Vancouver Business Brokers are a fairly recent phenomenon in British Columbia and even Canada in fact.  In the past when people wanted to sell their businesses they either did it themselves or looked to their accountants or friends for advice.  This changed as business owners began to appreciate the complexity of the issues involved, the associated liabilities, and the time it takes owners away from running the business - or sometimes very insincere buyers, Continue Reading »

For the Seller of a business this is usually a straightforward question.  In the large majority of cases when a business is set up and reports as a limited liability corporation the owners prefer to structure the sale as a share sale as in Canada they benefit from the $750,000 lifetime capital gains exemption.  This is especially the case when ownership resides with husband and wife, or a few partners Continue Reading »