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Use Third-party Debt to Raise Corporate Capital In many cases, a corporation experiences tax advantages if it issues debt, rather than stock, to investors because interest paid on the corporation's debt is deductible, while dividends paid to shareholders are not.   Business Buy/Sell Agreements It is important that businesses with more than one owner have a written buy/sell agreement specifying what happens when an owner withdraws from the business. A buy/sell agreement is a contract between the owners (or the owners and the business entity itself) that establishes rules and restrictions applicable to changes in ownership.   Changes to the Home Sale Gain Exclusion Many taxpayers bought a second home, such as a vacation home, with the intention of later converting the second home into their principal residence. Under pre-2008 Housing Act law, those taxpayers could have excluded up to $250,000 ($500,000 for certain joint filers) upon a later sale of that former vacation home as long as the two-year ownership and use tests for the exclusion were satisfied.