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What average tax rate are business appraisers using in their calculations?

Business Valuation has become so complex that most practitioners find that they must specialize in this area to keep up. It has become very difficult for an accountant to do valuation work part time and still keep abreast of all the standards, journals, and texts that must be read to be on top of the profession. That means that BV folks tend to be reading all the time!

I am often asked about what texts are most helpful to the valuation analyst.

By Eva Lang

Duff & Phelps (NYSE: DUF) is the largest valuation firm in the U.S. The SEC filings and other publicly available data on this firm shed some light on the operations of the mostly private business valuation industry.

By Eva Lang

On February 18, 2009, FASB announced the addition of two new FASB fair value agenda projects.

By Eva Lang -
Not all couples will be celebrating a happy Valentine’s day. The economic crises has proven to be too much of a strain and pushed some couples to divorce.