How to Make Your Company Sale-Ready — Structuring Before the Buyer Shows Up
Episode 1 of The Advisors Table. Sunny and Parveen sit down to walk through how Canadian business owners should structure their company well before they get to the sale table — covering the structural moves, common pitfalls, and what buyers and the CRA actually look at.
Show Notes
Episode 1 of The Advisors Table. Sunny and Parveen sit down to walk through how Canadian business owners should structure their company well before they get to the sale table — covering the structural moves, common pitfalls, and what buyers and the CRA actually look at.
📥 Resources from this episode
Pre-Sale Tax Checklist
The tax planning steps every business owner should complete 1–3 years before going to market — base-case modelling, optimization gap, structure cleanup, and the strategies that turn an $800K tax bill into something materially smaller. Same workflow used internally with private clients.
The Must-Do Checklist Before Any Sale, Restructure, or Freeze
Use this BEFORE you talk to your accountant, lawyer, or advisor. Covers the six tax triggers — share ownership, LCGE qualification, safe income, shareholder loans, prior reorganizations, and cross-border exposure — that quietly determine whether your tax bill is manageable or catastrophic.
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