Stay on top of this year s most important business valuation news with the new Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2014. With emerging methodology, evolving approaches, and critical debate, it s more important than ever to be current on the trends in the business appraisal profession. Now, all of the year s most important developments are reflected in a new resource the Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2014. BVR s publications are the voice of the business valuation profession. We ve got you covered with the latest on new approaches and techniques, leading conferences, new court decisions and changes in regulations and professional standards with on-the-ground reporting from valuation experts, thought-leaders and the BVR editorial team. The Business Valuation Update Yearbook 2014 contains more than 60 must-have articles from these sources and is divided into five categories: Section I: Business Valuation Approaches, Methods and Entity-Specific Issues Section II: Discounts for Lack of Marketability Section III: Industry-Specific Valuation Section IV: Intangible Assets Section V: Business Valuation Profession and Practice Management In addition, the book offers a data section, which is a crucial reference for appraisers to track economic conditions and trends.

Many of the companies appraisers work with don t have meaningful forecasts, and even if they do, they often contain unreliable assumptions. Appraisers are often faced with the choice between no forecast, adjusting a weak forecast or providing their own. All of these options have their downsides, and no one can accurately predict the future. But short of abandoning the income approach all together, there are steps appraisers can take to ensure they have provided a meaningful forecast in their valuation. This new report from BVR provides tips and strategies appraisers can use to address management projection issues. Included in the report are recent court decisions where management projections were at the core of dispute.

By looking at actual full text license agreement, readers will learn ho company's characterize and monetize their trade secrets. An overview of what a trade secret is and how it is valued is also covered.

New Tax Court decisions have had a major impact on wealth succession planning the last few years, including the popular use of the family limited partnership. This guide will keep you current with legal arguments and technical analyses that apply to estate and gift tax law specific to the business valuation profession, including family limited partnership and wealth succession planning. 220 estate and gift tax law court case abstracts dating back to 1995 including in-depth analysis on the recent Astleford, Bigelow, Holman, and Jelke decisions; articles on estate and gift tax law and FLPs excerpted from the Business Valuation Update; 4 never-before-published research articles by experts William Chandler, Bruce Johnson, Will Frazier, and Owen Fiore; plus a quick reference summary table that outlines the cases abstracted. Court case abstracts from the past year, including in-depth analysis on the Astleford, Bigelow, Holman, and Jelke decisions.

With increased scrutiny from a number of bodies, the use and applicationof control premiums is requiring more appraiser justification and documentation than ever, while still requiring the same amount of appraiser judgment. Control Premiums: Application and Analysis provides appraisers with valuable insite on how to apply the control premium.

BVR's Business Valuation Issues in Estate and Gift Tax Case Law Compendium contains over 200 court cases abstracts and full text opinions of cases involving tax disputes over estate and gift valuations. The compendium includes court case digests written by BVR's internationally recognized expert legal editorial team and the companion CD is fully indexed and contains hyperlinks to the full text of the actual court opinions. A key feature of the compendium is a summary table for quick and easy reference to cases by name, type of case, date, court and state/jurisdiction, making this a valuable resource for any expert involved in estate and gift tax valuation issues.