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The Building Blocks of Value: Goodwill and Intangible Assets
(Originally Posted July 16, 2019) Read Part 1 in our Building Blocks of Value Series In a previous Davis Martindale blog (Valuation Components: Introduction to ...
Understanding the Principal Residence Exemption and its Benefits
As housing prices continued to rise throughout the pandemic, many people may have taken advantage and sold their home, condominium, or cottage to earn a ...
Valuation Components: Introduction to the Building Blocks of Value
(Originally Posted May 14, 2019) You have decided to engage a Chartered Business Valuator (“CBV”) to value your business. After signing the engagement letter, paying ...
Understanding the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption and its Benefits
You have spent the last 20 years building a successful business and may be ready to sell and retire, but what are the tax implications ...
Free and Clear? Understanding Contingent Disposition Costs
(Originally Posted January 15, 2019) Often, slow and steady wins the race. After years of saving, it isn’t unusual to have acquired a family cottage, ...
Why Do I Need a Valuation?
Business valuation professional services have gone through a tremendous evolution over the past 40 years. This has been largely driven by legislative changes. To name ...
Valuing Dental Practices
(Originally Posted August 13, 2018) You’ve worked hard and you should be proud of yourself – you’ve graduated from your College of Dentistry and are ...
Factors Impacting Minority Discounts
In a previous blog To Discount or Not to Discount – That is the Question, we introduced minority discounts in the context of valuations and ...
Hired Guns in the Court System?
(Originally Posted April 16, 2018) Hired guns. TV legal dramas show witness stands full of shady “experts” who bow to the wishes of either clients ...
Why Do I Need a Valuation? Management and Shareholder Buyouts
(Originally Posted January 15, 2018) If you’re ready to sell your business, some of the most likely purchase candidates are the company’s management and other ...
To Discount or Not to Discount – That is the Question
Time and time again, valuators are faced with the question of whether a minority discount should apply when valuing the shares of an owner that ...
Money Now vs. Money Later – Time Value of Money
(Originally Posted August 14, 2017) Would you rather receive $1,000 today or receive $1,000 a year from now? The answer seems pretty obvious – almost ...
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