Jun 9, 2024
Panama City,
Panama
“Can you imagine buying a business, then discovering a hidden asset of $1 million inside it? It’s like receiving a $1 million rebate after purchase! When does that happen?”
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I have a client who has over 50 years experience in the wealth management and insurance industries. He likes to quip; “Because I know stuff….”; for the reason folks rely on him for insurance and investment matters.
He recently told me a story that involved the purchase of a business that has significance to all of you who: own or manage businesses; or
consult and advise business owners. CPAs and business coaches, pay attention.
After the conclusion of the purchase, which was several million dollars, the new owners were looking for ways to generate more cash from the business. Makes sense, after you’ve spent millions in acquisition, the first thing you’d want to do is work on recouping your investment, as quickly as possible.
In this case, they engaged their accountant to re-examine the financials to determine if there were any “hidden” assets that they could convert into cash. Sell, in other words.
The accountant came back with one interesting and overlooked item.
Buried in the statements was an item listing some insurance on one of the former principals of the company. Such “key-man”
insurance is quite common, designed to protect the company and surviving principals of a firm, should a key executive die unexpectedly.
The new owners then proceeded to determine whether there was any value in this policy and here is where things get interesting.
Unbeknownst to most people, many policies can be sold to third parties before the lapse of the policy, for more
than the cash surrender value, offered by the carrier of the policy.
It turned out that this policy was able to be sold for $1 million dollars in this market. An incredible bonus that I am sure the new owners did not expect.
The lessons for you should be obvious:
- If you do
not pay attention to your numbers, you are most certainly leaving money on the table. This can be from poor pricing, cost overruns, to under-leveraged assets.
- For CPAs and consultants, there is a tremendous opportunity to help clients increase cash flow, by simply going through their financials. So too, is there a potential liability to you, if you do not. Imagine if you were the
CPA or advisor to the sellers and this came out after the fact!
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Until next week,
Stay healthy and focus on profit!
- Hugh
The “Profit Accelerator” Expert
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