Chris Mercer
MARCH 8, 2023
This post provides a discussion of several implications of the definition of the standard of value known as fair market value. We focus first on the definition of fair market value. We then look at the implications for the so-called “marketability discount for controlling interests.”
Cooley M&A
JANUARY 19, 2023
The Excise Tax generally applies to the fair market value of stock repurchased in a taxable year, net of the fair market value of stock issued in the same taxable year, with certain modifications. There is a rebuttable presumption under the Notice, however, that such exception does not apply.
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Chris Mercer
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
My conclusion is that the various restricted stock studies are inadequate to meet current business valuation standards and that they should not be used as a basis for “guessing” the magnitude of marketability discounts for illiquid interests of closely held businesses.
Chris Mercer
APRIL 7, 2023
My most recent post, titled Fair Market Value and the Nonexistent Marketability Discount , generated quite a discussion when posted on LinkedIn. The post provided a solid rationale that there is no such thing as a marketability discount for controlling interests of companies. ” (p.
Chris Mercer
MARCH 7, 2024
The second and third musings address the issue of marketability discounts and conclude that it is not possible to comply with any valuation standards, whether USPAP or not, using only averages of restricted stock studies as a basis for “guessing” marketability discounts. The relevant pool of potential buyers, if any.
Valutico
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
There are three primary approaches under which most valuation methods sit, which include the income approach, market approach, and asset-based approach. The income approach estimates value based on future earnings, using techniques like the discounted cash flow analysis. How Do I Value a Business?
Appraisal Rights
APRIL 9, 2020
“Fair value,” with respect to a dissenter’s shares, “means the proportionate interest of the shareholder in the corporation. Fair value” is calculated “without discount for minority status or, absent extraordinary circumstance, lack of marketability.” 805 ILCS 5/11.70(j)(1). citing Weigel Broadcasting Co.
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