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Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 1 BUSINESS SUCCESSION STRATEGIES Presenter: Charles C.H. Wu, Wu & Cheung, LLP 98 Discovery, Irvine, CA 92618 Tel.:

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1 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 1 BUSINESS SUCCESSION STRATEGIES Presenter: Charles C.H. Wu, Wu & Cheung, LLP 98 Discovery, Irvine, CA 92618 Tel.: 949-251-0111 Fax: 949-251-1588 Web Site: www.wclawyers.com Contact Charles C.H. Wu at CCHWU@WCLAWYERS.COM for a copy of this PowerPoint presentationCCHWU@WCLAWYERS.COM

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6 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 6 I. Problems, Choices and Decisions 1.Will the Business Survive the Owner’s Death? If it is a personal service nature, typically it does not. 2.If it can be passed on, should the family assume the business? 3.Are there family members capable of managing the Business? Key employee?

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8 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 8 II. Basic Precepts 1. Family members working in the business must be able and hardworking 1.Provide leadership: The owner must promote unity and cooperation among family members. 2.Don’t commingle business with personal dealings: Keep accurate books and records of transactions. 3.Plan for divorce: Enter into a buyout agreement to keep ownership in the family if a family members become divorced. 4.Non-active children: they should not own an interest.

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11 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 11 III. Choice of Entity and Valuation Issues 1.IRS method of valuing a business often depends on the form of entity. 2.C-Corp.: double taxation: a. Corp. tax, and b. shareholder dividends 3.S-Corp.: restrictions when trusts are designated as S corp. 4. Family Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Companies:

12 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 12 IV. TRANSFERRING THE FAMILY BUSINESS INTERESTS 1. Gifting it to a family member: Annual gift tax exclusion: $11,000 (2005); $12,000 (2006) (non cumulative) 2.Unlimited Gift Tax Marital Deduction: a. Both spouses are U.S. Citizens: unlimited b. Not U.S. Citizen spouse: annual exclusion from gift tax is $116,000 (2005) (code sec. 2523(i)(2) 3. Applicable Exclusion / Unified Credit: Life time cumulative exclusion from tax of $1 million (2002-2009)

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14 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 14 V. BUY – SELL AGREEMENT 1.Objectives: a. Restrict ownership to undesired third parties. b. Protect against transfer that can adversely affect an S election, professional corp. status. c. Allow a smooth transition d. Avoid disputes among owners e. Fund the acquisition of a deceased or withdrawing owner’s interest

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16 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 16 2. Benefits to the owner / transferor a. Favorable price for an unmarketable asset b. Readily available cash c. Avoid a forced sale and pressured price negotiations d. Establishment of the value of the Business Interest for federal estate tax purpose. e. Provide a source of income and capital for the surviving spouse and other beneficiaries

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18 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 18 3. Types of Buy-Sell Agreements a. Redemption or Entity Purchase Agreement: The entity purchases the ownership interest b. Cross-purchase Agreement: Other co-owners purchase the transferor’s interest c. Hybrid agreement: entity purchases the interest and has the right to assign the purchase right to the remaining owners.

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20 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP20 4.How Will the Purchase Price be Paid: a.Cash b.Installments 1.appropriate interest rate 2.secured transaction? c.Use of life insurance as a funding vehicle 1. Who owns the policy d.Use stock or other property to fund the agreement e.Borrow money to accomplish the buyout

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22 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP22 5Triggering Events for Buy-Sell Agreement: a. Death b. Disability c. Retirement at a targeted age d. Desired sale to a third pary e. Desire to “walk away” at any time f. Insolvency or Bankruptcy of an owner g. Divorce -Each event can be optional or mandatory -Higher price for some events

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24 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP24 6.Approaches to Valuation a.Agreed-upon value (reviewed periodically) b.Formula (capitalized earnings, weighted average of earning, etc.) c.Professional appraisal (Fair Market Value – the amount at which property would change hands between a willing seller and a willing buyer) d.Book value e.Book value adjusted for appraised value of fixed assets and off balance sheet items (I.e. goodwill) f.Liquidation Value

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26 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP26 7. Establishing the Value of the Business for Estate Tax Purposes a.Unrelated persons: presumption that value arrived from an arm’s – length negotiations b.Family business: presumption that owners create an artificially low selling price in order to reduce estate tax. I.R.C. 2703: Value of property is determined without regard to any right or restriction relating to the property, I.e. buy-sell agreement. Will recognize purchase price in the buy-sell agreement if: (1) bona fide business arrangement (2) full consideration is used in the buy-sell agreement (3) terms in the buy-sell agreement are comparable to similar arrangements in an arm’s-length transaction.

27 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP27 8.S Corporation Preservation Issues a.Buy-sell agreement may address that shares can not be transferred to the following: corporations, partnerships, nonresident aliens, and certain trusts b. S corp. are not permitted to have a 2 nd class of stock, agreement may prohibit execution of various instruments: options, certain loans, convertible notes (equivalent to 2 nd class of stock) (diff. Voting rights are ok) c. The agreement should provides that transfer to an eligible shareholder is immediately void.

28 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP28 9.Liquidity Issues in Family Business Succession Plan a.Source of Liquidity - Decedent’s Own Funds: pay estate tax, expenses, debts, etc. b.Source of Liquidity – Life Insurance: excellent source of liquidity and through use of an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT), not part of the decedent’s estate. I.L.I.T. is a common estate planning instrument used in conjunction with life insurance policies. We can have a separate private session regarding this subject for those who are interested.

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31 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP31 (1) Redemption type Buy-sell: Corp.= policy owner + bene or estate = bene (to avoid corp, creditor) Premium not tax deductible (IRC 264(a)(1)) (2) Shareholder cross-purchase type of buy-sell: each shareholder must obtain a life insurance on all the other shareholders Disadvantage: large number of policies must be obtained if there are many shareholders. Premium not tax deductible (IRC 264(a)(1))

32 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP32 c.Sources of Liquidity: The Business Interest Itself. (1) If a C Corp., distributions will be taxed as dividends (2) Stock redemption by decedent’s estate: possible capital gain tax. Also, if a redemption does not alter the stock ownership of the company, it is taxed as a dividend. (3) ESOP – Employee Stock Option Plan. Owner sellls his shares to the ESOP trust. Disadvantages: the ESOP allows a broad range of employees to an ownership interest in a family- controlled corporation.

33 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP33 d.Source of Liquidity- Code section 303 Redemption to pay death taxes Requirement: 35 or greater percentage of decedent’s gross estate is comprised of the stock in business. e. Code Section 6166 Installment payments – 5 year deferred payment of estate tax available if decedent was a U.S. citizen or resident and decedent’s interest in a closely-held business exceeds 35% of the value of the decedent’s gross estate.

34 Sept. 15, 2005(C) 2005 WU & CHEUNG, LLP 34 CHARLES C.H. WU, ESQ. WU & CHEUNG, L.L.P. 98 DISCOVERY IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92618 WWW.WCLAWYERS.COM TEL: 949-251-0111 // FAX: 949-251-1588 E-MAIL: CCHWU@WCLAWYERS.COMCCHWU@WCLAWYERS.COM

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