[Hidden-tech] Buying a Business to Avoid Profit Tax

[Rob Laporte]

Hi HTers,

I hope many of you have faced the situation that a sole proprietorship or S-Corp (and LLC too?) means that annual profits are taxed at high personal income tax rates. Buying whatever one needs at the end of the year is often a way to reduce that tax hit, but often a business doesn’t really need to buy much. Buying a whole business, preferably related to one’s own business, would work too, as far as my low knowledge of tax law goes. 

For search marketing and conversion rate optimization (CRO) firms like mine, any online business that does not require a huge new skill set would be a candidate for acquisition. Most smaller businesses don’t do or can’t afford to do search marketing and CRO well, creating big opportunities for search marketing and CRO firms to realize that potential. Of course all kinds of businesses do such acquisitions, especially big businesses that get financing so cheap these days thanks ultimately to Fed money printing. 

So, this email has two threads. (1) anyone had experience with this issue they’d care to share? (2) do you know anyone who might want to sell for cash a small business that sells mostly online? 

Best Regards,

Rob Laporte
Founder & Managing Partner
DISC, Inc. - "Making Web Sites Make Money"
413-584-6500
Rob at 2disc.com
www.linkedin.com/in/2disc
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