Dissecting the Impact on Valuation Drivers What impact, if any, will the imposition of tariffs have on the valuation of assets? How will the imposition of tariffs impact modeling? In this article, the author shares his thoughts on the various factors and industries that valuation professionals must weigh to p more ...

Galiotos v. Galiotos—The Tale of a Sibling Feud This legal update provides a summary of how the trial and appellate courts addressed a dispute amongst siblings that were co-trustees of trusts holding commercial real estate assets. The case provides valuation and litigation support professionals an opportunity more ...

The Court Assess Substantive and Procedural Advanced to Disqualify Expert Witness This article provides an in-depth review of a recent infringement, unfair competition and cybersquatting where Plaintiff sought disgorgement of profits. The case highlights procedural and substantive arguments advanced during li more ...

A Case Study In this article, the author uses a case study to explore how forensic accountants used analytics to identify discrepancies in financial records and support financial investigations. Introduction While we traditionally think of forensic accounting as the specialized area of accounting that focuses more ...

How Forensic Accountants and Business Valuation Professionals Can Give AI a “Run for its Money” As AI proliferates, business valuation and forensic accountants will need to distinguish between human-authored and AI assisted/generated content. Significantly, AI generated content, as of the date of writing, is more ...

Budget Cuts, Payment Freezes, and Tariffs In an attempt to continue tracking the latest actions of the federal government’s legislative and executive branches affecting the healthcare industry since the last article was released in March, this article summarizes recent events in Washington and the impact of t more ...

For Preventing Fraud and Driving Business Growth The importance of strong internal controls cannot be overstated. They form the foundation for financial integrity, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and, ultimately, long-term business success. This article explores how strong internal controls not more ...

Financial Due Diligence Preparation and readiness for the sell-side process will contribute to maximizing the value of your company and mitigate the risk of surprises at the critical stages of the proposed transaction. The author shares what to expect in a sell-side engagement and what can be done to exit suc more ...

It is About Solving the Dollar Value Problem How do you price your business valuation engagement? What about a litigation support engagement? In this article, Rod Burkert discusses how to value your professional engagements. Let’s talk pricing. Specifically, why do we struggle to price the value of a business more ...

Grantor Trust—Living Trusts to Irrevocable Trusts and their Taxation This article provides the general rules which are applicable for many and sometimes almost every situation, but with taxes and legal issues there are very few absolutes and almost everything has exceptions. That is why competent and experien more ...