Valuation Perspectives From Around the World
Increased analysis within financial reporting comes with increased levels of analysis required for tax reporting.
Cheryl Cheng
Ms. Cheng specializes in portfolio valuation of private assets including credit, equity, and infrastructure. She has performed valuations along the capital structure from credit to equity,…
Why VRC?
Why do public companies, private equity firms, and asset managers rely on VRC for their critical valuation and advisory service requirements?
Tom Gottfried
Mr. Gottfried specializes in business enterprise, credit/debt instruments, equity, intangible asset and portfolio valuations. He has over 15 years of experience in planning, facilitating and…
Understanding Tax Amortization Benefit Considerations and the International Impact
Tax amortization benefit rules differ between countries, and they can also change over time.
Personal Image Rights: A Tax Evasion Update
Revisiting the outcomes of two high-profile tax evasion cases involving image rights.
Valuation Takeaways From Market Volatility Spikes
Market volatility spikes prompt considerations of appropriate methodologies for factoring market indications into valuations and reflection on when “smoothing” techniques should be employed.
Q1 2019 Economic Snapshots
Quick-hit visual summaries of the leading economic and financial indicators in major economic markets.
Transfer Pricing Has Changed
Changes for related-party transactions, especially among subsidiaries of multinational corporations, make updated transfer pricing studies a necessity to justify the charges, often including royalty rates, for these transactions.
Podcast: Tax Reform’s Impact on Valuation
Nearly a year since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed, there are still a number of questions about how to apply the new law but some areas, such as valuation, are beginning to get some clarity.
Oil & Gas
VRC provided a required valuation of tangible and intangible assets for a Master Limited Partnership (MLP) client in support of a purchase price allocation. There were no detailed fixed asset records; VRC needed to overcome significant data limitations.
Energy
We were retained by an energy production company whose subsidiary acquired distressed energy assets from an energy & production company. In selecting a valuation methodology, we needed to consider the significant divergence in the enterprise value of the business versus the un-discounted value of the assets given the dramatic drop in commodity prices at the time.
Comprehensive Tax Reform in Argentina
New tax laws in Argentina promotes investment, represents a significant change for U.S. companies doing business in the region and results in new tax value of assets.
The Value of Valuation Research Group
Our experience includes foreign and multinational acquisitions of all sizes in nearly every industry.
Mercedes Falcon
Ms. Falcon has extensive experience in business valuation for financial and tax purposes, project management and corporate finance. Prior to joining Valuation Research, Ms. Falcon…
Image Rights: Valuable Intellectual Property
The cult of celebrity and “Image Rights” receive a lot of publicity – and consequently the attention of tax authorities.
Market Multiple Adjustments
Benchmarking and adjusting market multiples for multinational company valuations by focusing on growth, risk and profitability.
Technology
A PE-sponsored cloud based provider granted equity compensation incentives to executives. To comply with financial reporting requirements of Accounting Standards Codification 718 (ASC 718), the provider engaged VRC to determine the fair value of the issued units.
Technology
A private equity sponsored cloud based provider of manager content, enterprise lending services granted certain management incentive units to participating executives, as compensation to incentivize management performance.
Getting Your Head Out of the Model
Appraisers valuing a multinational company should expand their due diligence process to solicit information from company management about specific effects of operating in their particular location.
Automotive
A client who designs, engineers, and manufactures value-added products and systems for automotive and light-vehicle manufacturers acquired an automotive components manufacturer.
Consumer Products
A large multinational consumer products company acquired a South American company operating in the same space. VRC was engaged to estimate the value of the PP&E and intangible assets for financial reporting purposes.
Become Fluent in Factors for Valuing Multinational Companies
When valuing a business that is multinational in scope, develop a proper due diligence framework and apply models that will accurately reflect the company’s exposure to various risks.
Valuation Integral to Execution of Tax Strategies
Multinational companies face several compliance and planning issues.
Professional Services
VRC was asked by the attorneys representing the seller to provide multiple common stock valuations on a retrospective basis that would withstand a Big 4 audit review under tight deal closing deadlines.
How Do You Put a Price Tag on the Panama Canal?
How Do You Put a Price Tag on the Panama Canal?