BUSINESS VALUATION
Where potential is recognized
Understanding the value of a business is like understanding its heartbeat—the
rhythm that drives it forward. We assess not just the financial metrics but the
underlying forces that shape its potential: intellectual property, brand strength,
market positioning, and the dedication of its people. Through methods like the
income approach, market multiples, and discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, we
evaluate both the tangible and intangible aspects of a business. Whether you’re
preparing for a merger, raising capital, or planning a new strategy, we are here to
reveal the full picture.
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Why do you need this service?To understand the true value of your business and make informed decisions
regarding mergers, acquisitions, sales, restructuring, or raising capital.
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When do you need this service?You need this service when planning to sell a business, raise capital, perform tax
reporting, or when you want to understand how to grow your business.
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What does this service involve?We evaluate your business using methods such as the income approach (DCF),
market multiples, or the cost approach. We analyze both financial aspects and
intangible elements like brand, intellectual property, and market positioning to
provide a complete picture of your business’s value.
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Mergers and Acquisitions- Definition: Valuing a business for sale, merger, or acquisition.
- Specific Purpose: Ensuring fair value during transactions.
- Explanation: Valuation helps determine the fair value of a business, ensuring an equitable transaction for both buyer and seller.
- Example: A company is valued to determine its price in an acquisition.
- Benefit: Provides transparency and fairness in mergers and acquisitions, reducing risks for both parties involved.
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Attracting Investors- Definition: Presenting a business valuation to attract investments.
- Specific Purpose: Providing potential investors with accurate financial data.
- Explanation: Valuation offers a clear picture of a business's value, facilitating access to capital by increasing investor confidence.
- Example: A startup presents a valuation to secure funding.
- Benefit: Attracts investment by providing a clear and transparent financial picture, enhancing investor trust.
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Strategic Planning- Definition: Valuation used to guide long-term business strategy.
- Specific Purpose: Helping businesses plan growth or restructuring.
- Explanation: Valuation helps identify strengths and growth opportunities, providing essential data for making long-term strategic decisions.
- Example: A company uses valuation to plan future international expansions.
- Benefit: Guides investment and growth decisions, maximizing resources and opportunities for business development.
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Restructuring or Reorganization- Definition: In cases of reorganization, valuation provides information about the value of each business segment to make informed decisions on selling, dividing, or restructuring.
- Specific Purpose: Providing Valuation for Restructuring Decisions.
- Explanation: Valuation of each business segment helps identify those that need to be restructured, sold, or divided to improve efficiency.
- Example: A company with several divisions may use valuation to decide whether one should be sold to focus on the most profitable segments.
- Benefit: Optimizes the business structure and improves operational efficiency and profitability.
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Succession and Business Transfer- Definition: Valuation is necessary for succession planning, transferring the business between generations, or selling to employees.
- Specific Purpose: Ensuring Smooth Business Succession.
- Explanation: Valuation helps establish a fair value for the business transfer, ensuring a smooth transition to the new owner.
- Example: A family transferring ownership of a business to the next generation can use valuation to avoid conflicts over the business’s value.
- Benefit: Ensures business continuity and prevents conflicts related to the transfer of ownership.
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purchase price allocationDefinition: The process of allocating the purchase price between acquired assets and liabilities in a business or asset acquisition.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
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insurance and damageDefinition: Determining the value of assets for insurance coverage or damage claims.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
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licquidation and restructuringDefinition: Valuation of assets for liquidation or corporate restructuring.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
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litigation or commercial disputeDefinition: Objective valuation of assets involved in legal disputes or commercial conflicts.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
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auditDefinition: Asset valuation for internal or external audits.
Specific Purpose: Providing accurate values for financial reporting.
Explanation: Valuation of assets provides a basis for verifying that the values recorded in accounting are accurate, ensuring transparency and fairness.
Example: An external audit requires valuation of a company’s equipment to verify that the values recorded match the market realities.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with financial reporting standards and provides credibility to the company’s financial data.
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insolvencyDefinition: Valuing assets during insolvency proceedings.
Specific Purpose: Determining asset values for debt repayment during insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation is essential to identify the real value of assets in order to repay debts or liquidate the company in an equitable manner for creditors.
Example: Valuing equipment and real estate during insolvency proceedings.
Benefit: Ensures fair treatment of creditors and transparency in the liquidation process.
