Understanding Valuation for a Professional Design Firm
This webinar will take place at 10:00 am EST and is offered at no charge. CPE credit will be offered.
Think you know what your firm is worth? Perhaps, but if that value is based on simple “rules of thumb,” it’s time to take a deeper look. In this webinar, we’ll cover the basic valuation approaches as well as standards of value, levels of value, establishing the discount rate applicable to a particular firm and common valuation adjustments. We’ll bring all these components, and more, together into a conceptual framework for approaching the valuation of a professional design firm.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- The many purposes of a valuation, and how each impacts the standard of value as well as the discounts and premiums appropriate in valuing a business
- The three core valuation approaches, which ones work best for A/E firms and how they can support one another in reaching a final conclusion of value
- How to determine the appropriate discount rate, or “rate of return,” for your design firm
- Taxes and how they impact value
- Common valuation adjustments and how they can impact your bottom line
FEATURED PRESENTER
Deborah E. Finch, CPA/ABV, CVA, is a partner with Dannible & McKee, LLP, and a principal with the consulting firm Dannible/McKee and Associates, Ltd. Deb has over 20 years of experience and serves as a consultant to Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms on business valuation and ownership transition issues, including mergers & acquisitions, and assists in the development of business valuation studies and structuring ownership transition plans for other closely held professional practices.