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Eight Key Steps to Selling Your Business

The three most important things you can do to sell your business successfully are to determine a realistic price range for your business, understand the tax consequences of the sale and how to structure the sale best to benefit you, and to prepare your company for sale in a way that makes the business financially attractive. If you are thinking of selling, consider the practical steps in this article for making the process go smoothly.

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I want to sell but the other shareholder doesn't. Who wins?

A friend and I formed a corporation together, and we share ownership equally. The business is in financial trouble now, and I would like to sell it and make at least something out of it before it is too late. My partner says she cannot afford to buy me out and refuses to sell. What should I do?

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winding up

The process of paying off expenses and creditors, settling accounts, and collecting and distributing (to shareholders and owners) whatever assets then remain, all with the ultimate goal of liquidating or closing down a corporation or partnership.

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