Certified Business Valuation with Litigation Support
When you're facing a contested partner buyout, shareholder dispute, divorce proceeding, or other legal matter, you need more than a business valuation report. You need an experienced NACVA Certified Appraiser with litigation and testimony experience who can explain, support, and defend their conclusions throughout the legal process.
Our Certified Business Valuation with Litigation Support provides a comprehensive, independent valuation prepared in accordance with USPAP and NACVA standards. The report includes detailed financial analysis, business comparables, industry research, and professionally supported adjustments. Your appraiser can also work directly with your legal counsel to provide consultations, rebuttal analysis, deposition preparation, and expert witness testimony when required.
Because litigation matters often involve changing circumstances and unpredictable demands, engagements are handled through a prepaid Litigation Support Retainer. The retainer covers report preparation and additional professional services, with time billed at established hourly rates. This flexible structure provides ongoing access to your appraiser as your case progresses, with transparent billing throughout the engagement.
Whether you're preparing for settlement negotiations, mediation, or trial, BizWorth provides the independent valuation expertise and litigation support needed to confidently present and defend your position.
About this Report
How to Order
Here's an easy-to-understand explanation of the process to order and provide the information needed to obtain a business valuation report:
Step 1: Click the Green Get Started Button
Initiate the process by clicking "Get Started" and provide essential details about yourself and the company. This includes specifying the reason for the report, number of legal entities, annual sales, and property ownership.
Step 2: Select and Customize Your Report
After entering company details, our system matches your needs with suitable reports. Choose your desired report, customize it if needed, and add it to your cart. Review additional recommendations, enhance your report options, and proceed to checkout. Pay securely with major credit cards, Affirm, or ACH.
Step 3: Provide Additional Information
On the "Information We Need from You" page, submit the required details about the company. Subsequently, you’ll receive an email inviting you to the Data Collection Portal.
Step 4: Accept Invite to Data Collection Portal
Check your email for an invitation from officeadmin@datacollectionportal.com to the secure Data Collection Portal. Accept the invite to create your account.
Step 5: Complete Portal Intake Form
Navigate through the portal, filling out required forms and carefully following instructions. Save your progress if needed. Once finished, click "I've finished" to notify BizWorth that your valuation application is ready to commence. This initiates the appraisal, starting the countdown for delivery within the specified turnaround time. Check your email for updates.
This process is designed to be simple, efficient, and tailored to your business valuation needs.
How to Prepare
To help our appraisal team complete your report efficiently, here’s some information that will be useful to gather along the way. Don’t worry if you don’t have everything upfront—we’ll guide you through the process in the Data Collection Portal:
5 Years of Financial Statements (or Tax Returns)
You will choose to upload either financial statements (Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet) or tax returns of the business for the last five full years or since inception if less than five years. Tax returns are usually preferred if you are buying or selling a business; however, financial statements are usually preferred for strategic planning purposes. Consult with your advisor, lender, or CPA regarding their preference.
Year-to-Date Financial Statements
You will also be asked to upload a year-to-date financial statement through the valuation date, provided by month. Be sure the year-to-date financials are through the same valuation date. It is preferred to use a month-end, quarter-end, or year-end date when possible.
5 Years of Subsidiary Financials (if applicable)
If your business has subsidiaries, you will be asked to upload financial statements for the last full five years or since inception if less than five years.
Trailing 12 Months Profit& Loss Statement (optional)
If your business is seasonal, then we highly recommend uploading a Trailing12-Month Profit & Loss Statement. This will allow your valuation expert to better understand how to forecast revenue and expenses for the remaining months of the current year.
Business Profile
Legal business name, DBA, business address, prior appraisal, offers and ownership history.
Nature and History
Include brief history of the company, major historical events, current number of employees and contractors, shareholder ownership and compensation, products and services, customers and market conditions, competition and differentiation, management and compensation,current operating levels and capacity.
Owner’s Compensation
Owner's salary, bonus, and/or commissions paid to the owner(s) and expensed by the company on the Income Statement/P&L over the last five years. Does not include any distributions paid to the owner(s) and accounted for on the company's balance sheet.
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