Structuring Your Entity for Enterprise Growth [Webinar]The entity structure of your business can impact the way it's run, how ownership is succeeded, and how the enterprise is taxed. Choosing the right entity for your business allows for efficiencies in capacity, expenses, and ultimately, growth. This webinar explores how entity: works together with taxation elections to achieve your business goals, is critical for protecting yourself, the business, and your team, and supports onboarding the next generation of advisory professionals.
Controlling What You Can, Learning from What You Can'tIn times of uncertainty, it is always wise to focus on what you can directly control. Whether we look at politics, markets, regulation, news, or the state of the industry, there have been (and always will be) many events outside of your control as a business owner. How do you deal with this constant noise? Recognize it for what it is and focus on the things you can control with direct action.
Business Growth | Compensation | Continuity | Entity & Business Structure
Tax Treatment of an Asset Sale
Choosing between asset or stock sale usually comes down to whether the transaction is external or internal. An asset sale is appropriate for an external transition. Each asset is treated differently when it comes to taxation, so knowing what to expect from your sale will save you from any surprises as the deal progresses.
Roundtable Talk - The Art of Compliancewith guest David Birnbaum, JD of Bates Group
In this second of our Roundtable Talks series with Bates Group, David Birnbaum, JD, talks about the importance of getting to know a business and its people in order to effectively help them keep up with compliance.
Roundtable Talk - Compliance & Acquisitionwith guest David Birnbaum, JD of Bates Group
Monitoring compliance and keeping up with regulations is important for the operation of any financial services business. In this first of our special series with Bates Group, Join Marcus Hagood and special guest David Birnbaum, JD to discuss how compliance impacts an acquisition and the impact of current events on compliance and the industry.
Roundtable Talk - Benefits of Proper Entity StructureEMS Exclusive Resource
FPT Experts Ericka Langone, JD and Eric Fettig discuss the benefits of proper entity, including liability protections, governance for business leadership and operations, structure and value for future ownership, and tax treatments that make sense for your specific enterprise.
Entity & Business Structure | Next Gen | Tax & Regulatory Issues
Navigating Income & Entities with a FINRA FocusEMS Exclusive Resource
In this exclusive Roundtable Talk, FPT experts discuss this regulated flow of revenue from a Broker Dealer as well as how to properly sweep it into the entity. They cover appropriate documentation between advisor and entity as well as avoiding common troublesome situations when it comes to BD revenue.
Components of a DealWhether you are buying or selling, it is important to understand what is being bought and sold and what expectations both the buyer and seller have of each other. Absent these details, it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine if an offer is fair. In this article we discuss the concept of shared risk / shared reward, how deal terms affect overall purchase price of a business, financing options, tax treatments, and common deal structures.
Deal Structure & Documentation | Acquisition | Tax & Regulatory Issues
In this Roundtable Talk, FPT experts Ericka Langone, JD, and Eric Fettig discuss the details of setting up (or restructuring) your entity to suit your business' unique situation, including: documentation, filing timelines, and key players in the process. They highlight the importance of proper entity elections to support your overall short-term and long-term business goals.
SEC Proposed Rule & Proposed Amendments - Business Continuity & Transition Plans
This expert opinion explores the reasoning behind and implications of SEC Proposed Rule 206(4)-4 and Proposed Amendment to Rule 204-2 concerning Business Continuity and Transition Plans; plus an overview of the new regulations expected under the new rule.
Roundtable Talk - DOL Rule & Regulatory IssuesEMS Exclusive Resource
In this unscripted video FP Transitions' Douglas Kreft and Marcus Hagood focus on the impact and evolution of the financial services industry given various regulatory developments over the past year.
Tax & Regulatory Issues | Continuity Planning | Roundtable Talks