Rebuttal to calculation report comments
In last week’s issue of BVWire, we included some comments from readers about two articles (see “Calculation Report Controversy” link) we posted, one of which urges valuation experts to stay away from calculation engagements and a rebuttal article that disagrees with some of the points made.
Readers comment on calculation report controversy
Are calculation engagements a good thing or bad thing for the valuation profession?
Calculation Engagements: The REAL Story
The authors respond the article "'Breaking Bad' in the Valuation Profession" and discuss recent AICPA guidance on calculation engagements.
Article sparks calculation report controversy
Some valuation experts are of the opinion that calculation engagements are not a good thing for the profession.
Expert’s Detailed Risk Analysis Bolsters Use of Deep Discount in Law Firm Valuation
In buyout dispute over law firm interest, court credits firm’s expert, noting his extensive relevant experience, his taking care to value interest under fair market value standard, as required by the partnership agreement, and his detailed risk analysis to support a deep discount.
Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP v. Assam
In buyout dispute over law firm interest, court credits firm’s expert, noting his extensive relevant experience, his taking care to value interest under fair market value standard, as required by the partnership agreement, and his detailed risk analysis to support a deep discount.
‘Breaking Bad’ in the Business Valuation Profession
The increasing use of calculation engagements seriously compromises the valuation profession’s historical standards of reliability and independence.
‘Breaking Bad’ in the BV profession
Just like the character in the hit drama series, some good appraisers are going “bad” by doing calculation engagements—dubbed “valuation meth” by Michael Paschall (Banister Financial Inc.) in a new article.
Bankruptcy Court Favors DCF to Value Dissociated Interest
Court finds debtor’s fraudulently conveyed interest represents a dissociated interest that is held by the estate; appropriate valuation date is date of trial, and DCF analysis, as modified by court, best captures value of the interest at that time.
Hanckel v. Campbell (In re Hanckel)
Court finds debtor’s fraudulently conveyed interest represents a dissociated interest that is held by the estate; appropriate valuation date is date of trial, and DCF analysis, as modified by court, best captures value of the interest at that time.
Court Trusts Process to Test Expert’s Calculation of Value
Calculation reports periodically become a point of contention in litigation in trial and appeals courts. Courts have responded in different ways to questions about their usefulness and reliability. A recent case explores the issue of whether expert testimony based on a calculation of value is admissible under Daubert. Prior to marriage, the husband founded a company that marketed and sold Steel Seal, a car repair product that sealed blown head gaskets. The company ...
Hipple v. SCIX, LLC
Trial court finds plaintiff expert’s testimony based on a calculation of value instead of a full appraisal is admissible under Daubert because it is a form of engagements approved by the AICPA and the expert explained his methodology and assumptions.
Buyout Agreement Short-Circuits Court’s Scrutiny of Appraisals
Court says determination of repurchase price of departing partner’s stake is subject to operating agreement giving defendants absolute control over valuation; absent bad faith conduct, court declines to scrutinize appraisals underlying buyout offer.
Leone v. Owsley
Court says determination of repurchase price of departing partner’s stake is subject to operating agreement giving defendants absolute control over valuation; absent bad faith conduct, court declines to scrutinize appraisals underlying buyout offer.
