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Beyond The Price Tag: Non-Financial Considerations In Business ValuationIt’s easy to be swept up in the flood of advice and methods for valuing a business. A quick internet search provides almost infinite resources right at your fingertips. From more general approaches to specific analyses, there is a lot of financial data to parse through, regardless of the methods you choose.Benchmark International Secures Top Positions in LSEG's Q3 Global League TablesLSEG, previously known as Refinitiv as well as Thomson Reuters, has released its Global League Tables for the first nine months of 2024, and Benchmark International was once again recognized with several high rankings across different categories. Why Sell Now? Taxes Are About To SurgeIf you are a small business owner, such as a shareholder in an S corporation or part of a partnership, you don’t want to be caught by surprise by what is to come. Your federal income tax rate is currently on pace to increase by 30% on the final day of 2025. This is due to the expiration of certain tax laws, such as the 199A deduction, and an increase in individual federal income tax rates. The tax rate for pass-through entity owners will increase from 30% to 39.6%. There is also the possibility that taxable income could see a spike if the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions are allowed to expire. This includes: Industrial Cleaning Chemicals Global Industry ReportThe industrial cleaning chemicals market continues to grow, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%, increasing from $57.56 billion in 2023 to $61.75 billion in 2024. This record growth can be attributed to several factors, including:Do I Really Need an Advisor When I Already Have a Buyer That Has Approached Me?An ever-increasing number of businesses receive unsolicited approaches from buyers yearly, yet a significant difference exists between being accidentally bought and purposefully sold. U.S. Private Equity Middle Market UpdateAccording to newly released data from Pitchbook, middle-market private equity (PE) dealmaking in the United States in the first half of 2024 has been stable, with buyouts tracking at $345 billion and the number of deals on pace to hit 3,400 for the entire year. This makes it the third-highest middle-market PE dealmaking year on record (data does not include growth-equity deals and growth-equity platform add-ons). The middle market is companies with enterprise values between $25 million and $1 billion.
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