You want to protect your company against disruptive, harmful, and nonproductive owners, which may include divorced spouses, competitors, and disgruntled former employees. And you’re also thinking that your estate needs protection. You decide to enter into a buy-sell agreement while the interests of the parties—your partners and yourself—are aligned or at least not sufficiently misaligned that it would be impossible to discuss the business and valuation aspects of these agreements. You know that when a trigger event occurs, the interests of the parties—buyers and sellers—may diverge and agreement over pricing and terms can become difficult or impossible to achieve. The
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Monthly Archives July 2017
Wondering if You’re Eligible for R&D Credits
If you’re a business owner who wants to eliminate the uncertainty in developing a new product or improving an existing one, you’re probably engaging in research and development. Unfortunately for them, many business owners don’t realize that in some cases, R&D expenditures may be eligible for a tax deduction. Or perhaps they think that some expenses are deductible when they’re not. The IRS notes that “R&D expenditures generally include all expenditures incident to the development or improvement of a product.” The term “product” has a wide range in this context and can include: Formula Invention Patent Pilot Model Process Technique
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