Making Business Less Taxing! Lessons from a Tax Lawyer

Elliot Barela is both a CPA and a J.D. and has clerked in the nation’s tax court. As an attorney at Davis Miles McGuire Gardner, Elliot counsels businesses on all aspects of taxation, particularly as it relates to corporate structure, operations, mergers and acquisitions and exit strategies. He also assists in trust and estate planning.

Here is what Mr. Barela will cover:

1. What entity should you form or start with and why from a tax perspective:

• LLCs, S Corps, C Corps, Partnerships,
• What happens if you convert to a different type of entity?

2. Projecting future cash flows, capital expenditures and employee counts

3. My business valuation:

• Market Value Method
• Asset-Based Method
• Return on Investment-Based Method
• Discount Cash Flow Method
• Capitalization of Earnings Method
• Multiples of Earnings Value Method
• Book Value

4. How to help your key employees catch the vision that will help you succeed.

• Stock options/equity incentives – key considerations: Equity for Services V. Contribution of Property

For HR professionals this provides SHRM - 1.5 CE credits

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