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Account Management: Avoid Commonly Used Passwords
Some CPAs consider themselves clever for coming up with easy-to-remember passwords, but hackers are often wise to this tactic. Each year, SplashData c more ...
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Small Firm Spotlight: How I Recruit and Hire New Accountants
CPAs in small firms face many of the same operational challenges when it comes to running their firms. This is the first in an occasional series highl more ...
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Putting Skills-Based Promotion in Motion
A competitive job market and emerging technology have made seniority only part of the advancement equation. As co-managing partner at accounting and c more ...
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Finance Leaders Feel Good but Ready for a Downturn
The Association’s quarterly survey finds that staffing is still a top worry. Finance executives in the United States continue to feel good about growt more ...
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Finding Value in Revenue Recognition Implementation
The challenges associated with FASB’s new revenue recognition standard have been substantial for many companies, but at least they’re gaining valuable more ...
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The Size Effect Continues to be Relevant
Considerations in Applying a Size Premium (Part III of III) In this third and final article, as displayed in Exhibits 1 through 4 in Part 1 of this th more ...
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The Business Will
It is Not Just About Having a Buy-Sell Agreement A business is a dynamic entity. Businesses are fueled by the passion and vision of its owners. While more ...
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The Size Effect Continues to be Relevant
Criticism of Ang (Part II of III) In the second part of this three-part article, Roger Grabowski respond to criticism over the years about the validit more ...
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The Size Effect Continues to be Relevant
When Estimating the Cost of Capital (Part I of III) In this paper, published in three parts with NACVA’s QuickRead, Roger Grabowski reviews the size e more ...
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Big MAC II
Fresenius is the First (General) MAC in Delaware History (Part II of II) This is a follow-up article about the first seller that successfully terminat more ...
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Five Steps to Promoting
Your Blog Posts Writing a blog is an achievement, in and of itself, but that is just the beginning. In this article, Dr. Frederiksen shares five steps more ...
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How to Write a Consistently
Good E-mail Newsletter In January, I asked: Are you a Digital Sharecropper? Are you relying solely on someone else’s digital platform (e.g., Facebook, more ...
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How to Write Headlines
that Produce Results Great headlines—whether in blog posts or e-mails—can convince people to continue reading, even if the writing that follows is med more ...
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How to Build Your E-mail
List from Scratch Last month, I wrote about the hazards of being a digital sharecropper and the benefits of reaching your leads, prospects, clients, a more ...
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Optimizing Your Web Copy
Step-by-Step With increasing competition in the accounting field, you want to ensure that clients and prospects can easily find your content through s more ...
The Size Effect Continues to be Relevant
Considerations in Applying a Size Premium (Part III of III) In this third and final article, as displayed in Exhibits 1 through 4 in Part 1 of this three-part article, the size effect has been observed even when looking at recent periods starting in 1981 and 1990. If one holds that you should not apply the SP more ...
Case Law Update
February 2019—U.S. Tax Court on Valuation of Conservation Easements and Expert Testimony The U.S. Tax Court issued two valuation decisions in late December 2018 that may be of interest to QuickRead readers. The opinion is 116 pages long and delves into what is a qualified real property easement that qualifies more ...
Expert Witness Exchange: CVAs
and Expert Witnessing In this article, the Expert Witness Exchange (EWE) discusses expert witness opportunities available to CVAs. As a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), there is a vast array of employment opportunities you can pursue. One area that may not be as obvious is the ability to play a crucial role more ...
Money Laundering
In More Ways Than One It seems every few months we read about a financial institution involved in a money laundering scandal. The bank typically agrees to pay a fine, promises to behave, hires consultants to monitor and report to the regulators, and the scandal is generally forgotten. You may ask what do the more ...
The Importance of Forensic Accounting
Analysis in Matrimonial Matters As forensic accountants, we may be called upon to determine the value of the marital estate. Frequently, we either receive an avalanche of documents or very few documents. How do we distinguish what is valuable versus what is not? Why is the information so important in our fore more ...
Home Health and Hospice Enterprises
Fair Market Value Considerations (Part I of II) The valuation of home healthcare and hospice enterprises and services are influenced by certain market forces related to the Four Pillars of Healthcare Valuation, i.e.,: (1) regulatory; (2) reimbursement; (3) competition; and, (4) technology—each of which relate more ...
Attaining Reasonable Certainty
in Economic Damages Calculations (Part II of III) The purpose of this article—the second of three on this topic—is to provide the reader with an understanding of Chapter 2 (Costs) of the 2018 Practice Aid as well as certain other publications containing a body of knowledge on the best practices for developing more ...
Big MAC II
Fresenius is the First (General) MAC in Delaware History (Part II of II) This is a follow-up article about the first seller that successfully terminated a deal in Delaware due to a MAC clause. The previous article addressed the General MAC clause. This article addresses the Regulatory MAC clause. Introduction more ...
Five Steps to Promoting
Your Blog Posts Writing a blog is an achievement, in and of itself, but that is just the beginning. In this article, Dr. Frederiksen shares five steps you can take to effectively promote your blog posts. If you have written a blog post for your firm, well done! But before you start celebrating, you need to pr more ...
How is the Section 199A Deduction determined?
Underlying Policy Identified The pass-through entity, that legal entity structure that has given valuators consternation over the years, is back in the news thanks to the Tax Cut and Jobs Acts (TCJA) signed into law at the end of 2017. According to the Joint Commission on Taxation, business owners filed 35.3 more ...
