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Fair Value, Statutory Appraisals, Crypto, ESG, PE Deals, and More at the NYSSCPA BV Conference
As usual, the annual New York State Society of CPAs’ Business Valuation and Litigation Services Conference presented some very interesting and useful information. This article provides a recap of what was discussed.
BVU News and Trends April 2020
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BVU News and Trends May 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BVU News and Trends October 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BV News and Trends December 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Valuation and Forensics Expert Provides Tips on Damages Engagements
Lee D. Sanderson, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, MST, is the founder of Valuation Forensics LLC, a firm with offices in Boston, New York, and Florida. As its name implies, the firm integrates business valuation with forensic accounting in order to respond to the inc ...
Do Not Use the Arithmetic Mean to Average Multiples
Valuation professionals should not use the arithmetic mean of multiples. It is mathematically incorrect because it gives excessive weight to high multiples. A multiple is an inverted ratio with price in the numerator. Therefore, the harmonic mean should be used as the appropriate measure of central tendency.
BV News and Trends March 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Q&As on the Impact of the 2017 Tax Act on Business Valuation
Chris Mellen (Valuation Research Corp.) adds to the evolving discussion about the impacts of the new tax law on business valuation. Part of a series.
Pandemic, ESOP Woes, Fair Value, Crypto, and Fraud at NYSSCPA Conference
The 2020 conference season is underway, and Business Valuation Update was on the scene—virtually, of course—for the New York State Society of CPAs Business Valuation/Litigation Services Conference webcast live from New York City May 18.
Tips and Takeaways From the NYSSCPA BV Conference
BVU attended the annual business valuation conference of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) on May 21 in New York City. As usual, it was an excellent conference, and here are a few takeaways from the sessions.
Global BVU News and Trends March 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
BVU News and Trends April 2018
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BVU PROFILE: On the Road to Building a Career in Business Valuation
As part of the BVU Profiles series, we include interviews with young valuation professionals, exploring how they got into the profession and what they see as their current challenges. Ray Bratcher, ASA, is a 30-year-old valuation analyst at Trugman Valuat ...
Tales From the Trenches: Think Twice About Adding M&A Services to Your BV Practice
Expanding into M&A services might appear to be a great growth area for your existing business valuation practice, but the author believes that this strategy may be fraught with danger and may do more harm to your existing practice than help to grow it.
Global BVU News and Trends October 2020
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
NYSSCPA Symposium Highlights Valuation and Other Challenges of the Legal Marijuana Industry
The legal marijuana business is the fastest growing industry in the U.S., and, if the momentum toward legality includes all states by 2020, U.S. retail marijuana sales could reach $35 billion. This past December, BVU attended the Marijuana Symposium: Busi ...
Book Review: The Comprehensive Guide to Economic Damages, Volume 1 and 2, 4th ed.
For many years now, my expert reports on lost profits and other economic damages have referenced the Nancy J. Fannon (Fannon) and Jonathan M. Dunitz (Dunitz) publication as one of the few treatises that provided me with peer-reviewed economic damages guid ...
Insights From the Record-Breaking ASA Fair Value Conference
A huge audience listened to top speakers discuss current issues, company-specific risk, technology assets, preferred equity, inventory, and a regulatory update.
Business Valuation Year in Review 2015
Here’s a rundown of some of the major developments in the business valuation profession during 2015, which marked the 20th anniversary of Business Valuation Update. The October 2015 issue presented a retrospective as well as insights into the profession f ...
Experts Size Up Controversial IRS Estate Valuation Regs
Valuation experts were anxiously awaiting the proposed IRC Section 2704 regulations designed to crack down on estate valuation discounts. Now that they have been released, they have triggered strong reactions from the valuation community, the legal profes ...
Remarkable Progress for the Insolvency and Registered Valuer Programs in India
Key people are interviewed to discuss how new changes in bankruptcy and insolvency regulations are being implemented, their impact on the valuation profession, and the outlook for valuers in India.
How Changes to Transfer Pricing Rules Impact Valuation Practitioners
The authors discuss new rules in the transfer pricing landscape and a trend toward carving out the financial and economic study from the functional analysis.
Update on DLOM, Fair Value, PTEs at NYSSCPA BV Confab
The 2017 conference season has started! BVR attended the annual business valuation conference of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) in New York City. As usual, it covered some of the profession’s hottest topics. Committee chair Jeffrey Gibralter ...
Global BVU News and Trends July 2019
Business valuation news from a global perspective.