Confidential simulation
How much will you keep after the sale?
Between the negotiated price and what actually lands in your account, the gap comes down to a few parameters. Estimate your net seller proceeds in a few minutes, for a Belgian or French company.
- 3 minutes
- Free and no commitment
- 100% confidential
The method
What drives your net proceeds
The calculation starts from the regime applicable in your country, then narrows along six parameters. Two owners selling at the same price almost never pocket the same amount.
The company's country and your tax residence
Belgium and France do not treat capital gains on a sale the same way. An owner residing in one country and selling a company in the other falls under a third calculation.
Ownership: direct or through a holding company
The same price does not leave the same net amount depending on whether the shares are held personally or by a company. And money sitting in a holding company is not yet in your pocket.
The acquisition value of your shares
Subscribed capital, buybacks of partners' shares, successive contributions, revaluations. This is what gets deducted from the sale price, and it is the most often underestimated item.
The history of your stake
Holding period, percentage of the capital, past transactions on the shares. Several regimes are triggered at these thresholds, in either direction.
The price structure
Deferred consideration, earn-out, vendor loan, reinvestment in the buyer's capital. You are not taxed at the same time or on the same base.
What you will do with the sale proceeds
Business reinvestment, reinvesting the proceeds, gifting to your children before the sale. Some decisions change the calculation, but only if they are made before signing.
Confidentiality
No one needs to know you are considering it
You entrust us with a price and an ownership structure. Three rules apply from the very first second.
No disclosure
Your assumptions are not passed on to anyone, intermediary or database. They are only used to produce your estimate.
No solicitation
Neither you, nor your partners, nor your accountant are contacted. You alone decide whether there is a next step and whether you want to talk.
Anonymous to start
The first two steps require no identifying information. You only identify yourself if you want to receive the details in writing.
Your questions
What business owners
ask us before getting started
Is the simulation free?
Yes, with no commitment. The estimate is instant, requires no account and is not followed by any sales call: you alone decide whether you want to discuss it with us.
What is the calculation based on?
On the tax regime that applies to the sale of your shares: legal form of the company, sale price, acquisition value of the shares, holding period and the tax option chosen. The simulation compares the available options, flat-rate tax or progressive scale, retirement-related reliefs, tax deferral in case of a prior contribution, and shows the gap between them. The tax parameters used are those in force on the date shown under the result.
Do you cover Belgium and France?
Yes, both. The simulator applies the French or the Belgian regime depending on your tax residence and where the company is established. The two tax systems treat capital gains on the sale of shares very differently: a result obtained for one country cannot be transposed to the other. Cross-border situations, where the owner lives in one country and the company is based in the other, fall outside the scope of the simulation and call for a dedicated review.
What if I do not know the acquisition value of my shares?
You can run the simulation without it: we then use the nominal value of the shares, which matches the case of a founder who created the company. In that case the result is an upper bound of the tax due. If you bought shares, took part in a capital increase or received shares as a gift, the value to use appears in your articles of association, transfer deeds or tax returns: entering it makes the calculation noticeably more accurate.
Is my data passed on to third parties?
Never. Your information is not shared with intermediaries, third-party buyers or databases, and does not feed any prospecting list.
Does the tool replace my tax advisor?
No, and that is not its purpose. The simulation gives an order of magnitude and lets you compare scenarios before incurring any fees. The final decisions, choice of regime, timing of the sale, treatment of a prior contribution, fit with your overall wealth situation, are for your tax lawyer or accountant. We work with yours, or can refer you to an adviser from our network.
Know what you will pocket before you negotiate
A free, confidential, no-commitment net-proceeds estimate. Everyone talks about the price. Almost no one talks about the net.
Free · no commitment · 100% confidential
How it works
One simulation, three steps
A few questions, no data to dig out of your files. You get your net seller proceeds at the end of step 3, and you can stop before that. We do not ask for your contact details.
Step 1
Your company
Country of the company, year founded, expected sale price. Enough to identify the tax regime that applies to your deal.
Applicable regime
Step 2
Your ownership
Held directly or through a holding company, share of the capital, acquisition value of your shares. This is where the taxable base is really calculated.
Taxable base
Step 3
Your deal
Price structure, payment schedule, reinvestment plans. You receive your net seller proceeds and the impact of each assumption.
Estimated net proceeds