Capital Gains Tax Advice
April 15, 2026
A business sale can feel finished long before the tax risk is finished. The heads of terms are signed, the buyer has wired funds, and everyone wants to move on.
A business sale can feel finished long before the tax risk is finished. The heads of terms are signed, the buyer has wired funds, and everyone wants to move on.
A clean external audit opinion can create false comfort. The board sees signed accounts. The lender sees compliance. Yet the CFO still feels the strain in cash flow, margin, and
Most owners don’t lose value when they decide to exit. They lose it months earlier, when they assume the business is “basically ready” and leave the hard questions for a
The letter lands on your desk late in the day. Your solicitor flags it as urgent. Your finance lead cannot tell you, with confidence, whether the amount claimed is right,
Do you lie awake at night worrying about mysterious cash flow drains, sudden regulatory fines, or the kind of internal fraud that can cripple a business? For too many leaders,
You are probably looking at a business that seems clean on the surface. The seller has a polished information pack. The management accounts look stable. The story hangs together. That