Gregory R. Caruso

The Art of Business Valuation (eBook, PDF)

Accurately Valuing a Small Business

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Starting from the practical viewpoint of, "I would rather be approximately right than perfectly wrong" this book provides a commonsense comprehensive framework for small business valuation that offers solutions to common problems faced by valuators and consultants both in performing valuations and providing ancillary advisory services to business owners, sellers, and buyers. If you conduct small business valuations, you may be seeking guidance on topics and problems specific to your work. Focus on What Matters: A Different Way of Valuing a Small Business fills a previous void in valuation resources. It provides a practical and comprehensive framework for small and very small business valuation (Companies under $10 million of revenues and often under $5 million of revenues), with a specialized focus on the topics and problems that confront valuators of these businesses. Larger businesses typically have at least Reviewed Accrual Accounting statements as a valuation starting point. However, smaller businesses rarely have properly reviewed and updated financials. Focus on What Matters looks at the issue of less reliable data, which affects every part of the business valuation. You'll find valuation solutions for facing this challenge. As a small business valuator, you can get direction on working with financial statements of lower quality. You can also consider answers to key questions as you explore how to value each small business. * Is this a small business or a job? * How much research and documentation do you need to comply with standards? * How can you use cash basis statements when businesses have large receivables and poor cutoffs? * Should you use the market method or income method of valuation? * Techniques that improve reliability of the market method multiplier * How might you tax affect using the income method with the advent of the Estate of Jones and Section 199A? * Do you have to provide an opinion of value or will a calculation work? * How do you calculate personal goodwill? * As a valuation professional how can you bring value to owners and buyers preparing to enter into a business sale transaction? * How does the SBA loan process work and why is it essential to current small business values? * What is the business brokerage or sale process and how does it work? * How do owners increase business value prior to a business sale? This book examines these and other questions you may encounter in your valuation process. You'll also find helpful solutions to common issues that arise when a small business is valued.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119606000
• Artikelnr.: 60067031

Autorenporträt

GREGORY R. CARUSO, JD, CPA, CVA, is a Partner at Harvest Business, LLC. He has been a business valuator, real estate broker, business broker, transactional attorney, and business owner. For 20 years he has provided business brokerage and business valuation services. He is Editor in Chief of "Around the Valuation World," the NACVA's monthly continuing education webinar.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 What is My Business Worth? 1

Chapter 2 Valuation Basics 3

Chapter 3 Why is Valuing Small Businesses Different from Valuing Larger Businesses? 29

Chapter 4 Assessing the Subject Company 37

Chapter 5 Normalization of Cash Flows 81

Chapter 6 Market Approaches 107

Chapter 7 Asset Approaches 145

Chapter 8 Income Approaches 157

Chapter 9 Valuing Partial Interests in a Business 221

Chapter 10 Goodwill and the Small Business 255

Chapter 11 Accounting Issues with Small and Very Small Businesses 265

Chapter 12 Details for Business Valuators 301

Chapter 13 Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller 317

Chapter 14 How to Review a Business Valuation 369

Chapter 15 Final Thought 397

About the Website 399

Index 401