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Section 79 Planning Opportunities

Closely held businesses produce over 50% of the Gross National Product ("GNP"). Less than 50% of these businesses have a continuation plan and almost one-third of these companies (29%) use a buy-sell arrangement to assist in their planning. Buy-Sell agreements are very simple tools that over the years have grown to meet increasing needs of closely held businesses.

29 minute read September 26, 2008 at 04:56 PM
By
Lawrence L. Bell, Theodore J. Zouzounis And Stephen M. (pete) Peterson
Section 79 Planning Opportunities

Closely held businesses produce over 50% of the Gross National Product (“GNP”).

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