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financial reportingDefinition: Valuation of assets to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Specific Purpose: Complying with accounting standards.
Specific Purpose: Allocating the Purchase Price Between Acquired Assets and Liabilities (PPA)
Specific Purpose: Determining Whether Asset Values Exceed Recoverable Amounts (Impairment Testing)
Specific Purpose: Valuing Assets at Fair Market Value (Fair Value Measurment)
Specific Purpose: Periodic Evaluation of Goodwill for Depreciation (Goodwill Imparment)
Specific Purpose: Accurately Calculating Asset Depreciation (Depreciation&Amortization)
Explanation: Valuation is necessary to accurately reflect the value of assets in financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Example: A business values its assets for accurate reflection in its annual financial reports.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and accuracy in financial reporting, preventing discrepancies.
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transfer pricing fileDefinition: Valuation to document transactions between affiliated entities, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing regulations.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
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mortgage and financing- Definition: Valuation is necessary to determine the collateral value of a property for obtaining a mortgage or financing.
- Specific Purpose: Accurate Property Valuation for Mortgage Approval.
- Explanation: Valuation offers creditors an objective basis to determine whether the property's value is sufficient to cover the requested loan.
- Example: A bank approves a mortgage loan for a property only after an appraisal confirms that the property’s value covers the loan amount.
- Benefit: Provides security for both the bank and the buyer, avoiding overvaluation or undervaluation of loan collateral.
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client informationDefinition: Valuation to provide clients with relevant information about the value of their assets, to help them make informed decisions.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
REAL ESTATE VALUATION
Uncovering spaces of purpose
Land and property are, at their core, spaces where human endeavors take root and
flourish. Yet, in the world of real estate valuation, a deep understanding of market
dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and property-specific factors is essential. We
combine our holistic perspective with industry-leading methodologies to evaluate
residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural properties.
Our approach encompasses an array of valuation techniques, such as comparative market analysis, income capitalization, and cost approach, depending on the property's characteristics and its intended use. Whether it's for transaction purposes, tax assessments, mortgage appraisals, or financial reporting, we ensure that your real estate’s value is seen through both an analytical and intuitive lens. Our deep knowledge of local and national markets enables us to provide valuations that are both precise and meaningful, offering you insights that go beyond surface- level estimations.
Our approach encompasses an array of valuation techniques, such as comparative market analysis, income capitalization, and cost approach, depending on the property's characteristics and its intended use. Whether it's for transaction purposes, tax assessments, mortgage appraisals, or financial reporting, we ensure that your real estate’s value is seen through both an analytical and intuitive lens. Our deep knowledge of local and national markets enables us to provide valuations that are both precise and meaningful, offering you insights that go beyond surface- level estimations.
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Why do you need this service?To understand the real value of a property and make informed decisions regarding
real estate transactions, tax assessments, strategic planning, or insurance.
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When do you need this service?You need this service when buying, selling, renting, or revaluing a property for tax
reporting, mortgage, or insurance purposes
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What does this service involve?It involves evaluating the property based on real estate market analysis, the
income approach, and the cost approach. We ensure that the property is accurately
valued, taking into account market trends, economic conditions, and the property’s
specifics.
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Real Estate Transactions- Definition: Valuation of properties for sale, purchase, or lease.
- Specific Purpose: Ensuring fair market pricing for transactions.
- Explanation: Valuation establishes the fair market value of a property, ensuring that both buyers and sellers engage in equitable transactions.
- Example: A commercial property is appraised before sale.
- Benefit: Ensures fairness in real estate transactions and protects the financial interests of both parties.
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Mortgage and Financing- Definition: Valuation is necessary to determine the collateral value of a property for obtaining a mortgage or financing.
- Specific Purpose: Accurate Property Valuation for Mortgage Approval.
- Explanation: Valuation offers creditors an objective basis to determine whether the property's value is sufficient to cover the requested loan.
- Example: A bank approves a mortgage loan for a property only after an appraisal confirms that the property’s value covers the loan amount.
- Benefit: Provides security for both the bank and the buyer, avoiding overvaluation or undervaluation of loan collateral.
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Tax Reporting and Property Taxation- Definition: Valuation is required to determine the taxable value of a property and ensure accurate tax reporting.
- Specific Purpose: Correct Property Valuation for Tax Purposes.
- Explanation: Updated property valuation helps determine the correct property tax value, preventing overpayment or underpayment.
