Internal Revenue Code permits, if all conditions are met, a stock sale to be treated as an asset sale for tax purposes. This allows the seller the benefits of a stock sale (i.e. clean exit of the business) and provides the buyer with potential value enhancement from the tax shield generated from the asset step-up.

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1. Internal Revenue Code permits, if all conditions are met, a stock sale to be treated as an asset sale for tax purposes. This allows the seller the benefits of a stock sale (i.e. clean exit of the business) and provides the buyer with potential value enhancement from the tax shield generated from the asset step-up.