NFT Valuation: What You Need To Know
In 2021, nonfungible token (NFT) prices drastically increased and then dropped substantially just over year later. These digital assets can be difficult to grasp, but they now play a role in personal investment portfolios and on company balance sheets. As a result, valuations of digital assets will be needed for issues such as divorce litigation, estate valuations, bankruptcy litigation, fair value measurements, and more. This presentation will demystify these investments and teach attendees how the ...
Valuing Real Estate Centered Entities in 2023
A review of the problems business appraisers and analysts see in companies holding substantial amounts of real estate, often necessary to run the business and produce cash flow. Discussion will focus on understanding and incorporating real property appraisal conclusions including an intangible asset and how to test those findings with business valuation evidence ...
BV News and Trends September 2022
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News and Trends August 2022
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Secret witnesses may appear in overvaluation case
In a New Jersey class action, plaintiff shareholders of publicly held Ascena Retail Group alleged that the company misrepresented the value of its goodwill and trade names to inflate the stock price artificially.
Paper investigates patent valuation methods
A new paper investigates the underlying knowledge structure and the evolution of patent valuation methods under two main topics: quantitative and qualitative.
In re Ascena Retail Grp., Inc. Sec. Litig.
In this securities putative class action litigation, plaintiff shareholders alleged that the defendants (Ascena) misrepresented the value of Ascena’s goodwill and trade names in order to inflate Ascena’s stock price artificially. In June 2017, Ascena announced an impairment charge to those assets of $1.3 billion “causing Ascena's already-declining share price to fall precipitously. Ascena ultimately declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2020.” The defendants moved to dismiss for failure to plead material misrepresentation or scienter or both. The court granted the motion to dismiss but allowed the plaintiffs to amend their complaint.
New Jersey U.S. District Court Dismisses Plaintiffs’ Complaint That Public Company Defendant Overvalued Its Goodwill
In this securities putative class action litigation, plaintiff shareholders alleged that the defendants (Ascena) misrepresented the value of Ascena’s goodwill and trade names in order to inflate Ascena’s stock price artificially. In June 2017, Ascena announced an impairment charge to those assets of $1.3 billion “causing Ascena's already-declining share price to fall precipitously. Ascena ultimately declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2020.” The defendants moved to dismiss for failure to plead material misrepresentation or scienter or both. The court granted the motion to dismiss but allowed the plaintiffs to amend their complaint.
Human capital and valuation explored in new paper
Everyone knows the phrase “our people are our most valuable asset,” but just how does human capital generate value for organizations?
ABCs of Intangible Asset Valuation
Do you know the ABCs of intangible asset valuation? Join Nene Glenn Gianfala to dive into the Approaches used to value intangible assets. Next, tackle the Background, importance, and hot topics of intangible assets. Lastly, bring it all together with a Case study on how to determine the value of goodwill and other intangible assets in a business combination. Get solid with the fundamentals, so you can confidently tackle your next IP engagement.
Details start to emerge about the Prince estate valuation
One of the tricky assets to value in the Prince estate was the rock star’s name and likeness.
Prince estate and IRS settle valuation dispute
The IRS and Comerica Bank and Trust, the administrator of the estate of rock star Prince, have agreed to settle their dispute and agree on an estate value of $156.4 million, according to settlement documents submitted in the case.
BV News and Trends October 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
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 ...
Insiders Examine Michael Jackson Estate Valuation Dispute
Testifying experts for the estate give their main takeaways from this fierce dispute with the IRS.
BV News and Trends August 2021
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations
Join Ray Rath for key insights on the determination of the economic and useful (amortization) lives for intangible assets. The course provides an overview of key accounting guidance pertaining to the valuation of intangible assets. A detailed focus on the estimation of an economic life for intangible assets is included. The event will also include insights on industry-specific factors impacting the valuation and economic lives of different types of intangible assets. A discussion of purchase ...
Prince estate valuation featured on latest AICPA podcast
In the shadow of the recent court decision in the Michael Jackson estate valuation dispute, the estate of pop star Prince is currently locked in a fierce estate and gift tax dispute.
Michael Jackson estate valuers give rare inside look
Experts for the estate of pop superstar Michael Jackson presented a fascinating look at how the valuations were done for the “tax trial of the century” in a BVR webinar.
Interesting question on the Michael Jackson case
There were three main valuation matters in the case of the Michael Jackson estate versus the IRS, and the estate prevailed in two of them (see our most recent coverage here).
Michael Jackson case featured on BVR ‘power panel’ July 27
Experts involved in the high-profile case involving the Michael Jackson estate versus the IRS will discuss the contentious valuation issues in the case during a BVR webinar, Power Panel: Estate of Michael J. Jackson v. Commissioner.
In Jackson case, Tax Court dismisses IRS expert’s revenue projections as ‘simply not reasonable’
When Michael Jackson died, his image and likeness was besmirched, and yet, once competent executors took charge, they were able to make a lot of money for the estate in the immediate post-death years.
Business Combinations and Fair Value for Financial Reporting
Are you confused by business combinations? Join William Kennedy for this engaging session covering GAAP fair value standards and their application in business combinations. Hear a discussion of the nuances of the GAAP fair value standard and history of how it was developed as part of the GAAP-IFRS convergence project. Also learn how the valuation approaches and methods used in fair value assessment differ from valuation approaches used in a fair market value appraisal.
Tax Court resists tax affecting in Michael Jackson case
Although the U.S. Tax Court recently handed the Michael Jackson estate a decisive victory regarding the estate’s tax liability, the court did not side with the estate on tax affecting, an issue that has preoccupied valuators, many of whom are proponents of the practice, for a long time.
Tax Court issues highly anticipated ruling in Michael Jackson case
In the long-running litigation between the estate of the late megastar Michael Jackson and the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Tax Court finally issued its opinion on the value of Jackson’s name and likeness, as well as the value of his interest in two music publishing assets.