Expert Network Team

Episode 63: 7 Key questions to ask if you are going to exit your business

Episode Summary

Karl Frank, CFP, Jeff Krommendyk, and Nathan Merrill discuss exit planning. How can you exit your business in style? Answer these seven questions, and you will be off to a good start. Take the survey with the link in the the notes, below.

Episode Notes

Exit Planning Intake Questionnaire

Karl Frank, CFP, Jeff Krommendyk, and Nathan Merrill discuss exit planning. How can you exit your business in style? Answer these seven questions, and you will be off to a good start.

1. Do you know your exact retirement goals and what it should take, in cash, to reach them?
2. Do you know how much your business is worth today, in cash?
3. Do you know the best way to maximize the income stream generated by your ownership interest?
4. Do you know how to sell your business to a third party and pay the least possible taxes?
5. Do you know how to sell your business to family members, co-owners or employees while paying the least possible taxes and enjoying maximum financial security?
6. Do you have a continuity plan for your business if the unexpected happens to you?
7. Does your family have financial contingency plans if the unexpected happens to you?

Each one of the questions, opens a series of other questions. Jeff, who recently transitioned his business, says the answering these questions would have helped him achieve even better results, with a lot less stress and hassle.

For a free exit planning intake questionnaire, visit the Assets & Income website:

Exit Planning Intake Questionnaire

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