Valuing a Business

Capitalize on All the Latest Legal, Financial, and ComplianceInformation Needed to Analyze and Appraise Any Business

For over 25 years, Valuing a Business has provided professionals and students with expert business valuation information, offering clear, concise coverage of valuation principles and methods. Over the decades, the book's unsurpassed explanations of all valuation issues have made it the definitive text in the field, against which every other business valuation book is measured.

Now updated with new legal, financial, and compliance material, the Fifth Edition of Valuing a Business presents detailed answers to virtually all valuation questions_ranging from executive compensation and lost profits analysis...to ESOP issues and valuation discounts.

Written by Shannon Pratt, one of the world's leading authorities on business valuation, this updated classic offers a complete "one-stop" compendium of information on the full range of valuation concepts and methods. Valuing a Business contains step-by-step discussions and analyses of:

Business Valuation Standards and Credentials
Defining the Assignment
Business Valuation Theory and Principles
Gathering Company Data
Site Visits and Interviews
Researching Economic and Industry Information
Analyzing Financial Statements
Financial Statement Ratio Analysis
Income, Market, and Asset-Based Approaches to Valuation
The Capitalized Excess Earnings Method
Premiums and Discounts
Writing and Reviewing Business Valuation Reports
Valuing Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Stock Options, and S Corporation Stock
Valuations for Estate and Gift Tax Purposes
Buy-Sell Agreements
Valuations for Income Tax Purposes
Valuation with Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Valuations for Ad Valorem Taxation
Dissenting Stockholder and Minority Oppression Actions
Valuations for Marital Dissolution Purposes
Litigation Support Services
Expert Testimony
Arbitration and Mediation
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