Insights: Business Valuation Services
Responding to the nightmare of a data breach
It’s every business owner’s nightmare. Should hackers gain access to your customers’ or employees’ sensitive data, the very reputation of your company could be compromised. And lawsuits might soon follow. No business owner wants to think about such a crisis, yet it’s imperative that you do. Suffering a data breach without an emergency response plan…
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Prepare for the worst with a business turnaround strategy
Many businesses have a life cycle that, as life cycles tend to do, concludes with a period of decline and failure. Often, the demise of a company is driven by internal factors — such as weak financial oversight, lack of management consensus or one-person rule. External factors typically contribute, as well. These may include disruptive…
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Let Us Help You Leverage What You Can Learn From Your Tax Return
What does your tax return say about your financial situation? The fact is, the paperwork you file each year offers excellent information about how you are managing your money—and highlights areas where it might be wise to make changes in your financial habits. If you have questions about your financial situation, we can help. Our…
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Understanding how taxes factor into an M&A transaction
Merger and acquisition activity has been brisk in recent years. If your business is considering merging with or acquiring another business, it’s important to understand how the transaction will be taxed under current law. Stocks vs. assets From a tax standpoint, a transaction can basically be structured in two ways: 1. Stock (or ownership interest). A…
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Prepare for valuation issues in your buy-sell agreement
Every business with more than one owner needs a buy-sell agreement to handle both expected and unexpected ownership changes. When creating or updating yours, be sure you’re prepared for the valuation issues that will come into play.Issues, what issues? Emotions tend to run high when owners face a “triggering event” that activates the buy-sell. Such events…
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7 ways to prepare your business for sale
For some business owners, succession planning is a complex and delicate matter involving family members and a long, gradual transition out of the company. Others simply sell the business and move on. There are many variations in between, of course, but if you’re leaning toward a business sale, here are seven ways to prepare:1. Develop…
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Miri Hunter – Our newest Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)
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…
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Valuation often affects succession plans in hard-to-see ways
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.…
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What can a valuation expert do for your succession plan?
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.…
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