Tax Reform Puts Broader Spotlight on Reasonable Comp
Ron Seigneur and Kevin Yeanoplos, the co-authors of a guide on reasonable compensation, explain how tax reform has put more focus on the matter.
New tax law’s impact on intangibles
Under the new tax law, intangibles are more broadly defined than under prior law.
In re Marriage of Cooksey (Cooksey v. Cooksey)
In Florida divorce involving sole proprietorship, court rejects separate valuation of various intangible assets and credits owner expert’s valuation, using “with/without” method to quantify personal goodwill; court considers tax consequences even where sale of business is not imminent.
Court Credits Goodwill Determination Based on ‘With/Without’ Method
In Florida divorce involving sole proprietorship, court rejects separate valuation of various intangible assets and credits owner expert’s valuation, using “with/without” method to quantify personal goodwill; court considers tax consequences even where sale of business is not imminent.
How the New QBI Deduction Impacts the Hypothetical Buyer and Seller
Part 1 of a two-part article on the impact of the new tax law’s Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction for pass-through entities in determining estimated after-tax cash flow at the investor level, as well as the related change in the fair market value of the entity.
Re: Comments Concerning S Corp Tax-Affecting Article
Comments on the response from James Alerding to an article on tax affecting S corps, which appeared in the December 2017 edition of Business Valuation Update titled “Tax Affecting S Corporations: It’s Not a Matter of Whether. It’s a Matter of When.”
BV niche grows at leading CPA firms
Business valuation remains one of the niche services where the most CPA firms reported growth during 2017, according to the “2018 Top 100 Firms” from AccountingToday. (free registration required ...
QBI puzzles fund managers
A flash poll conducted by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP (Baker Tilly) reveals that 36% of fund managers specify qualified business income (QBI) deductions as the greatest challenge faced from the passage of tax reform.
What tax reform?
If any of your clients need valuation-related work because of the new tax law, don’t wait for them to call you.
New Tax Law Adds Nuances to Valuing Wineries
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes special tax breaks for a number of industries, including the winery sector. This adds to the special differences experts need to consider when valuing these entities.
Valuing C Corps and Pass-Through Entities Under the New Tax Law
On December 22, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”). The Act is the most comprehensive tax reform package since the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The Act contains sweeping changes to corporate and individual tax rates, deduction limitations, foreign income taxation, and the tax treatment of pass-through entities (PTEs) such as S corporations and limited liability companies. In this article, we will discuss ...
Valuing Bonus Depreciation Under the New Tax Law
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act) provides businesses the ability to deduct capital expenditures as “bonus depreciation” for purchases of qualified property. This article provides a framework for quantifying the value of bonus depreciation in the context of the discounted cash flow method.
Valuation Experts Give Initial Thoughts on Tax Reform
Valuation experts were asked for their initial impressions on what to consider when doing valuations under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This will be an evolving discussion.
A Response to an Article on S Corp Tax Affecting
This is a response to “Tax Affecting S Corporations: It’s Not a Matter of Whether. It’s a Matter of When,” written by Alan S. Zipp, that appeared in the December 2017 issue of Business Valuation Update.
Inside Pratt’s Stats: Impact of Entity Form on Selling Price (Part 2)
Based on the results of various statistical analyses of Pratt’s Stats transactional data, this article explains how transaction size and the entity form support the existence (and the magnitude) of the “pass-through entity premium.”
Wright v. Phillips
In fair value determination analogous to statutory appraisal valuation, Chancery says companies’ S corp status “has discrete value applicable here,” as captured in expert’s use of 14.5% tax rate (as opposed to 31%); court approves marketability discount.
S Corp Status Adds ‘Discrete’ Value to Business, Chancery Says
In fair value determination analogous to statutory appraisal valuation, Chancery says companies’ S corp status “has discrete value applicable here,” as captured in expert’s use of 14.5% tax rate (as opposed to 31%); court approves marketability discount.
Valuing S Corporations: An Extension of the S Corporation Economic Adjustment Model
Following a series of US Tax Court decisions during the late 1990s and early 2000s, appraisers revisited how to value privately held S corporations. In particular, the key issue concerned how to account for the differing tax burdens between C corporations and S corporations when financial data from the former are used to appraise minority interests in the latter. One method developed to address this issue is the Van Vleet model—also known as the S ...
From the Chair
The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act became effective on January 1, 2018 and will likely impact the value of various entities and intangible assets. This may necessitate changes in our practice application to value these entities and assets.
Tax Effects Are Relevant to Equitable Distribution Analysis
Reviewing court says in valuing owner spouse’s auto transport business and performing equitable distribution analysis, trial court erred when it refused to consider tax effects of potential sale of business before assigning asset to owner; case remanded.
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Tax Court’s Valuation of Trust’s Interest in LLC
Affirming FMV conclusion, appeals court says Tax Court did not err in focusing less on details of methodology parties’ appraisers used than on larger issue of whether hypothetical seller would be able to force distribution of majority of LLC’s assets.
Tax Court’s Novel Theory Aims to Prevent ‘Double Inclusion’
Tax Court finds assets transferred into family limited partnership on behalf of incapacitated decedent shortly before death are includible in gross estate under IRC section 2036(a)(2); to avoid “double inclusion,” court states new rule limiting includible ...
CUT Method Prevails in Amazon’s Transfer Pricing War With IRS
In transfer pricing case, Tax Court says Amazon more accurately determined buy-in and cost-sharing payments by using CUT method to value separately three types of intangible assets; IRS’s DCF analysis results in improper enterprise valuation, court says ...
Carney v. Carney
Reviewing court says in valuing owner spouse’s auto transport business and performing equitable distribution analysis, trial court erred when it refused to consider tax effects of potential sale of business before assigning asset to owner; case remanded.
Tax Effects Are Relevant to Equitable Distribution Analysis
Reviewing court says in valuing owner spouse’s auto transport business and performing equitable distribution analysis, trial court erred when it refused to consider tax effects of potential sale of business before assigning asset to owner; case remanded.