How to close your business

In a business owner’s life, a time may come when he/she has to close his business either because he is not making any profit from it or due to his age and bad health and having no children to continue his business or due to some other reason you want to sell it. Either you can close down your business or you can put your Business For Sale. If you are thinking of closing you business down, there are some legal things you need to do, to safely complete the task and protect yourself from any future claims.

First, if there are co-workers or partners with you in your business, you will have to take their advice and agreement before thinking of closing it. Also there must be a majority in the favor of the decision.

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Dissolve all legal and Government issues: If thinking of closing the business, you need to officially dissolve it from all the government records so that you don’t have to fill up any business taxes in the future.

Also mind to cancel permits, license issued in the name of your business. If you are using an assumed business name, file an “abandonment” of that name and also publish in the local newspapers.

Clear all your taxes and other dues before leaving the business. If you had taken a loan for your business, also make it clear with the bank. Before leaving the business, notify your customers, suppliers, investors, partners, your bank, and your employees that you are leaving that particular business.

Business for sale: Why and How

If you want to have a business of your own, you have two options either starting a new one from the base or buying an existing For Sale a Business in the industry.

Why to buy an existing business:

Why we should buy an existing business instead starting a new one. There are many problems in starting a new business such as difficulty of building a customer base, marketing the new business, hiring employees and establishing cash flow and all of that without a market reputation. Rather we can purchase an existing business already generating cash flow and profits, having an established customer base, built reputation and employees who well know every aspect of the business.

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How to choose the business:

Now the main problem while buying a business is how to choose the business of right type. There are various things we can consider while purchasing a business.

First of all, the industry you are choosing for business should be one with which you are quite familiar. Other things to consider are the geographical area in which you want to have the business on the basis of easy labor availability and cost of doing business in that area, also the size of business you are looking for, in terms of employees, locations etc.

Once you have chosen the industry and region for business, next thing is to choose the business. The best way is to going through the local newspaper under “Business for sale” section. One way is to contact a business broker to find businesses for sale. A broker can help you in many ways in purchasing of a business according to your interest, dealing with business owner and paperwork etc.