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Provide Fair Market Value of a Business
as of a Specific Date in Time. |
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Merger or Acquisition (Buying or Selling
a Business) |
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Business Planning and Value Enhancement
- Determining the present value of a business and setting goals over a period
of time to increase that value. |
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Annual "business check-up"
for business owners to determine financial strengths and weaknesses. |
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Benchmark comparison for business owners
to determine how the business is operating compared to other similar businesses
in the same industry (regionally and nationally). |
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Acquiring expansion capital through
lending institutions, venture capitalists and outside investors. |
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Valuing company stock for the development
or annual review of an employee stock option program (or bonus stock option
plan). |
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Creating a company stock-option plan
or other benefit plans that involve company stock (such as ESOP or ESOT). |
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Retirement planning |
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Planning for an initial public offering
of stock. |
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Conducting a major strategic-planning
initiative. |
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Disputing conclusions of an IRS audit |
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Doing estate or gift planning that involves
company stock. |
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Breaking up a partnership (Partner Buyout). |
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Getting a Divorce |
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Entering Bankruptcy |
