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Due Diligence

Buying or investing in a business can get complicated. Over 90% of people who begin the search for a business fail before they complete the purchase.
Issues such as:

• Deciding whether or not the business is the right for what you need it to achieve for you at a professional and personal level?
• Is the sale price being asked fair and reasonable? In other words, what's it really worth?
• What is the value of any goodwill in the business and is what the vendor is asking fair and reasonable?
• What are the main problems that the business faces and are there any nasty surprises?
• What's the human resources situation and how will the transfer of the business be managed to ensure continuity if it's required?
• What level of financial commitment will be required to not only purchase the business but maintain it and to help it grow?
• What rate of return can the business generate annually over the expected life of the capital you have invested?
• Are the sales terms reasonable?
• What indemnities and warranties will you require of the vendor?

all of these issues and many more need to be considered. That's where Joe Walsh & Associates comes in. Members of the Joe Walsh & Associates team will work with you through a structured process from initial assessment, due diligence, purchase, harnessing the potential of the business and the taxation consequences such as the impact of GST.

Contact us Joe Walsh today before your sign the contract to help you cut through the hype and make a strong, viable commercial decision.

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