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Use of Discounted Cash Flow Approaches in US GAAP Accounting

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Discounted cash flow approaches are a helpful tool used in US GAAP accounting for valuation and impairment assessments. A discounted cash flow approach involves projecting a stream of cash flows for an item and then applying a discount rate to those cash flows to calculate a single value or a range of values for that item.

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How to Value a Disaster Restoration Business

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Equipment, Technology, and Infrastructure The quality and condition of equipment, technology, and infrastructure directly influence the value of a disaster restoration business. Income-Based Approach The income-based approach values the business by assessing its ability to generate future income and cash flow.

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SWS Group: The Breakdown

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The various problems facing the company led the court to embrace the respondents’ theory that SWS would continue to face an uphill climb given its relatively small size, which prevented it from scaling its substantial regulatory, technological, and back-office costs. Hilltop’s Influence on the Sale Process Rendered Merger Price Unreliable.

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