Business valuation professional standards provide criteria to evaluate expert reports
As Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael advises, the admissibility of expert testimony and evidence may depend upon the existence of "peer review and publication," "standards controlling" ...
CROSS-EXAMINATION OF BUSINESS APPRAISERS
n CROSS-EXAMINATION OF BUSINESS APPRAISERS, Feder, Robert D. American Journal of Family Law , Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 1998, p. 108-125. This article is an extensive discussion of the issues ...
USPAP board needs qualified BV members
If you might ever consider serving on the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation, now is the time. Kramer completing ASB term Yale Kramer, currently the only BV person on the ...
1999 in review: What we learned in a busy year
My 30 th year in the business valuation profession ( see December 1999 BVU , p.1) was an active one in terms of development in the profession. Here are some of the highlights: l 1999 was o ...
Second USPAP exposure draft due to be released in mid-June -- Written comments due in 70 days; August 15 deadline for applications for ASB, AQB, Board of Trustees
Because of the importance of USPAP to the business appraisal profession, I'm devoting our lead article space this issue to proposed USPAP revisions and related Appraisal Foundation matters. I urge a ...
Appraisal Foundation testimony at hearing calls for diversity
Direct representation on the parts of the appraisal disciplines affected was the virtually unanimous theme of testimony of a hearing May 2 on the size and composition of the Appraisal Foundat ...
USPAP revisions might classify some functions - consulting services
Before finalizing my March 1996 editorial, "What should qualify as 'appraisal' services? — USPAP still needs some clarification," I sent drafts to the Appraisal Standards Board. They wrote, " The ASB ...
New Appraisal Foundation Industry Advisory Council names Lee Hackett chairman; Council to meet June 24; July 15 is deadline for ASB and AQB applications
The newly-formed Appraisal Foundation Industry Advisory Council, composed of for-profit companies that are preparers and users of appraisals, held a lively three-hour organizational meeting in Alexand ...
USPAP '96 now available; Useful for all appraisers
The 1996 Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice (USPAP) will be available by the time you receive this newsletter, and I recommend that subscribers get a copy. The cost is $25, and an order form is ...