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COVID-19: Valuation Disclosures, Limitations, and Bridging Letters
This is the third blog in Davis Martindale’s “Covid-19 Mini Series”. In our previous blog, COVID-19: Known or Knowable?, we discussed the use of hindsight in ...
COVID-19: Known or Knowable?
This is the second blog in Davis Martindale’s Valuations and “Covid-19 Mini Series”. The first headlines appeared during January 2020: the outbreak of a novel ...
COVID-19: Valuators Operating During Extreme Uncertainty
Welcome to the first blog in Davis Martindale’s “Covid-19 Mini Series.” “We are living in unusual times” has been the soundtrack to our lives ...
What is a Valuation Report?
Over the past 40 years, the business valuation profession has grown in Canada, and Chartered Business Valuators (“CBVs”) are becoming increasingly relied upon for offering ...
Why do I Need a Valuation? Estate Planning
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes”. This enduring phrase, written in a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste ...
DivorceMate – Two Key Gross-Ups
Since DivorceMate began providing family law software solutions in 1987, it has since become ubiquitous in the Canadian marketplace. Simply enter a little information, hit ...
The Basics of Child and Spousal Support – Income for Support Reports
Read Part 1 in our Child and Spousal Support Series In certain circumstances, it may be advisable to hire an accountant to calculate an individual’s ...
The Basics of Child and Spousal Support – Previously Married Couples
Divorce is a common occurrence in Ontario. The current expectation is that around 40% of married couples will divorce before their thirtieth anniversary. With this ...
Tax Talk is Taxing – Tax Contingencies after Valuation Reports
Most people cringe at the word ‘tax’. Not us, we love it! We are often asked what the tax impact would be to a shareholder ...
Why We Use Industry Averages in Our Valuation
Everyone does it. People will try to peer into their neighbours’ yards to see what they have and what they are doing. As valuators, we ...
Hindsight Part 2 – Exceptions to the Rule
In a February, 2018 posting The Fine Art of Retrospect – Hindsight Part 1, we’ve discussed that courts typically don’t allow the use of hindsight knowledge ...
Hindsight Part 1 – General Exclusions
We all know that hindsight is 20/20, but how can this affect your business valuation? What happens if events occurring after the valuation date have ...
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