- Example: Commercial property owners revalue their properties to ensure that the tax paid reflects the current market value.
- Benefit: Ensures tax compliance and prevents over-taxation, protecting the financial interests of property owners.
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Development and Investment Planning- Definition: Valuation helps investors and developers estimate the value of real estate projects for future investment and development planning.
- Specific Purpose: Estimating Projected Returns on Real Estate Investments.
- Explanation: Valuations are used to estimate the potential profitability of a real estate project before starting construction or acquisition.
- Example: A real estate developer may assess the land value to determine if developing a residential complex will yield sufficient profit.
- Benefit: Helps investors make informed decisions and assess the risks and rewards of each project.
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Commercial Property Investments- Definition: Valuation is used to establish the fair value of commercial property, either for sale or lease, and to calculate the investment return.
- Specific Purpose: Estimating Commercial Property Value for Rental and Investment.
- Explanation: Commercial property valuations determine the fair market value for either sale or rental and help set appropriate rental prices based on market conditions.
- Example: An office building in the city center is appraised to determine the per square meter rental price, giving investors a realistic estimate of their return.
- Benefit: Helps property owners and investors maximize their investment returns by setting competitive and realistic rental prices.
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Subdivision and Reconfiguration- Definition: Valuation of properties being subdivided or reconfigured.
- Specific Purpose: Determining market value for reconfigured properties.
- Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of each parcel resulting from the subdivision or reconfiguration of a property.
- Example: A large plot of land is subdivided into smaller lots, each evaluated to determine the correct price.
- Benefit: Maximizes value and ensures fair pricing for each newly created parcel.
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purchase price allocationDefinition: The process of allocating the purchase price between acquired assets and liabilities in a business or asset acquisition.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
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insurance and damageDefinition: Determining the value of assets for insurance coverage or damage claims.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
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licquidation and restructuringDefinition: Valuation of assets for liquidation or corporate restructuring.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
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litigation or commercial disputeDefinition: Objective valuation of assets involved in legal disputes or commercial conflicts.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
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auditDefinition: Asset valuation for internal or external audits.
Specific Purpose: Providing accurate values for financial reporting.
Explanation: Valuation of assets provides a basis for verifying that the values recorded in accounting are accurate, ensuring transparency and fairness.
Example: An external audit requires valuation of a company’s equipment to verify that the values recorded match the market realities.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with financial reporting standards and provides credibility to the company’s financial data.
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insolvencyDefinition: Valuing assets during insolvency proceedings.
Specific Purpose: Determining asset values for debt repayment during insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation is essential to identify the real value of assets in order to repay debts or liquidate the company in an equitable manner for creditors.
Example: Valuing equipment and real estate during insolvency proceedings.
Benefit: Ensures fair treatment of creditors and transparency in the liquidation process.
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financial reportingDefinition: Valuation of assets to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Specific Purpose: Complying with accounting standards.
Specific Purpose: Allocating the Purchase Price Between Acquired Assets and Liabilities (PPA)
Specific Purpose: Determining Whether Asset Values Exceed Recoverable Amounts (Impairment Testing)
Specific Purpose: Valuing Assets at Fair Market Value (Fair Value Measurment)
Specific Purpose: Periodic Evaluation of Goodwill for Depreciation (Goodwill Imparment)
Specific Purpose: Accurately Calculating Asset Depreciation (Depreciation&Amortization)
Explanation: Valuation is necessary to accurately reflect the value of assets in financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Example: A business values its assets for accurate reflection in its annual financial reports.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and accuracy in financial reporting, preventing discrepancies.
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transfer pricing fileDefinition: Valuation to document transactions between affiliated entities, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing regulations.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
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client informationDefinition: Valuation to provide clients with relevant information about the value of their assets, to help them make informed decisions.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT VALUATION
Where tools hold transformative power
Machinery and equipment are the tools that enable progress, yet their value is not
just in their condition but in their capacity to create. We evaluate machinery based
on factors such as its remaining useful life, technological relevance, and market
demand. Using methodologies like the cost approach, market comparison, and
income approach, we provide valuations for various purposes—insurance,
financing, compliance, and strategic planning. Every piece of equipment holds the
potential for transformation, and we help you see it clearly.
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Why do you need this service?To know the current value of your machinery and equipment for insurance, sales,
financing, or tax compliance.
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When do you need this service?You need this service when planning to sell or insure the machinery or when
seeking financing based on these assets.
