jour for new businesses in Milwaukee and the rest of the state. The real strength of the LLC is its ease to set up and maintain and its versatility.
An LLC provides all of the liability protection of a Corporation. The same rules generally apply about piercing the corporate veil. In [...]
Business Valuation and Tax Ramifications
Buying a business can be more complicated and have greater tax ramifications then one may first realize. Generally speaking there are two different values to a company, the book value and the actual value. When you are buying a company with significant assets there will be significant research, perhaps by a business valuation company, into [...]
