M&A

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Due Diligence Considerations for Sellers

June 10th, 2021|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, Due Diligence, Merger & Acquisition, Partnership, S Corporation, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Small Business, Tax, Tax Planning|Tags: CPA for the sell of my business, do I need a CPA when I sell my business, do I need due diligence if I am buying a company, due diligence, due diligence for seller, how do I sell my business, M&A, merger and acquisition, The Burns Firm, The Burns Firm M&A Advisors, what is due diligence, what is seller due diligence|

You may be able to structure the sale of a corporate business as a tax-free reorganization. However, to be totally tax-free, you generally must receive nothing but stock in the acquiring [...]

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Private Equity: Taking Companies to the Next Level

December 17th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, Merger & Acquisition, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Tax|Tags: Buying a business, CPA Dallas, do I need a private equity firm to help me with an acquisition, M&A, merger and acqusition, private equity, Private Equity firm, sell my business, tax and buying a business, tax and selling my business, The Burns Firm|

The number of mergers and acquisitions has continued to be strong in recent years, and private equity has remained as one of the driving forces. With private equity capital looking [...]

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Preventative Steps Help Ensure M&A Success

June 18th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, Merger & Acquisition, Sell Business, Selling a Business|Tags: Buying a business, CPA Dallas, how to have a successful acquisition, how to have a successful merger, M&A, Selling a business, The Burns Firm, The Burns Firm M&A Advisors|

Just because a merger or acquisition is completed on paper does not mean the transactions will be a success. The implications can generally be seen 18 to 24 months after [...]

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Testing the Waters Before Jumping In

April 2nd, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, Merger & Acquisition, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Services, Tax|Tags: Coronavirus, Covid-19, CPA Dallas, M&A, merger and acquisition, post merger, stages of acquisition deal, stages of merger deal, tax consequences of a merger, tax consequences of an acquisition, The Burns Firm|

When considering a merger or acquisition, the most opportune time to find out about possible culture clashes is obviously before the deal is complete. In fact, one often-cited reason for [...]

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Is This the Right Time to Sell Your Business?

February 20th, 2020|Categories: Burns Firm|Tags: Buying a business, CPA Dallas, M&A, mergers & acquisitions, Sell a business, sell my business, Selling your business, tax, tax and selling a business, tax consequences when selling a business, The Burns Firm, when is the right time to sale your business|

Selling a business requires a great deal of time and effort on both the buyer's and seller's behalf. In addition, determining the right time to finalize the transaction can make [...]

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Expanding a Corporate Business with a Tax-Free Merger

December 20th, 2019|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Merger & Acquisition, Tax, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Return|Tags: 2019 tax planning for a merger, accounting firm who works with mergers, CPA who works with mergers, Dallas CPA, expand corporate business with a tax-free merger, M&A, Merger, merger and acquisitions, North Dallas CPA, planning for a merger, tax, Tax planning, tax-free merger, The Burns Firm|

If a corporate business is seeking to quickly expand, it may be considering one of these options: Gaining control over another corporation's business (the target) indirectly via a merger transaction [...]

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Why Buyers Love Asset Purchase Deals

December 17th, 2019|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Buying a Business, Services|Tags: asset purchase deal, buyers love asset purchase deals, Buying a business, buying assets, CPA Dallas, M&A, merger and acquisitions, representing the buyer, representing the seller, tax, Tax planning, The Burns Firm|

Are you thinking about buying a business? How you structure the deal will affect the taxes owed by the buyer (you) and the seller (the other party). The Tax Cuts and [...]

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Combinations for Growth: Mergers & Acquisitions

October 29th, 2019|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, Merger & Acquisition, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Services, Tax, Tax Cuts, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Return|Tags: business growth through acquisition and merger, business valuation, CPA, Dallas CPA, due diligence, M&A, mergers & acquisitions, tax, Tax planning, The Burns Firm CPA's, The Burns Firm M&A Advisors|

If your company has decided the best way to grow is to expand your ownership boundaries, you are probably considering either a merger or an acquisition. Both are convenient, quick [...]

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How to Structure a Business Asset Purchase with Taxes in Mind

July 25th, 2019|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, C Corporation, Merger & Acquisition, Partnership, S Corporation, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Services, Tax|Tags: CPA, Dallas CPA, M&A, minimize tax when buying a business, taxes and your business, taxes when buying assets of business, taxes when selling business, The Burns Firm, The Burns Firm M&A Advisors|

Taxes are a major consideration in mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The parties generally can structure a business purchase as either: An asset purchase. The buyer can purchase all or some of the [...]

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Beware: M&A Activity Can Trigger Unexpected Tax Issues

June 4th, 2019|Categories: Burns Firm, Business, Buying a Business, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Services, Tax|Tags: CPA, Dallas CPA, EPTA, how employee plans affected by merger, M&A, tax, tax from merger and acquisition, The Burns Firm|

The IRS has an Employee Plans Team Audit (EPTA) program to enforce the tax rules for employee benefit programs in large companies. According to the tax agency, one of the [...]

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Surviving an Earnout Provision in a Business Sale

February 19th, 2019|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Services, Tax, Tax Credits, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning|Tags: CPA, Dallas CPA firms, Dallas M&A firm, Dallas merger and acquistion firm, earnout provision, earnout provision in a business sale, M&A, mergers and acquistion, Selling your business, selling your business and tax consequences, tax, Tax planning, The Burns Firm|

If you are selling a business, the buyer may want to pay part of the price through an earnout provision. This is a contractual arrangement in which the seller receives [...]

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How Far Will it Go?

July 12th, 2018|Categories: Burns Firm, Business, EBITDA, Merger & Acquisition, Sell Business, Selling a Business|Tags: Acquisition, business, business for sale, M&A, Merger, merger&acquisition, mergers, Planning, sell my business, Selling a business, The Burns Firm|

In this article we will discuss current M&A activity and Private Equity activity. Lets first look at some of the national statistics and translate that to how it affects our [...]

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Absorbing a Business? Realize Payroll Tax Savings

April 24th, 2018|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, C Corporation, Merger & Acquisition, Partnership, S Corporation, Sell Business, Selling a Business, Tax, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Return|Tags: Accounting, Acquisition, Assets, deductions, EBITDA, M&A, Merger, payroll, payroll tax, Selling your business, tax, The Burns Firm|

Conversely if one employer acquires another employer during the year -- and it continues to employ some of the same workers -- the successor can count the wages paid by [...]