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What does this service involve?We evaluate machinery based on its technical condition, age, market demand, and
its capacity to generate income. The methods used include the cost approach and
market comparison, providing a fair value for various commercial or tax purposes.
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Obsolenscence analysisDefinition: Valuation to determine if equipment is outdated.
Specific Purpose: Identifying machinery in need of replacement.
Explanation: Valuation determines if equipment is technologically outdated and provides recommendations for repair or replacement.
Example: A factory evaluates its machinery to decide if it should be replaced.
Benefit: Ensures operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by replacing outdated machinery.
Specific Purpose: Identifying machinery in need of replacement.
Explanation: Valuation determines if equipment is technologically outdated and provides recommendations for repair or replacement.
Example: A factory evaluates its machinery to decide if it should be replaced.
Benefit: Ensures operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by replacing outdated machinery.
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Asset-Based Lending- Definition: Equipment and machinery valuation is used by banks and other financial institutions to offer financing based on their value as collateral.
- Specific Purpose: Using Equipment as Collateral for Loans.
- Explanation: Valuation provides a clear picture of the value of machinery that can be used as collateral for obtaining loans from banks.
- Example: A production company uses its equipment to obtain financing for expansion, based on a valuation that reflects its market value.
- Benefit: Provides confidence to creditors and facilitates access to financing for businesses by using existing assets as collateral.
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Sale, Liquidation, or Leasing- Definition: Valuation of machinery and equipment is necessary to establish their value for sale, liquidation, or lease.
- Specific Purpose: Maximizing the Sale or Leasing Value of Equipment.
- Explanation: Accurate valuation of equipment helps companies obtain the best price when selling, liquidating, or leasing their machinery.
- Example: A company undergoing liquidation appraises its machinery to sell it at the highest possible price and pay off debts.
- Benefit: Maximizes the value recovered from equipment liquidation or sale and optimizes leasing revenues.
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Inventory Management and Equipment Optimization- Definition: Equipment valuation helps companies decide between repairing or replacing existing machinery and optimize the use of current equipment.
- Specific Purpose: Managing Equipment Inventory and Deciding on Repairs or Replacement
- Explanation: Valuation determines whether it is more economically efficient to repair equipment or replace it with new machinery, contributing to effective equipment management.
- Example: A factory with aging equipment uses valuation to decide whether it is more cost-effective to continue repairs or replace the machines with newer, more efficient models.
- Benefit: Optimizes operational costs and extends the lifespan of machinery or ensures its timely replacement.
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Capital Expenditure Planning- Definition: Valuation of existing equipment is necessary for planning future equipment purchases, ensuring that resources are updated and efficient.
- Specific Purpose: : Planning Capital Expenditures for Equipment Renewal.
- Explanation: Valuation of current equipment helps plan future equipment purchases, ensuring that outdated machinery is replaced with more technologically and operationally efficient models.
- Example: A construction company appraises its machinery to determine which equipment needs to be replaced in the coming years, ensuring efficient capital planning.
- Benefit: Improves operational performance and reduces long-term maintenance costs by replacing outdated equipment.
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purchase price allocationDefinition: The process of allocating the purchase price between acquired assets and liabilities in a business or asset acquisition.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
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insurance and damageDefinition: Determining the value of assets for insurance coverage or damage claims.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
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licquidation and restructuringDefinition: Valuation of assets for liquidation or corporate restructuring.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
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litigation or commercial disputeDefinition: Objective valuation of assets involved in legal disputes or commercial conflicts.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
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auditDefinition: Asset valuation for internal or external audits.
Specific Purpose: Providing accurate values for financial reporting.
Explanation: Valuation of assets provides a basis for verifying that the values recorded in accounting are accurate, ensuring transparency and fairness.
Example: An external audit requires valuation of a company’s equipment to verify that the values recorded match the market realities.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with financial reporting standards and provides credibility to the company’s financial data.
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financial reportingDefinition: Valuation of assets to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Specific Purpose: Complying with accounting standards.
