Welcome to our professional services firm! We hope this information provides you with background on the business valuation process and the services that we provide. Sullivan, Ltd specializes in business valuation and provides quality tax and accounting services.
Your succession plan includes your family members, and you would like to begin transferring ownership to your children through a gifting process. Transferring ownership to your children or other key members of your business team requires planning and assistance from a team of professionals including your attorney, CPA and an expert in business valuation. After all, your business is most likely one of your most significant assets.
We provide business valuations, or business appraisals, of ownership interests for this and other reasons including:
Gift and/or Estate Taxes
Business Planning and Succession
Planning to buy or sell a privately-owned business
Dissenting Shareholder Dispute Resolution
Buy-Sell Agreement
Merger, Acquisition or Sale
Charitable Contributions
Family Limited Partnerships
Marital Dissolutions
Arbitration/Mediation
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
We are experts in appraisals of controlling ownership interests and fractional, or "minority -ownership", interests in privately-owned businesses".
Our expertise provides these benefits to the shareholders / owners, management and the family:
An appraisal focused on the uniqueness of your business
A summary of the history of the company since its inception
Summarization of strengths and weakness
A "benchmark" comparison to similar-size businesses in your industry
Assessment of the impact of the economy on the industry and your business
Tax, Consulting and Audit
Sullivan, Ltd provides tax, accounting and consulting services for businesses and their owners. Our extensive experience with owners of privately owned companies sets us apart from other firms.
Since each company and ownership interest is different in complexity, the amount of time required to perform a business valuation varies depending on the circumstances, purpose and complexity of the assignment.