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Economic Obsolescence Measurement Best Practices
(Part II of IV) The first of this four-part series considered the differences between the unit principle of property appraisal and the summation princ more ...
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Economic Obsolescence Measurement Best Practices
(Part I of IV) Valuation analysts (“analysts”) are often asked to value special-purpose industrial and commercial property. These analyses may be deve more ...
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Unimpeachable Scope
A Synopsis of Valuation Brief 1 “Understanding the Differences: Conclusion of Value vs. Value Calculations” Valuation Brief 1, “Understanding the Diff more ...
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The Criticism of the Guideline Private Comparable Transaction Method
Tread Carefully Using this Market-Approach In valuation theory, the market-based approach, being one of the three main valuation approaches, can rely more ...
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Thinking of Valuing a Bitcoin Mining Company?
Understanding the Fundamentals of the Industry The purpose of this article is to give other experts facing the challenge of completing a valuation of more ...
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What is Verified Financial Intelligence and Why is it the New Litmus Test?
Part I in a Series Addressing Advances in Forensic Accounting and Financial Forensics The author of this series of articles is co-founder of Valid8 Fi more ...
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Cyber Security and Business Interruption
Foundations for Prevention and Mitigation This article focuses on the professional expertise, processes, and technologies that are needed to mitigate more ...
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Financial Statement Fraud
Taking Another Look at Perpetrators and Their Schemes—Can a Testifying Expert Witness Rely on the Financial Statements and/or Other Financial Reports more ...
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Crypto After the Crash
Strategies for Resolving Litigation Disputes The cryptocurrency market is down approximately 57 percent for the year as of the time of this writing. F more ...
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The Role of Forensic Accountants in Measuring and Detecting Fraud in Employee Loss Claims
With Examples From Asset Misappropriation to Financial Statement Fraud (Part II of II) This two-part article (Read Part I here) focuses on the two sig more ...
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20 Questions that Will Help You Find Your Niche
There are riches in niches! That’s because you cannot be everything to everybody. Sounds reasonable. But what is missing is the advice that will help more ...
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Practice Management
Client Onboarding Onboarding clients is a critical task. This is a process that enables practitioners to mitigate risks and set client expectations. T more ...
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Our Fees are Determined by the Market
Really? How are professional fees determined? What role, if any, does the “market” have on this question. In this article, Rod Burkert shares his view more ...
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Be Grateful for Difficult Clients
There is a difference between a difficult client and a bad client. In this article, the author shares the distinction between the two and shares his v more ...
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Checklist for Starting a Business
And Setting Up an Office Creating a checklist may seem boring, but a checklist provides the end-users with a process that enables the business owner a more ...
Economic Obsolescence Measurement Best Practices
(Part II of IV) The first of this four-part series considered the differences between the unit principle of property appraisal and the summation principle of property appraisal. This second part describes and illustrates the generally accepted economic obsolescence measurement methods (with particular emphasi more ...
Legal Update
June 2023 What happens when an owner pays him or herself a non-market rate of compensation? This month’s legal update presents, Mekhaya v. Eastland Food Corp., 287 A.3d 395; 2022 Md. App. LEXIS 938 (Md. Ct. App. December 22, 2022). In that case, an appellate court discusses what can happen when owners use the more ...
The Unimpeachable Rebuttal
Pearls Clutched and Loaded Have you ever read an opposing expert’s rebuttal of your expert report that left you clutching your pearls the rest of the day? With over 2,000 cases under my belt, I have had some true works of fiction written about me and still can be found clutching my proverbial pearls from time more ...
What is Verified Financial Intelligence and Why is it the New Litmus Test?
Part I in a Series Addressing Advances in Forensic Accounting and Financial Forensics The author of this series of articles is co-founder of Valid8 Financial Forensics Software, a Seattle, WA and Boulder, CO-based professional service provider. These articles set forth techniques used to investigate financial more ...
The Role of Forensic Accountants in Measuring and Detecting Fraud
in Inventory Loss Claims Insurance claims for loss of inventory are generally examined by insurance carriers. The carrier will retain a forensic accountant who has the ability to quantify out of sight inventory losses. Out of sight inventory losses occur when the accountant is not able to physically count the more ...
2022 M&A in Review
Indications for 2023 After a record year in 2021 transactional activity, where healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) were up by 56 percent, the market continued to thrive in 2022. Preliminary results revealed that 2022 M&A deals hit a record high of 2,409 deals; 150 transactions over what was obse more ...
Valuing Lost Profits of a License Agreement
Avoiding Speculation The author of this article, Dr. Kreuter, recently testified in a jury trial in New York State Supreme Court. The case was heard in April 2023. In the case, Kela Tennis, Inc. (“Kela”) sued the City of Mt. Vernon (“Mt. Vernon” or “the City”). On behalf of Kela, Dr. Kreuter calculated the ec more ...
Is Non-Traditional Debt Financing Right for You?
A Five-Step Process to Secure Debt Refinancing For anyone dealing with a company that has a troubled balance sheet, maintaining cash flow is critical to determining an optimal go-forward approach. In many cases, the go-forward involves a transaction such as a merger or sale. But, to get to that point, a stres more ...
20 Questions that Will Help You Find Your Niche
There are riches in niches! That’s because you cannot be everything to everybody. Sounds reasonable. But what is missing is the advice that will help you identify your practice niche that everyone says is the secret sauce to making more money. There are riches in niches! That’s because you cannot be everythin more ...
A Primer on Establishing Trusts and its Taxation
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 ...