December

Retention bonuses are a valuable tool in ensuring that key employees stay employed, focused, and are committed to your company’s success after a business sale. Those employees may help seller achieve additional payouts that are earned based upon the sold company's performance.

Of the various charitable planning techniques that people use either before or after an exit, one of the most popular techniques - particularly as interest rates rise - is known as the charitable remainder trust (CRT). In a CRT, you’re giving a portion of your business interest to a trust that ultimately, at the end of the term or your life expectancy, will be paid out to the charity.