Bruce Bryen, CPA, CVA

A little homework and help from an expert can help clinicians choose the right benefit plan and the ideal amounts to be deposited.

With the decision to invest money in Overjet and Oral Genome, the American Dental Association raises questions about potential conflicts on interest.

Every clinician’s situation is different, but everyone needs to know how to best prepare so that you can enjoy those retirement years.

The cost of the dental practice valuation is seldom the right way to select the best evaluator.

Dentists who are well informed can negotiate the best terms and conditions when dealing with the acquisition of a dental practice.

When shopping around for a dental practice evaluator, the top choice to lead the search should not be an attorney with little dental practice experience.

If clinicians, administrators, and the proper dental advisors do their homework and work well together, plenty of success can follow.

Before making any hasty decisions about a split, make sure to investigate all that is involved in opening a new practice and weigh both the positives and the negatives of such a move.

Different states and different individual circumstances can have an impact on dentists’ decisions about going to court or attempting to mediate a divorce settlement without court.

Dentists who want to have a practice that grows in value and worth must take the measures to make it happen.

When it comes to selecting the right dental practice evaluator for your valuation, a little patience and homework can go a long way.

Inflation is here, my dental practice is doing ok but my retirement plan is worth about what it was 5 years ago. What am I supposed to do now?

There’s a lot for the private dentist to consider when determining what is best when it comes to DSOs.

What’s the hurry and what are the problems? The divorce will be here sooner or later.

Understanding the input in the dental practice valuation and its impact on the final judgement from the court.

If nothing is done, your dental practice retirement plan will remain stagnated and won’t recover the past losses in enough time for you to actually see the results.

Goodwill is a primary item when a dental practice is being listed for sale and a negotiation is underway as to how much goodwill there really is in the practice.

Employee compensation or independent contractor status? Which is best and which is the correct method of paying someone hired at the dental office?

Dentists need to be aware of the differences between paying tax-deductible alimony and a lump sum settlement, as well as making sure their team works well together.

Credentials, credentials, credentials; when it comes to practice valuations you need an expert well-versed in dental practices.

Is your retirement plan losing substantially and you don’t know how to fix it? Are you worried about extending your time as a practicing dentist when you can retire comfortably?

When all else is not achieving the desired transition effect for buyer and seller, this may provide the best option.

Once litigation begins and the attorneys, dental CPAs and any other advisors get involved to a large degree, litigants should expect to invest a lot of time and money.

When acquiring a dental practice or partnership interest, it’s important to work with experts up front on Asset Purchase Agreements and partnership agreements to try and prevent costly, possibly nasty court battles down the road.

Taking a look at DSO money versus OSO money and the long-term benefits and drawbacks of both.

Dentists going through divorce proceedings will face unique challenges in terms of practice valuations, but there are ways to navigate this tricky situation.

The author and recipient must carefully read and understand what is being proposed in these documents before the dentist signs them.

It’s a good time for dentists and their dental CPAs and other financial advisors to start thinking about planning for changes in their taxes.

In most cases, the primary dentist, most likely the owner, is the one who will have the majority of the goodwill assigned to him or her and will take the value of the dental practice with its assignment of personal goodwill to mean a larger distribution to the dentist rather than to the spouse of the dentist.

Dental advisors and dentists have some ideas on using retirement plans to create a current tax savings boon for the dental practitioner.