
Checklist (cont’d)
valuation review
appraisal review, 216
auditor review of valuation for
financial reporting, 222
compliance with USPAP, 214
contemporaneous, 212
eminent domain, 210
general, 206
Closely held business, 23, 42, 46, 54, 62,
75, 77, 82, 87, 88, 90, 93, 98, 107
Consumer Price Index (CPI), 7
Consumer spending, 8, 11
Cost
of equity, 33
of goods sold, 16
Current assets, 17, 19, 38
accounts payable, 18
accounts receivable, 17, 19, 20
acquisition of, 21, 22
cash, 2, 5, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24,
25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, 46, 50,
54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63,
64, 68, 69, 73, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83,
87, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 101,
107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115,
116, 117, 118
contract receivables, 5, 17
inventory, 57, 115
Damages
calculation, 104
compensatory, 104
Debt, 19, 21, 22, 25, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35,
36, 53, 55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 67, 69,
85, 86, 101, 106, 108, 114, 116, 117
cost of, 21, 29, 33, 66
long-term, 18, 22, 114, 116
securities, 107
Department of Commerce’s Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), 7
Department of Labor (DOL), 93, 94
Depreciation, 27, 28, 29, 59, 60, 61, 114,
117
expense, 27, 28
overhang, 117
Depth of management, 32
Discounts, 33, 34, 36, 41, 46, 75, 78, 83,
97, 99, 101, 104, 107, 108, 109, 119
controlling interest, 4, 27, 30, 35, 38,
42, 46, 48, 49, 57, 58, 62, 67, 68,
69, 70, 74, 75, 77, 78, 81, 88, 118
lack of control, 48, 57, 58, 76, 77, 82,
87, 88, 91
lack of marketability, 42, 43, 45, 46,
48, 58, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 88, 91,
107, 109, 110
marketability, 42, 43, 48, 70, 74, 75,
76, 78, 88, 92, 98, 108, 110, 118
minority, 15, 51
trapped capital gains, 88
venture capital, 109
Discretionary items, 95
Distributions, 5, 77, 91, 93, 108
Dividend, 63, 90, 110
income, 27, 57
paying capacity, 5, 90
Done Deals, 37, 69
Dow Jones Average (Dow), 8
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), 9
Early-Stage Technology Companies, 108
Earnings, 6, 23, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39,
40, 59, 69, 72, 73, 74, 83, 84, 90,
95, 96, 97, 107, 111, 115, 117
ability, 6
capacity, 5
EBIT, 38, 40, 41, 86, 117
EBITDA, 29, 60
pretax, 25, 26, 97, 104, 107
retained, 21, 22, 63
Economic
benefit, 29, 60, 79, 81, 82
conditions, 7, 80
cycle, 16, 52
growth, 10
indicators, 7, 10, 50, 80
outlook, 5
commercial lending, 13
national, 6, 11, 51, 52
regional, 11
Economic Value Added (EVA), 110
Energy index, 8
Enterprise, 5, 6, 23, 82, 84, 90, 97, 101
Equal value, 3, 48, 79
Equity, 8, 18, 21, 22, 30, 66
cost of, 29, 30, 31, 33, 62, 66, 110
cost of capital, 30, 62
markets, 8
multiples, 40, 69
ownership, 107
rate, 33
return on, 40, 71
ESOP, 24, 47, 54, 93, 109
plan provisions, 93
Excess
compensation, 56, 87, 108, 118
returns, 21
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