Valuing Small Businesses and Professional Practices
Description:... "More than 11,500 copies sold in the first edition! It's the essential guide to small business appraisal for owners, accountants, attorneys, brokers, appraisers, bankers, financial and estate planners, and business consultants." "This completely revised and updated second edition maintains its unparalleled coverage of the intricate details unique to small business valuation, while taking you step-by-step through the entire valuation process. Beginning with the fundamentals, Pratt brings together both theoretical principles and generally accepted practices to give you a complete, balanced approach to the most effective valuation techniques." "Based on his extensive experience in working on over 2,000 business valuation assignments and often being called on to testify as an expert witness in the field, Pratt gives you dozens of easy-to-follow examples and exhibits. Updated with the latest changes in the field, this second edition includes the most current business valuation standards; the most up-to-date transaction databases for small businesses and professional practices; expanded coverage of key issues, including understanding and using capitalization and discount rates, subchapter S Corporations, estate planning considerations, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs); an entire section on litigation and dispute resolution, including insight into how valuations differ for different purposes such as divorces, damage suits, taxes, and other disputed valuation matters; and all-new information on valuing minority interests and court decisions affecting the valuation of specific types of professional practices." "Written in clear, easy-to-understand language, Valuing Small Businesses and Professional Practices is intended to be an invaluable guide for both beginning and experienced professionals. To facilitate quick-reference searches for every level of reader, this hands-on resource includes present value tables, reprints of key revenue rulings (including 59-60), ASA business valuation standards, expanded reference sources and bibliography, and a thorough, topical index."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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