BVRPro adds to its ASA BV Review archive
Subscribers to the BVResearch Pro platform can access issues of Business Valuation Review going back to 1982, and the Fall 2021 issue has just been added to the archive.
BV News and Trends January 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Latest issue of the ASA BVReview now in BVRPro
The BVResearch Pro platform contains the full archive of BVReview (going back to 1982!), the business valuation journal of the American Society of Appraisers.
Attrition Analysis, Midperiod Convention and Customer Retirement Forecasts
Attrition analysis is widely used by valuation professionals as a recognized method to forecast customer population retirement behavior. With attrition analysis, an expected customer population retirement profile is developed through the study of historical customer retirement activity and applied to the customer population when valuing customer relationship intangible assets. As a frequent reviewer of customer relationship valuations, valuation practitioners regularly develop an attrition analysis founded on a midperiod retirement convention but then apply an end ...
Tales From the Trenches: How Recent Challenges with the IRS Impact Your Valuation
With a special focus on the recent Aaron U. Jones (USTC TCM 2019-101) case regarding tax affecting an S corp and a partnership, this workshop is the best way to get IRS insights short of going into litigation. Get real insights on how to avoid and what to do if working with the IRS on business valuation issues at all levels. Join Mike Gregory as he dives into conflict resolution (with assistance from the Collaboration ...
Incorporating Industry Research Throughout the Engagement Process (Free Webinar)
In this presentation, the co-founder and CEO of Vertical IQ, Bobby Martin, will share how industry research can help you have more value-added discussions with the business owners you advise. By leveraging industry-specific content in the business valuation process, you will increase new client percentages and strengthen existing relationships. Learn best practices for using industry research to go beyond the basic requirements of business valuations.
How to Build a Strong Referral Network
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently said that Amazon’s business is a “flywheel” because each stakeholder of its business creates more momentum for the next. One can say the same thing about Uber or AirBnB. Think about it: How did you hear about Amazon Prime, Uber, or AirBnB? The oldest marketing technique in the book acquired most customers of these companies: referral. Join Joanne Black, Matthew Cahill, Alice Heiman, Robert Gillette for a discussion moderated by Bharat ...
Valuing Customer Relationships: The Do's and Don'ts of the Distributor Method
While the relief from royalty method and multiperiod excess earnings method are effective tools for valuing intangible assets such as customer relationships, they rely on market data that can be both highly subjective and of poor comparable value to the subject company. As an alternative, the distributor method provides appraisers with a market-based proxy for use in valuing customer relationships. Join experts Edward Hamilton and Sean Woodward to explore the strengths and weaknesses of customer ...
Free download: What increases the asset value of a customer?
Valuing customer relations requires quantitative and qualitative judgments.
A Primer on Bargain Purchases and Negative Goodwill
When a change of company control occurs, such as an acquisition, a valuation of the assets acquired must be performed to be compliant with generally accepted accounting principles, as mandated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and addressed in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805: Business Combinations. This type of exercise is commonly referred to as a purchase price allocation, since the purchase price of the subject company is allocated across all tangible and intangible ...
Court Endorses Before and After Method for Lost Profits
In Daubert case, court accepts before and after method for lost profits and diminution of value calculation but excludes parts of expert testimony because they merely restated company assumptions and conclusions without undergoing testing from the expert.
Advanced Drainage Sys. v. Quality Culvert, Inc.
In Daubert case, court accepts before and after method for lost profits and diminution of value calculation but excludes parts of expert testimony because they merely restated company assumptions and conclusions without undergoing testing from the expert.
FASB provides major new opportunity for appraisers - part 1 of 2
The two statements issued by FASB this fall, Statement No. 141, Business Combinations, and Statement No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, will change the accounting for intangible as ...