How to Minimize Taxes on the Sale of Your Business
As business brokers the first question we get from business owners is “How much is my business worth”, immediately following that, the second question is “How can I minimize the...
Author: Bill Grunau
Bill has over 20 years of experience as a Business Broker specializing in industries ranging from manufacturing to construction/contractors, technology and software, B2B services, distribution-3PL, and healthcare.
His transaction experience includes successfully closed transactions as both stock sales and asset sales including transactions with licensing such as contractors, healthcare, and companies with government contracts in Orange County and other Southern California locations. Bill works closely with a team of financial advisors specializing in tax strategies to minimize taxes on the sale of a business and are available to advise clients on how to minimize the tax liability on the sale of their business.
Bill is the author of “Own Your Future, Straight Talk about How to Buy a Business and Build Your Future”
Bill has a BS in Electrical & Electronic Engineering studying at Cal Poly Pomona and West Coast University and also studied at Claremont Graduate school EMBA program.
Will Increased Interest Rates Affect Business Values?
With interest rates rising recently business buyers and sellers may wonder, “Will increased interest rates affect the value of a business being sold?” Spoiler… small changes in interest rates do...
How to Determine the Value of a Business
What is the value of my business? This is the first and foremost question on the mind of business buyers and sellers. Business owners that are either considering selling their...
How Much Money Does a Small Business Make? What are Discretionary Earnings (DE)?
The burning question for buyers looking at prospective small businesses is “how much does this business make?”. This is actually the wrong question. The right question is how much does...
Business Buyer & Seller Demographics, Who’s Buying & Selling Businesses
In 2017 the number of businesses being sold increased 27% over 2016 according to Bizbuysell. Who is buying businesses today and what can a seller expect when a buyer is...
Do Yelp and Google Reviews Affect the Value of a Business?
The importance of good Yelp and Google My Business reviews for a business, especially a retail business, is common knowledge; but do reviews affect the value or marketability of a...
How to Secretly and Confidentially Sell Your Business
Second only to the value of the business, a major concern for every business owner is “How do I sell my business without my employees and customers finding out it’s...
New SBA Loan Rules for 2018, Spoiler… it’s all good news!
When you hear about new government regulations the first thing that comes to mind is “Now what!”, but this year the SBA made some great changes for small businesses! This...
When is the Right Time, or Best Time, to Sell Your Business?
Deciding the best time to sell your business is a complex question with numerous answers, each unique to the individual business owner. Various factors such as personal circumstances and financial...
Orange County Small Business Sales Reach Record High in 2017, up 17%
2017 was a record year for sales of small businesses to entrepreneurs and investors with transactions increasing by 27% over 2016 nationwide according to the annual BizBuySell Insight Report just...