Specific Purpose: Allocating the Purchase Price Between Acquired Assets and Liabilities (PPA)
Specific Purpose: Determining Whether Asset Values Exceed Recoverable Amounts (Impairment Testing)
Specific Purpose: Valuing Assets at Fair Market Value (Fair Value Measurment)
Specific Purpose: Periodic Evaluation of Goodwill for Depreciation (Goodwill Imparment)
Specific Purpose: Accurately Calculating Asset Depreciation (Depreciation&Amortization)
Explanation: Valuation is necessary to accurately reflect the value of assets in financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Example: A business values its assets for accurate reflection in its annual financial reports.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and accuracy in financial reporting, preventing discrepancies.
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transfer pricing fileDefinition: Valuation to document transactions between affiliated entities, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing regulations.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
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client informationDefinition: Valuation to provide clients with relevant information about the value of their assets, to help them make informed decisions.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
INVENTORIES VALUATION
Managing resources in motion
Inventories are essential for the daily operations of a business, representing the tangible resources that keep processes running smoothly. Whether it's merchandise for sale, raw materials, consumables, inventory items, or finished products, inventory valuation plays a crucial role in understanding the real value of circulating assets.
Our approach involves methods such as historical cost analysis, current market value assessment, and operational flow evaluation. The valuations are performed with great attention to detail, reflecting the economic situation of the inventories, taking into account specific markets, storage duration, and future usage. This process not only ensures compliance with accounting and tax regulations but also supports strategic decisions related to inventory management.
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Why do you need this service?To understand the true value of your inventories and make informed decisions about sales, purchases, financing, or tax reporting.
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When do you need this service?It is needed during audits, financial reporting, asset sales, liquidations, or reorganizations.
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What does this service involve?The service includes a detailed analysis of inventory categories, cost evaluation, market analysis, and determination of current market value. We ensure that inventories are properly classified and valued according to the purpose of the valuation.
A manufacturing company sought to attract investors, and a complete evaluation of its inventories was critical to presenting a clear financial picture. Through a detailed analysis of raw materials and finished products, we provided an accurate valuation of the inventories, which led to successful negotiations and the necessary financing.
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Obsolenscence analysisDefinition: Valuation to determine if equipment is outdated.
Specific Purpose: Identifying machinery in need of replacement.
Explanation: Valuation determines if equipment is technologically outdated and provides recommendations for repair or replacement.
Example: A factory evaluates its machinery to decide if it should be replaced.
Benefit: Ensures operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by replacing outdated machinery.
Specific Purpose: Identifying machinery in need of replacement.
Explanation: Valuation determines if equipment is technologically outdated and provides recommendations for repair or replacement.
Example: A factory evaluates its machinery to decide if it should be replaced.
Benefit: Ensures operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by replacing outdated machinery.
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asset-based landingDefinition: Equipment and machinery valuation is used by banks and other financial institutions to offer financing based on their value as collateral.
Specific Purpose: Using Equipment as Collateral for Loans
Explanation: Valuation provides a clear picture of the value of machinery that can be used as collateral for obtaining loans from banks.
Example: A production company uses its equipment to obtain financing for expansion, based on a valuation that reflects its market value.
Benefit: Provides confidence to creditors and facilitates access to financing for businesses by using existing assets as collateral.
Specific Purpose: Using Equipment as Collateral for Loans
Explanation: Valuation provides a clear picture of the value of machinery that can be used as collateral for obtaining loans from banks.
Example: A production company uses its equipment to obtain financing for expansion, based on a valuation that reflects its market value.
Benefit: Provides confidence to creditors and facilitates access to financing for businesses by using existing assets as collateral.
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sale, lichidation, leasingDefinition: Valuation of machinery and equipment is necessary to establish their value for sale, liquidation, or lease.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing the Sale or Leasing Value of Equipment
Explanation: Accurate valuation of equipment helps companies obtain the best price when selling, liquidating, or leasing their machinery.
Example: A company undergoing liquidation appraises its machinery to sell it at the highest possible price and pay off debts.
Benefit: Maximizes the value recovered from equipment liquidation or sale and optimizes leasing revenues.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing the Sale or Leasing Value of Equipment
Explanation: Accurate valuation of equipment helps companies obtain the best price when selling, liquidating, or leasing their machinery.
Example: A company undergoing liquidation appraises its machinery to sell it at the highest possible price and pay off debts.
Benefit: Maximizes the value recovered from equipment liquidation or sale and optimizes leasing revenues.
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inventory management & EQ optimizationDefinition: Equipment valuation helps companies decide between repairing or replacing existing machinery and optimize the use of current equipment.
