Business Valuation

Easley, Endres, Parkhill & Brackendorff, P.C. recognizes the impact that business valuations can have on planning and taxation. We provide useful and objective value assessments for use in mergers and acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, marital dissolutions, dissenting shareholder actions, purchase price allocations, charitable contributions, shareholder buyouts, incentive stock options, bankruptcy reorganizations and estate and gift planning.

As professional CPAs, we clearly define the valuation engagement, gather and analyze pertinent information, determine the appropriate value method and premise of value for the target and issue an appropriate report for the various needs of the client and the ultimate users of our report.

Numerous standards of values exist in today’s marketplace. Value can be measured in terms of fair market, investment, fair, intrinsic, transactional and synergetic value. An understanding of the differences in these types of value and when each is appropriate is critical to insuring that clients fully realize their total return in any given situation. As CPAs, we also have a unique broad-based business understanding of the historical and prospective financial information needed to efficiently make such judgments.

Similarly, numerous levels of quality valuation “experts” are available to today’s entrepreneur. The underlying qualifications of these valuation service providers and their skills vary widely.

The only designation granted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the “ABV”, Accredited in Business Valuation. Rely on the trained professionals at Easley, Endres, Parkhill & Brackendorff, P.C. to assist you with your valuation needs. Our commitments to client relationships are aimed at the long term.