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How are auto dealership lost profits calculated? A forensic CPA explains the five profit centers, gross-per-unit, fixed absorption, and blue-sky value.

Can a startup with no track record recover lost profits? A forensic CPA explains the new-business rule, reasonable certainty, and survival-adjusted models.

A forensic CPA explains how to measure lost profits when a physician breaches a non-compete: collections, payer mix, ancillary revenue, and attribution.

How are construction lost profits and delay damages calculated? A forensic CPA explains the measured-mile, total-cost, and Eichleay-overhead methods.

Before-and-after vs. yardstick: a forensic CPA explains the two main methods for projecting but-for lost profits, when each fits, and how courts judge them.

How are restaurant lost profits calculated? A forensic CPA explains the but-for projection, variable food-and-labor costs, and the cash-records problem.

Piercing the corporate veil turns on financial proof: commingling, undercapitalization, and ignored formalities. A forensic CPA explains what courts look for.

Unjust enrichment damages use disgorgement to recover the wrongdoer’s gain, not the plaintiff’s loss. A forensic CPA explains how the profit is measured.

A Daubert motion asks the court to exclude an opposing damages expert. Learn the standard, the common grounds for exclusion, and how a credible method survives.

Future lost profits must be discounted to present value. A forensic CPA explains why, how a discount rate is selected, and the ex ante vs. ex post distinction.

Lost profits must be proven with reasonable certainty, not speculation. A forensic CPA explains the standard, the new-business rule, and what evidence satisfies it.