by Greg Caruso | Jan 30, 2022 | Business Valuation Basics, Technical Business Valuation Topics
The best a business valuator can do is issue an “Opinion” as to business value. As such there is always the possibility of mistakes or error in business valuations. These seven, “easy to miss errors” in business valuation can cause the business valuation...
by Greg Caruso | Nov 30, 2020 | ESOP Business Valuation, Estate and Gift Tax Business Valuation, Technical Business Valuation Topics
Valuing a Small Business IS Different. After a recent seminar “Valuing Small Businesses in the Shadow of COVID-19”, I took time at the end to answer some questions from the attendees. Here are some of the questions (and answers!) on using the Income Method...
by Greg Caruso | Nov 22, 2020 | Business Valuation Basics, Technical Business Valuation Topics
How can you tell if a business valuation is correct or if it is likely to be biased, wrong, or outright rigged? In the majority of business valuations, the business valuator follows accepted standards and delivers a supportable and unbiased valuation. Unfortunately, a...
by Greg Caruso | Oct 27, 2020 | Business Valuation Basics, Technical Business Valuation Topics
Recently I presented “Valuing Micro and Small Businesses in the Shadow of COVID-19″ as a webinar training for Business Valuation Resource members. As always, I provided time at the end of the session for questions from attendees. This group had some very...
by Greg Caruso | Oct 18, 2020 | Technical Business Valuation Topics
This month’s Business Valuation Update published by Business Valuation Resources (BVR) featured my article about implementing a “COVID-19 Marketability Discount”. This is a Discount for Lack of Marketability (DLOM) that arises due to an unusual...