Start with tax clearance, because it decides when your buyer releases the full price. Then work through the unemployment account, the county personal property return, your city license, any alcohol licenses and, after an asset sale, ending the company itself.
These guides are general information, not tax or legal advice. Your CPA and attorney should confirm each step for your company. When you are ready to talk value, see the selling process.
- City of Atlanta Final/Close Form for a Sold BusinessHow to close your City of Atlanta business license account after a sale with the Final/Close form: what to send, the returns needed, why lapsing fails.
- Fulton County Personal Property Return When You SellWho files the Fulton County business personal property return when you sell mid year, the January 1 rule, the April 1 deadline and how to prorate the tax.
- Georgia Alcohol License Change of OwnershipSelling a Georgia restaurant, bar or store that sells alcohol? Licenses don't transfer, so the buyer applies locally and with the state before taking over.
- Georgia Certificate of Termination After an Asset SaleAfter an asset sale, how to wind up and end your Georgia LLC with a Certificate of Termination, or dissolve a corporation, and when to wait before filing.
- Georgia TSD-10 Tax Clearance When You Sell a BusinessWhy a Georgia buyer can hold back part of your price for unpaid sales and withholding tax, how Form TSD-10 tax clearance works, and how to close your accounts.
- Georgia Unemployment Rate Transfer to Your BuyerWhen a buyer takes over your Georgia unemployment tax rate and history, how the Department of Labor decides successorship, and what to do for a partial sale.