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How to buy clients, not a company

Name: How to buy clients, not a company
Uploaded: 2025-08-07T19:04:17+00:00
Duration: 25 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: Short YouTube discussion (uploaded by/created by Peter Vander Wall) explaining buying a client list from an accounting firm rather than buying the…

7 Aug 2025 · 0 min

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Short YouTube discussion (uploaded by/created by Peter Vander Wall) explaining buying a client list from an accounting firm rather than buying the business assets. Speakers state they purchased only the client list, did not acquire office/furniture/accounts receivable, are not absorbing prior liabilities, and the seller is entitled to a percentage of revenue from those clients; the buyer merges those clients into their existing firm ("day one").

We did not buy the business. We bought a client list when we bought the accounting firm. We didn't buy the office. We didn't buy any furniture. We are required to keep all the employees. All we did was say, hey, we're. We're purchasing this client list, and the seller is entitled to a certain percentage of revenue from that client list. We're not absorbing any of the previous liabilities for that company. We don't get any of their accounts receivable. We don't have any of their employees. All we're doing is purchasing a client list.
And it's basically just a merge into your existing firm, like day one.
Yep, that's right.