Business Appraisal Report Proofreading – An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
I remember this one appraisal report where I submitted it to an attorney for estate tax purposes for his client, and this attorney actually reads everything that passed over his [...]
The Art and Science of Business Appraisal – Market Data Edition
If business appraisal involves art, then the words used by an appraiser in the narrative are the brush describing the amount of risk involved. If one spends any significant length [...]
COVID-19 Was NOT Mentioned in My Crystal Ball!
Today, I want to spend some time discussing an aspect of the business valuation industry that is near and dear to all our hearts but is also subject to quite [...]
Predicting the Future
“The value of a privately held business is based on its expected future earnings.” That is the basic idea behind most of the valuation methodology that business appraisers rely on, [...]
Operating in The Post Coronavirus Period
Gary R. Trugman wrote in his tome Understanding Business Valuation, A Practical Guide to Valuing Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, Second Edition beginning on page 510 the following: Valuation as of a [...]
A Forecast Requires Some Thought
This month’s article’s inspiration comes from a different source than most do. Usually, I have an interesting conversation about some valuation topics and use that to write something that [...]
