by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Valuations
Most Maine-based businesses today have valuable intellectual property. Valuing it can be difficult, as the most commonly applied valuation methods of market, income and cost, aren’t always effective when valuing intellectual property. For this reason,...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Court Rulings, Valuations
Starling v. Starling, 2013 Va. App. LEXIS 248 (Sept. 10, 2013) (slip op.) Because the trial court found neither spouse’s expert offered a convincing valuation for a family business, it opted to adopt the liquidation value the company’s CPA proposed. On appeal, the...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans, Financial Planning, Tax Planning
Incentive stock options offer tax advantages to employees, but they come with a tax price for your Maine-based company. The plan must meet numerous strict requirements spelled out in the law, and the company gets no deduction at any time. To receive preferential...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Accounting Standards, Business Plans, Financial Planning
If you run your Maine-based business operations through two or more corporations, the different entities may share some of the same employees. If so, you may be able to save payroll taxes by using a common paymaster. This means that instead of having each business pay...
by Royer Advisors | Dec 11, 2024 | Business Plans
Business owners routinely evaluate opportunities to reduce expenses. However, many organizations are unaware of the savings that can result from a business energy audit. Many of the savings from an energy audit are sustainable, and usually they are well received by...
