What Is Business Valuation and How Is It Calculated?
Business valuation determines the economic worth of a company using income, market, and asset approaches. A Florida forensic CPA explains the methods, when each applies, what records you need, and how to read a valuation report defensibly.
Business Valuation Methods: 6 Key Approaches Explained
The 6 core business valuation methods grouped by income, market, and asset approach. A Florida forensic CPA explains when each method applies, its limitations, and how to reconcile across methods in litigation-defensible BV reports.
EV/EBITDA Explained: Enterprise Value Multiple for Business Valuation
EV/EBITDA is the enterprise value multiple used to compare a company’s total value to its operating earnings. A Florida forensic CPA explains how the multiple is calculated, when it applies in litigation and transaction valuations, and the normalization adjustments that make it defensible.
Using But-For Scenarios and Benchmarking in Economic Damage Models
Executive Summary Economic damage models serve as the backbone of financial loss quantification in legal disputes. At their core, these models involve more than simple
Discount Rates and Present Value in Economic Damage Cases
Executive Summary Discount rates play a vital role as mathematical tools in economic damage litigation. They convert future monetary losses into today's values. Money has
Handling Incomplete Records in Economic Damages Cases
Executive Summary Economic damage calculations form the foundation of many legal disputes, yet they often face a significant challenge: incomplete financial records. When documentation gaps
Calculating Future Earnings and Economic Loss in Litigation
Executive Summary Future earnings and economic loss calculations are often central in personal injury and wrongful death matters when a claim involves lost earning capacity
Preparing for Economic Damage Expert Testimony
Working With Your Economic Damage Expert to Build an Objective, Unbiased, Persuasive Story for the Jury Executive Summary In economic damage cases, the numbers are
Using Forensic Accounting to Evaluate Lifestyle Claims in Divorce
Executive Summary In many divorces, one party claims they can’t afford support while the lifestyle tells a different story. Lifestyle analysis uses financial records to
When to Engage a Business Valuation Expert: A Florida CPA Framework for Disputes and Transactions
A Florida CPA’s guide for attorneys, business owners, and litigants on when to engage a business valuation expert in disputes, transactions, divorce, and shareholder matters.
CVA vs ABV vs MAFF: Business Valuation Credentials Compared
How CVA, ABV, and MAFF business valuation credentials compare — issuing bodies, requirements, and which one your case actually needs.
Business Valuation Specialist in Florida: Credentials, Methodology, When You Need One
What a business valuation specialist does, the credentials that matter, and when Florida attorneys and business owners need one. CPA, ABV reference.