Product Description: Practical guidance toward FASB ASC compliance, with expert interpretation and helpful tools Valuation for Financial Reporting provides clear guidance toward transactions and fair value, in full alignment with the latest Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification...read more

Product Description: The resource that cuts the learning curve in half for valuation professionals Now valuation professionals can master almost every function for most valuation situations. The Financial Valuation Workbook, Third Edition guides readers through a complete business valuation with essential tools for quick reference...read more

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Essential procedures for the measurement and reporting of fair value in Financial statements Trusted specialists Michael Mard, James Hitchner, and Steven Hyden present reliable and thorough guidelines, case studies, implementation aids, and sample reports for managers, auditors, and valuators who must comply with the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 141, Business Combinations; 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets; 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets; and the new 157, Fair Value Measurements. This important guide: * Explains the new valuation aspects now required by SFAS No. 157 * Presents the new definition of fair value and certain empirical research * Distinguishes fair value from fair market value * Provides a case study that measures the fair values of intangible assets and goodwill under SFAS Nos. 141 and 157 * Includes a detailed case study that tests the impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets and measures the financial impact of such impairment under SFAS Nos. 142 and 144 * Cross-references and reconciles the valuation industry's reporting standards among all of the valuation organizations * Includes two sample valuation reports, one of which is a new USPAP- compliant PowerPoint? presentation format * Includes implementation aids for controlling the gathering of data necessary for analyses and for guiding the valuation work program

Driving Your Company's Value: Strategic Benchmarking for Value is astep-by-step book presenting a valuation-oriented methodology thathelps companies maximize shareholder value. It offers clear,concise, and concrete methods for management to create and preservevalue, complete with case study applications. In an easy-to-readformat, it brings together the aspects of the Financial AccountingStandards Boards' new performance measurements, the balancedscorecard, and the new guidelines on fraud detection and ExtensibleBusiness Reporting Language (XBRL).* Identifies the critical decisions that most effectuate growth andvalue.* Covers the easy and reliable ways to monitor value of anentity.* Demonstrates how management can apportion and allocate resourcesto achieve the highest value.

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