Tax Planning for 2003
The Jobs Creation and Workers Assistance Act of 2002
was enacted on March 9, 2002. The new law includes
many new provisions, which will affect most individuals
and corporations. The new act includes many new
provisions, which are retroactive to September 2001.
Find out more....
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Greetings!
Welcome to your monthly edition of The M&A Front - a
monthly news brief on relevant topics related to
business sales, mergers, and acquisitions.
Our goal is to provide relevant information to assist you
in enhancing the value of your business regardles of
whether you intend to sell your company in one year or
twenty years. Our monthly news brief includes
topics ranging from current M&A events and business
growth ideas to book reviews and case studies.
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| M & A Outlook | | |  Merger activity is low right now due to uncertainty in
the future of our economy. If we were to exit this
recession much the same as the recession of 1990-
1991, you can expect the financial industry to lead the
way. The banking industry led the way out of the last
recession, using mergers as the key to taking market
share and building profits.If GDP growth continues at a 3% rate, you would
expect that merger activity would again pick up to
create more operating efficiencies to create bottom-
line growth. The likely industries that would emerge
first could be healthcare and basic materials. As many
of the companies in these industries are not generating
significant top-line growth, the only way left to
increase bottom-line growth is to create operating
efficiencies and synergies. Merger activity provides the
very ingredients to create significant top-line growth
while eliminating operating inefficiencies to enhance
bottom-line growth.
Though M&A activity is down significantly for large
companies, smaller and middle-market company M&A is
still brisk and should significantly pick up in the first
quarter of 2003.
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| The Ultimate Balancing Act | | |  Buying or selling a business can be emotionally
exhausting, as well as mentally challenging. Nowhere is
this fact more apparent that with the negotiations
concerning the purchase price. Sellers often find it
difficult to value a business into which they've poured
their blood, sweat, and tears. Buyers, on the other
hand, are skeptical of anything that cannot be
measured objectively.This article is the second of a three-part series on the
negotiation process. The first article concerned the
differing perspectives of the negotiating parties and
how those differing perspectives affect the process.
This article addresses the purchase price--not the
financial techniques of determining the price, but rather
the process of negotiating the purchase price. Full Story | | |
| About Vercor | | |  Vercor is a company comprised of industry-recognized
mergers and acquisition experts across the country
that have a proven record for success, confidentiality,
and integrity. Our mission is to provide global resources
and results in the facilitation of business sales,
mergers, and acquisitions. We focus on deals ranging
from 1m - 50m in value.
VERCOR serves two distinct markets: Business
Owners and Financial Advisors. For business owners and
financial advisors, VERCOR maintains a senior level
intermediary in your local or regional area. Unlike other
nationwide firms, this committed M&A expert will
personally manage the entire process and maintain the
highest degree of confidentiality. For financial advisors, accountants, investment
advisors and other financial professionals, VERCOR
provides turnkey solutions for your clients business
sale, merger and acquisition needs. More Information ... | | |
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