These 10 keys are sound business practices in preparing your company for a sale or merger and acquisition, adding value to your company whether you sell to a competitor or investors.

Roofing contractors are notorious for poor paperwork and taking little interest in accounting.

An exit planner can lead you through the tricky process of leaving your business, discovering the various values and taxes that may otherwise be missed.

To ensure that your inevitable exit is a successful one - an exit that will deliver on your future financial, personal and business goals - you need an exit plan.

A business owner cannot replace themselves (succession) until they can clearly envision their financial future (exit plan).

Accounting, particularly profit and loss statements, is much easier to understand than many contractors realize.

Most company owners have never exited a business and are unaware that the odds are against them.

This article will review some of the tax reform bill’s provisions as they relate to business owners in the roofing industry, and provide some guidance on changes that may be appropriate for the exiting owner.

It's funny how some things have changed in the last 40 years regarding contractors but much hasn't.