Selling or Buying a Business? Unlock Greater Value with Smart Tax Strategies

From early planning to closing, we guide you through a smooth transaction. Our M&A tax process enables you to achieve the exit you’ve dreamed of, preserving what you’ve built and maximizing your after-tax proceeds.

Strategic Tax Advisory and Transaction Support for Business Buyers and Sellers

Explore how we can help you structure your business sale for tax savings or understand the tax implications of acquisition structures through our specialized advisory solutions.

At GHLLP, we are CPAs specializing in mergers and acquisitions and business sales. We help business owners structure their business sale for tax savings, reduce risks with CPA tax due diligence, and maximize net proceeds after tax on a business sale. Whether you need a CPA to structure business sale or a CPA to structure acquisition of business, our team ensures you save taxes on sale of a business and optimize every step. From asset sale versus stock sale analysis to planning an F reorganization, we deliver clear strategies so you can find a CPA to minimize tax on business sale and move forward with confidence.

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Buying or Selling a Business

Structuring to minimize tax

Maximize after-tax proceeds if you’re selling your business. Turn your purchase price into accelerated tax deductions if you’re buying a business. We show you how.
Doing tax due diligence

Don’t get blindsided with unexpected tax liabilities. Our tax due diligence finds hidden tax risks so you can negotiate the optimal sales price or purchase price.
Modeling the best tax outcome

We’ll create a model that takes advantage of tax planning opportunities so you know the amount and timing of future tax payments and tax deductions.

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Planning to Buy or Sell a Business

Structuring to minimize tax

We’ll help you understand how to structure the sale or purchase of a business for the best tax result.
Doing tax due diligence

You can’t fix what you don’t know about. Reviewing your company’s tax exposures in advance allows time to mitigate tax issues.
Modeling the best tax outcome

Taxes can soak up 50% or more. Let us build a model to forecast tax implications so you can confidently negotiate knowing the after-tax results of different scenarios.

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Meet Diane and Cole: Your business transaction tax experts

With decades of experience between them, Diane Gilabert and Cole Hopkins bring a deep skillset to the process of buying or selling a business. Whichever side you’re on (sales or purchase), and whether currently in the process or looking to start it, this crack team can help you achieve the best outcome.

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