"Valuation" Posts

Create a valuable financial planning tool that captures your true worth.

According to surveys conducted by Accounting Today of the top 100 CPA firms, business valuation is one of the fastest-growing niche services.

The National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) has grown from its two original co-founders in 1991 to an average membership of 5,500, of which 127 are IRS valuators certified through NACVA. As this indicates, business valuation is growing increasingly in recognition and importance.

Some of the growing attention to business valuation can be attributed to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the 2002 law that governs public companies’ financial …

“A business valuation provides business owners the benefit of planning an exit strategy and mapping a course of action for both premeditated and untimely life events.”

On January 16, 1972, 81,023 people watched from the stands at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Dallas Cowboys took their revenge on the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. With a 24-3 victory, Dallas earned its first Super Bowl title and leading the charge was Roger Staubach, quarterback and the game’s Most Valuable Player. Without his completion of 12 of 19 passes for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns and his offensive …

Position your company as an attractive investment

Last year was a good year for both the U.S. and Canadian merger and acquisition (M&A) markets, and 2007 is forecast to eclipse 2006’s deal-making activity. According to market analysts, a large number of private-business owners are expected to sell their companies in 2007.

These transfers will be driven by the modest, yet sound profits generated in 2006, an expectation of continued increases in profits in 2007, an economy projected to slow in 2008, an existing surplus of capital allocated for funding anticipated acquisitions, and an increase in the number of strategic buyers.…