by Greg Caruso | Oct 19, 2021 | Business Valuation Basics, Technical Business Valuation Topics
At 1:00 PM, October 20, 2021, Gregory Caruso is giving a two hour presentation to the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). The business valuation presentation is based on the methodology explained in...
by Greg Caruso | Sep 15, 2021 | Business Valuation Basics, Estate and Gift Tax Business Valuation
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA When we are assessing a company in a business valuation, we look at a number of future risks, some of which I’ve discussed in previous blog posts. Discounts and premiums are adjustments we make to the estimate of value in business...
by Greg Caruso | Sep 8, 2021 | Business Valuation Basics
Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Business valuation market method multipliers are useful as rules of thumb or sanity checks on business valuations, calculations, and estimates. Below, I include many small business multipliers and industry multipliers such as...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 30, 2021 | Business Valuation Basics
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Successful businesses are usually valued by estimating a future cash flow using either an income approach or a market approach. The goal is to select the best cash flow to reflect the true earnings power of the business for the size...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 18, 2021 | Business Valuation Basics, Increase Business Value
“Your key people are all going to retire when you sell the business? Who the heck is going to know how to run the business?????” This is not a conversation that you want to be having as a buyer or seller. If you are trying to buy or sell a business, you...
by Greg Caruso | Jul 28, 2021 | Business Valuation Basics, Increase Business Value, Technical Business Valuation Topics
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA We all know the story: a business has a detailed cash flow projection that seems totally sensible. Then, something happens, and the company does not make those projections. The idea that a company might not make future projections...