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UK limited company exit mechanism

Can anyone tell me the mechanism by which a UK technology business is acquired? Does the acquirer usually buy: all the outstanding shares in the limited company, or, all the assets and liabilities ...
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What will a product acquisition be taxed as?

I'm an independent developer who has been working for the past year or so on product X. I don't have a company created that is associated with the product, as we have yet to officially launch (no ...
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Is there a way around a partner paying additional income tax in an acquisition?

I'm interested in bringing on a partner (for his development abilities) for a site I'm working on. I already have an LLC and would prefer to keep this site under that LLC. Then, I'd offer in a ...
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deferred sales trust (DST) — guarantee long-term capital gains on entity sale?

Can a deferred sales trust (DST) be used to effectively convert a short-term capital gains entity sale into long-term capital gains income? For example, suppose I create a small company on 1/1/2011, ...
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example company timeline & determining capital gains basis date

Looking at a hypothetical company timeline (corporation), what is the capital gains tax to shareholders upon entity sale? (aka, how is the basis date computed)? Start date (1st effort of ...