Specific Purpose: Managing Equipment Inventory and Deciding on Repairs or Replacement
Explanation: Valuation determines whether it is more economically efficient to repair equipment or replace it with new machinery, contributing to effective equipment management.
Example: A factory with aging equipment uses valuation to decide whether it is more cost-effective to continue repairs or replace the machines with newer, more efficient models.
Benefit: Optimizes operational costs and extends the lifespan of machinery or ensures its timely replacement.
Specific Purpose: Managing Equipment Inventory and Deciding on Repairs or Replacement
Explanation: Valuation determines whether it is more economically efficient to repair equipment or replace it with new machinery, contributing to effective equipment management.
Example: A factory with aging equipment uses valuation to decide whether it is more cost-effective to continue repairs or replace the machines with newer, more efficient models.
Benefit: Optimizes operational costs and extends the lifespan of machinery or ensures its timely replacement.
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capital expanditure planningDefinition: Valuation of existing equipment is necessary for planning future equipment purchases, ensuring that resources are updated and efficient.
Specific Purpose: Planning Capital Expenditures for Equipment Renewal
Explanation: Valuation of current equipment helps plan future equipment purchases, ensuring that outdated machinery is replaced with more technologically and operationally efficient models.
Example: A construction company appraises its machinery to determine which equipment needs to be replaced in the coming years, ensuring efficient capital planning.
Benefit: Improves operational performance and reduces long-term maintenance costs by replacing outdated equipment.
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purchase price allocationDefinition: The process of allocating the purchase price between acquired assets and liabilities in a business or asset acquisition.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
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insurance and damageDefinition: Determining the value of assets for insurance coverage or damage claims.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
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licquidation and restructuringDefinition: Valuation of assets for liquidation or corporate restructuring.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
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litigation or commercial disputeDefinition: Objective valuation of assets involved in legal disputes or commercial conflicts.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
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auditDefinition: Asset valuation for internal or external audits.
Specific Purpose: Providing accurate values for financial reporting.
Explanation: Valuation of assets provides a basis for verifying that the values recorded in accounting are accurate, ensuring transparency and fairness.
Example: An external audit requires valuation of a company’s equipment to verify that the values recorded match the market realities.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with financial reporting standards and provides credibility to the company’s financial data.
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insolvencyDefinition: Valuing assets during insolvency proceedings.
Specific Purpose: Determining asset values for debt repayment during insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation is essential to identify the real value of assets in order to repay debts or liquidate the company in an equitable manner for creditors.
Example: Valuing equipment and real estate during insolvency proceedings.
Benefit: Ensures fair treatment of creditors and transparency in the liquidation process.
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financial reportingDefinition: Valuation of assets to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Specific Purpose: Complying with accounting standards.
Specific Purpose: Allocating the Purchase Price Between Acquired Assets and Liabilities (PPA)
Specific Purpose: Determining Whether Asset Values Exceed Recoverable Amounts (Impairment Testing)
Specific Purpose: Valuing Assets at Fair Market Value (Fair Value Measurment)
Specific Purpose: Periodic Evaluation of Goodwill for Depreciation (Goodwill Imparment)
Specific Purpose: Accurately Calculating Asset Depreciation (Depreciation&Amortization)
Explanation: Valuation is necessary to accurately reflect the value of assets in financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Example: A business values its assets for accurate reflection in its annual financial reports.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and accuracy in financial reporting, preventing discrepancies.
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transfer pricing fileDefinition: Valuation to document transactions between affiliated entities, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing regulations.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
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client informationDefinition: Valuation to provide clients with relevant information about the value of their assets, to help them make informed decisions.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
SPECIAL ASSETS VALUATION
Capturing the uniqueness of value with precision
Whether we’re talking about mineral and natural resources, works of art, jewelry, or collections, special assets are unique items with distinctive characteristics requiring a specialized approach. Their valuation involves not only technical expertise but also a deep understanding of niche markets and cultural or aesthetic factors influencing their value.
Our methodologies include market analysis, comparison of similar transactions, and, where necessary, technical or artistic expertise. Our goal is to provide precise valuations that reflect not just the intrinsic value of the assets but also their market relevance and potential for appreciation.
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Why do you need this service?To accurately value unique assets, whether for insurance, sales, inheritance, division, or investment purposes.
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When do you need this service?It is needed during the transaction of special assets, inheritance documentation, tax reporting, or to determine their insurable value.
