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Praise for Executive’s Guide to Fair Value: Profiting from the NewValuation Rules
“The advent of fair value reporting is not your Momma’s (or yourPapa’s) kind of accounting. If you’re a financial professionalabove the age of twenty-five who is working in industry, read thisbook. From choosing a fair value specialist to the perils of ‘madeas instructed’ valuations to purchase price allocations toimpairment testing to that SEC tripwire, customer relationships,fair value expert Al King gets it right. And he does so withneither jargon nor literary anesthesia. As a former CFO myself, allI can say is WOW!”
-Warren D. Miller, CFA, ASA, CMA, CPA, Cofounder, BeckmillResearch
A hands-on guide for financial executives
needing to understand the appraisal process
Executive’s Guide to Fair Value: Profiting from the New ValuationRules brings senior level executives up to speed on what fair valuereally means. This new book addresses a full range of issues facingauditors and executives, including litigation and the “true”determination of value, estimating the value of working capital,and how to estimate the value and life of intangible assets.
Complete with advice on the latest FASB rules and regulations,Executive’s Guide to Fair Value: Profiting from the New ValuationRules provides the most up-to-date and reliable informationon:
The latest fair value rules and how they impact both preparers andusers of financial statements
The role and responsibility of the appraisal specialist, includingbest practice tips for choosing and evaluating an appraiser
Testing customer relationships for impairment
A thorough knowledge of what fair value accounting is and how itcan impact your corporation and its profitability
Practical applications, including incentive compensation andequity-based compensation
In basic, nontechnical language, Executive’s Guide to Fair Value rofiting from the New Valuation Rules will help all financialexecutives and auditors succeed in understanding the new fair valueaccounting rules that corporations must now follow. The result is aresource that professionals can rely on to understand theimportance of valuation and the concepts that define it. |
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