Taxes impact results of major strategic decisions

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How should state and local taxes impact the results of the major strategic decisions faced by the three ventures as they start up the business? Discuss

Galadriel Elvin, a wealthy entrepreneur, was returning home after taking the eldest of her three children to start college on the other side of the country when she noticed that the person sitting next to here in the first-class cabin was absentmindedly fiddling with a pink substance. When she asked about it, Bill Halfacre explained that he had developed it because he was spending a small fortune on batteries for his young children's toys. Simply dipping regular alkaline batteries in the substance for an hour had proven to more than double the effective life the batteries.

When Galadriel mentioned that this was a great idea, Bill replied that he was a bit depressed because he had been trying to connect with someone who could help him develop and market the product, but had been unsuccessful. Galadriel encouraged him, and discovered that he had lived a varied and interesting life. He had earned several degrees in chemistry, but had spent all his time since graduating surfing throughout the world, and tinkering with various inventions. (He had inherited enough money that he had not had to work since he finished school 5 years ago, but the money was running out.)

By the time the plane landed, Galadriel and Bill had set a time to meet with Galadriel's lawyer, Elsa Treebeard, to discuss a venture to market Bill's products. They had also invited one of Galadriel's colleagues, Jim Pippin, to attend the meeting. Jim had worked with Galadriel on several occasions: he makes a lot, but keeps very little, money. He is a marketing whiz who has strong connections to several distributors to large office supply outlets. Galadriel's concern with Jim has always been that he plays things a bit fast and loose.

At the meeting with Elsa, the group developed projections of profits and losses for the first five years of the business. The expectation is that annual losses will range from $100,000 to $200,000 over these five years, with break-even in about Year 5. The business will be capitalized with about $200,000 in cash, along with computers, equipment, furniture, and fixtures (fair market value of $100,000 and basis of $25,000) contributed by Galadriel. Bill will contribute the patent at an agreed value of $150,000. Jim has nothing to contribute but time. He will receive a 25% interest for contributing all of his time for a year to get the business going. Thereafter, he will be compensated based on sales and profits. Elsa believes they will be able to borrow $200,000 initially and perhaps an additional $100,000 per year during the development period. The money will be used for working capital and manufacturing equipment. They feel that they may be able to attract new investors once some of the initial work has been completed.

Galadriel thinks Jim brings some needed talents to the venture, but she is very uneasy about being exposed to liabilities that he might create. Bill says he has nothing to lose so the association with Jim does not concern him. Galadriel has about $500,000 in income each year. Bill's income is about $25,000 a year and Jim has earned anywhere from $0 to $200,000 annually over the last few years.

 

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