Business Valuation Fundamentals

Overview

In this course we will look at the highlights of what valuation is doing, how to go about it and what to look for in business valuation reports.  Areas such as types of reports, the standards by which they are prepared and process that is used to go from data to report.  We will also discuss the purposes of reports and how that purpose may impact the value.  Finally, we discuss how to determine the value of minority interests.

Highlights

• Business Valuation Fundamentals
• The Objective - What type of report is needed?
• The Process
• Agreed Upon Procedures
• Calculation of Value
• Conclusion of Value
• Industry
• Sanity Checks – Would you pay or accept the value if it were your company?
   

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Accountants or attorneys who have not worked much with the appraisal world yet have interest or need to know more about it. Also, business owners would benefit a lot from this course by learning how to increase the value of their appraisal when they want to gift or sell their business.

Objectives

• We will be presenting the basic ideas of how business valuations are put together.
  • The Purpose of the Appraisal
  • The Process of the Valuation
  • The Meaning of the Results
  • The Writing of the Report

Preparation

None