Business valuations come in all shapes and sizes. It's processes and procedures are used to estimate the economic value of an owner's interest in a business. Valuations are used by financial market participants to determine the price they are willing to pay or receive to effect a sale of a business. As a business owner, you should be aware of your value regardless of whether you intend to sell or not. In addition to estimating the selling price of a business, the same valuation tools are often used by business appraisers to resolve disputes related to estate and gift taxation, divorce litigation, allocate business purchase price among business assets, establish a formula for estimating the value of partners' ownership interest for buy-sell agreements, and many other business and legal purposes such as in shareholders deadlock, divorce litigation and estate contest.
Our full valuation reports are prepared in compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' (AICPA) Statements on Standards for Valuation Services (SSVS). SSVS provides guidelines for three types of reports: Detailed Reports, Summary Reports and Calculation Reports. These reports provide final estimates of values based on Conclusion of Values for Detailed and Summary Reports and as a Calculation of Value for Calculation Reports, either as a single value or range of value.
Our valuation reports are custom tailored to fit your needs, and priced accordingly. Your situation will dictate your requirements, which depend on whether you seek a valuation for internal decisions, partnership issues, or 3rd party agreements or disputes. Valuations are typically designed to provide the fair market value of a going concern entity, however can be applied to dissolutions or liquidations, whether orderly or forced.