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Giselle BodkinPartner, Accounting & Auditing
BDO Canada LLP
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR OWNERS TO
PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED
Rachel GervaisPartner, Taxation
BDO Canada LLP
• Exiting Your Business – One Day You Will Exit!
• Value Drivers – What Are They & How to Protect
• Traps – What Are They & How to Fix
AGENDA
ONE DAY YOU WILL SELL YOUR BUSINESS
THE 4 D’S – COMMON CAUSES OF INVOLUNTARY DISPOSAL
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• HOW do I calculate the value?
• HOW do I protect the value?
• WHAT should I do now?
KEY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE VALUE OF YOUR BUSINESS
• Reality Check
• Measurability
• Retirement/Succession/Estate Planning
• Selling
• Merger/Acquisition
• Asset Protection
WHY IS KNOWING THE VALUE IMPORTANT? Some Common Reasons
• Retained Earnings
• Earnings Prospects
• Risks (Goodwill, Few Customers, Key Employees)
VALUE DRIVERS IN YOUR BUSINESS
VALUE DRIVERS IN YOUR BUSINESS Case Study
Case Study #1
Facts: Value:
- EBITDA = $2M Goodwill = $2M (= $2M x 1)
- R/E = $4M R/E = $4M
- Risk Multiple = 1(high owner involvement, few customers/suppliers, risky industry, etc).
Total Value = $6M
Case Study #2
Facts: Value:
- EBITDA = $2M Goodwill = $10M (= $2M x 5)
- R/E = $4M R/E = $4M
- Risk Multiple = 5(low owner involvement, many customers/suppliers, non-risky industry, etc).
Total Value = $14M
VALUE DRIVERS IN YOUR BUSINESS High Level Self Assessment of Value
Sample Business
Excess Retained Earnings A $4M
EBITA B $2M
Risks (1-10) 1 is high risk, 10 is lowC 5
Business Value A + (B x C) = $14M
• Diversify
• Organize and Fix Traps
• Innovation
HOW DO I REDUCE RISK AND PROTECT THE VALUE?
• “Owning” too much of your business
• Paying too much tax
• Feeling your company is “clean”
• Adequate Life insurance
• One or No Will
• Bad Shareholder Agreement
• Time for succession planning
ORGANIZE – FIX YOUR TRAPS!
• Estate Freeze - Freezes your tax exposure at current value of your business
• Allows next generation/others to participate in the future growth of business
• Allows for income splitting (with persons > 18)
• Allows for more persons to share the tax burden on eventual sale/exit of
business
TRAP: “OWNING” TOO MUCH OF YOUR
BUSINESS
• Discretionary Family Trusts
• Salaries
• Dividends
• Other
TRAP: PAYING TOO MUCH TAX IN GROWTH
AND EXIT PHASE
• Is your company eligible for the “Capital gains exemption” (CGE)?
• Individuals can claim an exemption of approx. $824K of the capital gains which arise when they
dispose of shares of a qualified small business corporation (QSBC)
• QSBC is a difficult definition to meet so you need to take steps to meet and keep
meeting definition
• Are the assets you want to dispose of and/or maintain in the right place?
• Reorganizations often required to meet objectives
TRAP: FEELING YOUR COMPANY IS “CLEAN”
• Often not set up properly
• In Opco? What if you sell Opco?
• Funding personally? Why are you using your after tax personal funds?
• Jan 1, 2017 Tax Rules Changing – Time to Act is Now!
• Enough Insurance? Too Much Insurance?
TRAP: INSURANCE
• Dual wills for probate planning/savings
• Wills do not tie into shareholder agreements
• Wills not updated regularly
TRAP: WILL(S)
TRAP: BAD SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT
Entrance
Incoming shareholders need to
know the purchase price is fair and be able to link it to their
return on investment and
eventual sale of shares.
Exit
Outgoing shareholders need to
receive a fair value while ensuring that the payments are
affordable to the remaining
shareholders.
Compensation
Shareholders need to feel they
are receiving market value for the role they play separate
from their return on
investment.
Return on Investment
The ROI should be measurable
against the value of the investment and shareholders should realize a reasonable
return on equity.
Governance
Decision-Making
TRAP: TIME FOR SUCCESSION PLANNINGCanadian Business Owners Are Getting Older
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
# of Business Owners Age 55+
Source: Stats Canada
TRAP: TIME FOR SUCCESSION PLANNINGMen at Greater Risk from Aging
Source: Stats Canada
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Males per 100 Females By Age
TRAP: TIME FOR SUCCESSION PLANNINGBusiness Owners Are Planning To Exit
Source: Stats Canada
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
Within 2 Years Within 5 Years Within 10Years
# of Business Owners Planning to Exit
TRAP: TIME OF SUCCESSION PLANNING Business Owners Are Planning To Exit & Haven’t Planned
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
ReachingRetirement Age in
5-10 Years
That Have aTransition Plan
% of Business Owners
The Planning Deficit
Formal?Reviewed? Communicated? Agreed to? Updated?
Source: BDO, CIBC
REMEMBER:• Your Choice….
• Voluntary
• Involuntary
QUESTIONS