Congratulations to Miri Hunter for her hard work to earn her Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) credentials!  Miri completed extensive training and testing administered by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).  A valuation analyst is a professional who determines how much a business is worth. A certified valuation analyst prepares business appraisals and consults…

Any business owner developing a succession plan should rightfully assume that regular business valuations are a must. When envisioning the valuation process, you’re likely to focus on its end result: a reasonable, defensible value estimate of your business as of a certain date. But lurking beneath this number is a variety of often hard-to-see issues.…

Most business owners spend a lifetime building their business. And when it comes to succession, they face the difficult decision of whether to sell, dissolve or transfer the business to family members (or a nonfamily successor). Many complicated issues are involved, including how to divvy up business interests, allocate value and tackle complex tax issues.…