Posts Tagged ‘tax refunds’

Off-Balance Sheet Assets Can Benefit Buyers and Sellers of Businesses

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Unlike Enron’s technique of hiding liabilities in shell entities, some business owners simply overlook valuable assets that can be secured with very little effort in most cases.

These overlooked assets often come in the form of unclaimed tax refunds associated with various federal and state tax incentive programs.  These programs range from:

- Research & Development Credits

- Federal and State Hiring Credits

-Eco/”Green” Tax Credits

- Sales and Use Tax Credits and Exemptions

- Property Tax Refunds/ Exemptions

Current business owners, or buyer’s of these businesses, can obtain a significant economic advantage by documenting these refunds and working them into there business plan, exit strategy, or factor them into their acquisition strategy.

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Tax Planning Optimization in a Failing Economy

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Taxpayers continue to face multiple challenges from a slow economy, tight credit markets, and general uncertainty.

Attached is an AICPA article covering several ways taxpayers can capitalize on the current low asset and stock values, low interest rates and relatively low tax rates.

I. AICPA HEADLINES

 

"Optimizing Tax Strategies in a Challenging Economy". While recent government statistics are indicating that the economy may be getting "less bad," most economists believe we will experience more financial challenges this year before seeing any real signs of recovery.  Click below for the full article:

http://email.cpa2biz.com/cgi-bin15/DM/y/ed5j0CIELl0FER0nSM0EY

CNN video of tax planning opportunities and tax refund optimization in a tough economy: 

http://hcvt.com/media.aspx

Please take a look at this invaluable web site which highlights the unfunded public and private pension and retiree medical benefit obligations:

http://www.pensiontsunami.com/