Is the valuation based on a going concern income-based approach such as a discounted cash flow approach (DCF) or capitalized cash flow approach (CCF)? If so, what discount rates or capitalization rates are the value conclusions based upon? Step 6 to reviewing a involves assessing the reasonableness of the selected discount rates or capitalization rates (or "cap rates"). Although discount rates and cap rates are related terms, they are not interchangeable. For clarification, each of th...
Often, in legal proceedings involving business disputes in Toronto and across Ontario, key issues arise, such as financial loss or the value of a business - figures that can differ and be inherently arrived at differently, depending on the that prepared the report. As a result, court proceedings may call two financial experts to present different expert opinions, testifying on the value of the business in question, or the fi...
Disputes in businesses often result in legal proceedings in which a claim is made. These claims may vary depending on the nature of the complaint or the breach that necessitates them, but at their core are economic damage quantifications or lost profits that resulted from the dispute. In providing to business owners and lawyers, business valuators work to provide the party they are c...
When providing , Chartered Business Valuators (CBVs), are tasked with estimating the revenues that would have been generated but for the alleged breach and the costs that would have been incurred to generate those lost revenues as well as any increased overhead costs incurred as a result of the alleged breach. Previously, methodologies for establishing causation and estimating costs ...