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What does this service involve?The valuation involves identifying the unique characteristics of the assets, analyzing the relevant market, and determining their market or insurance value. In the case of natural resources, reserves and extraction potential are considered.
An art collector intended to sell a rare piece to diversify their investment portfolio. Through our evaluation, which included consulting art experts and analyzing the international market, we determined the correct value of the piece, enabling a successful transaction at an international auction.
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Obsolenscence analysisDefinition: Valuation to determine if equipment is outdated.
Specific Purpose: Identifying machinery in need of replacement.
Explanation: Valuation determines if equipment is technologically outdated and provides recommendations for repair or replacement.
Example: A factory evaluates its machinery to decide if it should be replaced.
Benefit: Ensures operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by replacing outdated machinery.
Specific Purpose: Identifying machinery in need of replacement.
Explanation: Valuation determines if equipment is technologically outdated and provides recommendations for repair or replacement.
Example: A factory evaluates its machinery to decide if it should be replaced.
Benefit: Ensures operational efficiency and reduces maintenance costs by replacing outdated machinery.
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asset-based landingDefinition: Equipment and machinery valuation is used by banks and other financial institutions to offer financing based on their value as collateral.
Specific Purpose: Using Equipment as Collateral for Loans
Explanation: Valuation provides a clear picture of the value of machinery that can be used as collateral for obtaining loans from banks.
Example: A production company uses its equipment to obtain financing for expansion, based on a valuation that reflects its market value.
Benefit: Provides confidence to creditors and facilitates access to financing for businesses by using existing assets as collateral.
Specific Purpose: Using Equipment as Collateral for Loans
Explanation: Valuation provides a clear picture of the value of machinery that can be used as collateral for obtaining loans from banks.
Example: A production company uses its equipment to obtain financing for expansion, based on a valuation that reflects its market value.
Benefit: Provides confidence to creditors and facilitates access to financing for businesses by using existing assets as collateral.
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sale, lichidation, leasingDefinition: Valuation of machinery and equipment is necessary to establish their value for sale, liquidation, or lease.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing the Sale or Leasing Value of Equipment
Explanation: Accurate valuation of equipment helps companies obtain the best price when selling, liquidating, or leasing their machinery.
Example: A company undergoing liquidation appraises its machinery to sell it at the highest possible price and pay off debts.
Benefit: Maximizes the value recovered from equipment liquidation or sale and optimizes leasing revenues.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing the Sale or Leasing Value of Equipment
Explanation: Accurate valuation of equipment helps companies obtain the best price when selling, liquidating, or leasing their machinery.
Example: A company undergoing liquidation appraises its machinery to sell it at the highest possible price and pay off debts.
Benefit: Maximizes the value recovered from equipment liquidation or sale and optimizes leasing revenues.
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inventory management & EQ optimizationDefinition: Equipment valuation helps companies decide between repairing or replacing existing machinery and optimize the use of current equipment.
Specific Purpose: Managing Equipment Inventory and Deciding on Repairs or Replacement
Explanation: Valuation determines whether it is more economically efficient to repair equipment or replace it with new machinery, contributing to effective equipment management.
Example: A factory with aging equipment uses valuation to decide whether it is more cost-effective to continue repairs or replace the machines with newer, more efficient models.
Benefit: Optimizes operational costs and extends the lifespan of machinery or ensures its timely replacement.
Specific Purpose: Managing Equipment Inventory and Deciding on Repairs or Replacement
Explanation: Valuation determines whether it is more economically efficient to repair equipment or replace it with new machinery, contributing to effective equipment management.
Example: A factory with aging equipment uses valuation to decide whether it is more cost-effective to continue repairs or replace the machines with newer, more efficient models.
Benefit: Optimizes operational costs and extends the lifespan of machinery or ensures its timely replacement.
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capital expanditure planningDefinition: Valuation of existing equipment is necessary for planning future equipment purchases, ensuring that resources are updated and efficient.
Specific Purpose: Planning Capital Expenditures for Equipment Renewal
Explanation: Valuation of current equipment helps plan future equipment purchases, ensuring that outdated machinery is replaced with more technologically and operationally efficient models.
Example: A construction company appraises its machinery to determine which equipment needs to be replaced in the coming years, ensuring efficient capital planning.
Benefit: Improves operational performance and reduces long-term maintenance costs by replacing outdated equipment.
