Posts by Author: Melani Seymour
Tax Consequences of Selling a Dental Practice
Tax Consequences of Selling a Dental Practice Navigating the Tax Consequences of Selling a Dental Practice requires careful planning around asset allocation schedules, ordinary income recapture rates, and entity structures like C-corporations versus S-corporations. Because the gap between gross sale value and after-tax proceeds can easily run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, coordinating your…
Read MoreWhen You Can’t Staff Your Hygiene Schedule: Every Option, Including Selling
You are past the part where anyone needs to explain the shortage to you. You have lived it. The advert has been live since spring. You raised the rate, twice. You called the two hygienists you know socially and both were polite about it. One candidate came in, liked the office, met the team, then…
Read MoreRiccobene Associates and Your Dental Practice: What Owners Should Know in 2026
The letter is on the counter by the sterilization bay. You will read it properly tonight. What you do first, though, is something smaller and stranger. You look at the referral pad by the phone. Three names on it. The endodontist who has taken your 6pm molar emergencies since 2011. The oral surgeon who never…
Read MoreList of Top Veterinary Practice Buyers (2026)
Understanding the Veterinary Practice Buyers Landscape Many practice owners ask us how to evaluate the different veterinary practice buyers currently in the market, and we know you likely have many questions. Choosing the right partner for your exit is not just about the highest multiple; it is about understanding the strategy of different veterinary practice buyers and how their…
Read MoreCalifornia’s DSO Crackdown: What SB 351 and the Aspen Settlement Mean for Sellers in 2026
A California owner called me in January holding a printout of a news story and one question. Does this mean I don’t have to sign a non-compete? He was three weeks from a letter of intent. He had read that a new state law wiped out non-competes for dentists working under private equity ownership, and…
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