Understand business valuation strategies, issues and challenges.
This topic is a great starting point for those seeking to learn about this hot, premium-priced service for clients. This topic is beneficial for both novices entering the field as well as seasoned professionals looking for a comprehensive review. This topic will elaborate upon the critical approaches used in valuation, the vetted research databases commonly employed by seasoned professionals, and the various types of reports issued by valuators. Whether advising their clients on estate and gift taxation, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, or other commercial activities, financial professionals and attorneys are faced with having to understand and assess business valuation issues. For instance, many attorneys hire outside experts to assist them with their cases without fully understanding the methods and assumptions that these specialists utilize. Since the field of valuation is as much art as is science, the information provided in this material will equip attorneys and other financial professionals to ask the right questions to ensure the quality of the business valuation. Further, you will learn about to identify the existence of major pitfalls within the valuation reports themselves.
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Agenda
Business Valuation Engagement and Process
- Types of Engagements and the Overall Process
- Professional Standards
- Role of the SEC in Business Valuation
- Impact of Federal Regulation
Business Valuation Research
- Process of Data Gathering
- Types of Data Needed
- Publicly Traded Companies vs. Privately Held Companies
- Legal Documents Concerning Ownership
- Information Sources for Both Publicly Traded and Privately Held Companies
Primary Approaches to Business Valuation
- Discounted Cash Flow Method
- Market Method
- Asset Approach
Business Valuation Report Pitfalls
- Standard Business Valuation Report Guidelines
- Summary Reports, Calculation Reports, and Oral Reports
- Report Pitfalls
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on October 13, 2020.
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- AR CLE 1.5
- This course has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
- CA MCLE 1.5
- Lorman Business Center, LLC. is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit.
- WA CLE 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 hours of A/V credit under the Law & Legal Procedure category.
To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.
Virginia MCLE requirements do not allow approval for programs that do not include an audio or audiovisual component.
This program was previously offered as a live webinar. Virginia MCLE requirements do not allow approval for attendance at duplicate programs.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Joel DiCicco, CPA, ICVS-A, BCA, CFF, PFS, CGMA
Florida Atlantic University
- Full-time faculty member at Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business Executive Programs where he teaches graduate-level accounting and finance courses
- Co-founder and partner at the Center for International Business Valuation (CfIBV), a global valuation, training, and consulting organization
- Specializes in the fair value of complex derivative instruments
- Member of the Florida Institute of CPAs’ Editorial Board Committee and the Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee
- Credentialed in valuation (International Certified Valuation Specialist and Business Certified Appraiser), financial forensics (AICPA Certified in Financial Forensics), financial planning (AICPA Personal Financial Specialist), and management accounting (AICPA Chartered Global Management Accountant)
- Ph.D. degree focusing on public budgeting, finance, and tax policy; and a master's degrees in taxation and finance
- Can be contacted at 954-547-2908 or [email protected]
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