{"id":1177,"date":"2025-08-15T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:54:06","slug":"how-you-can-avoid-paying-taxes-when-selling-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/how-you-can-avoid-paying-taxes-when-selling-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Avoid Paying Taxes When Selling Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/08-29-2025-iStock-153528024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/08-29-2025-iStock-153528024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/08-29-2025-iStock-153528024-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know it is possible to exclude paying taxes when selling your business if it\u2019s considered Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)? If you meet the criteria, this is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The business must be a C Corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A qualified trade or business cannot be in fields such as those of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, consulting, financial services, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The maximum amount of gain to exclude is $15,000,000. This amount is adjusted for inflation after 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must have acquired the stock directly from the corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The holding period is at least 3 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And if you like what you just read, then don\u2019t hesitate to forward to your friends, and\/or click \u201cLike\u201d on LinkedIn!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make sure to subscribe to our weekly emails to receive practical business, financial and tax strategies! <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belbolcpa.com\/newsletter-signup.htm?\"><strong>Sign Up Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know it is possible to exclude paying taxes when selling your business if it\u2019s considered Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)? If you meet the criteria, this is possible. General Criteria: And if you like what you just read, then don\u2019t hesitate to forward to your friends, and\/or click \u201cLike\u201d on LinkedIn! Make sure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[287,3,7,8,10,285,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accounting","7":"category-business","8":"category-expenses","9":"category-financial","10":"category-investments","11":"category-irs","12":"category-new-jersey-tax","13":"category-taxes","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}