Selling your business

Selling your business is one of the most important decisions you'll have to make. Deciding how much your business is worth is one of the main issues you'll need to consider.

Other factors to consider when selling your business include when is the best time to sell and whether you should make use of a broker or other professional to maximise selling opportunities.

Valuing your business

There are a number of methods for valuing a business, including valuing the goodwill component. To realistically value a business you need a good understanding of the marketplace. Over a period of time an industry usually develops its own rules of thumb by which a business is to be valued. There are also formulas that can be used to arrive at the approximate value of a business. One of the most important factors to consider when calculating the value of a business is its future earning profitability.

What to do...

See the Tax Office for:

GST and the disposal of capital assets.

Read state government information on:

selling a business in the Northern Territory
selling a business in Victoria.
selling a business (PDF, 0.09MB) in Western Australia.

Tell the Tax Office if your business ceases.
Contact your accountant for advice on how to value your business and how to structure the deal.

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