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purchase price allocationDefinition: The process of allocating the purchase price between acquired assets and liabilities in a business or asset acquisition.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper allocation of the purchase price across tangible and intangible assets.
Explanation: Valuation is required to fairly distribute the purchase price across different assets and liabilities, ensuring correct recognition in the buyer’s accounting.
Example: Allocating the price paid in a business acquisition between land, equipment, and intellectual property.
Benefit: Provides financial transparency and compliance with accounting standards, preventing disputes or tax adjustments.
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insurance and damageDefinition: Determining the value of assets for insurance coverage or damage claims.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
Specific Purpose: Ensuring proper compensation in the event of loss or damage.
Explanation: Valuation offers an objective basis for determining the value of assets, ensuring adequate compensation in case of damage or loss.
Example: A factory insures its equipment and real estate based on their current market values.
Benefit: Protects assets and minimizes financial risks for owners in case of damage.
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licquidation and restructuringDefinition: Valuation of assets for liquidation or corporate restructuring.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
Specific Purpose: Maximizing asset value during restructuring or insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation helps determine the value of assets that will be liquidated or restructured, ensuring the best possible recovery for debt repayment.
Example: A company liquidates machinery to repay creditors during restructuring.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and fairness in liquidation processes, maximizing recovery for creditors.
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litigation or commercial disputeDefinition: Objective valuation of assets involved in legal disputes or commercial conflicts.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
Specific Purpose: Providing neutral asset valuation for resolving disputes.
Explanation: Valuations offer an objective basis for determining the value of disputed assets, facilitating efficient dispute resolution.
Example: Valuing assets during a legal dispute over a business acquisition.
Benefit: Facilitates fair and efficient legal settlements, providing parties with an objective basis for negotiation.
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auditDefinition: Asset valuation for internal or external audits.
Specific Purpose: Providing accurate values for financial reporting.
Explanation: Valuation of assets provides a basis for verifying that the values recorded in accounting are accurate, ensuring transparency and fairness.
Example: An external audit requires valuation of a company’s equipment to verify that the values recorded match the market realities.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with financial reporting standards and provides credibility to the company’s financial data.
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insolvencyDefinition: Valuing assets during insolvency proceedings.
Specific Purpose: Determining asset values for debt repayment during insolvency.
Explanation: Valuation is essential to identify the real value of assets in order to repay debts or liquidate the company in an equitable manner for creditors.
Example: Valuing equipment and real estate during insolvency proceedings.
Benefit: Ensures fair treatment of creditors and transparency in the liquidation process.
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financial reportingDefinition: Valuation of assets to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Specific Purpose: Complying with accounting standards.
Specific Purpose: Allocating the Purchase Price Between Acquired Assets and Liabilities (PPA)
Specific Purpose: Determining Whether Asset Values Exceed Recoverable Amounts (Impairment Testing)
Specific Purpose: Valuing Assets at Fair Market Value (Fair Value Measurment)
Specific Purpose: Periodic Evaluation of Goodwill for Depreciation (Goodwill Imparment)
Specific Purpose: Accurately Calculating Asset Depreciation (Depreciation&Amortization)
Explanation: Valuation is necessary to accurately reflect the value of assets in financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Example: A business values its assets for accurate reflection in its annual financial reports.
Benefit: Ensures transparency and accuracy in financial reporting, preventing discrepancies.
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transfer pricing fileDefinition: Valuation to document transactions between affiliated entities, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing regulations.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
Specific Purpose: Establishing fair prices for transactions between affiliated companies to prevent tax adjustments.
Explanation: Valuation ensures that transfer prices reflect the market value of transactions between related parties, preventing unjustified tax adjustments.
Example: A multinational company transfers goods between subsidiaries in different countries, and valuation ensures the prices reflect market value for tax purposes.
Benefit: Ensures compliance with international tax regulations and prevents unjustified tax adjustments, protecting the company from tax risks.
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client informationDefinition: Valuation to provide clients with relevant information about the value of their assets, to help them make informed decisions.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
Specific Purpose: Offering clear and relevant data to clients without requiring formal legal or fiscal processes.
Explanation: Valuation helps clients understand the real value of their assets, enabling strategic decisions without needing formal legal or tax filings.
Example: A client seeks a valuation to understand the market value of a building before deciding whether to sell it or retain it as an investment.
Benefit: Helps clients make strategic decisions based on accurate information, without involving formal legal or tax-related processes.
