Audit Board

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Learn seven best practices financial services audit teams should consider when building an agile auditing transformation plan, and download AuditBoard’s full guide, Conquering Heightened Risk Exposure in Financial Services: 7 Steps to Transform With Agile.

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A Neumann & Associates

APRIL 6, 2023

Given my background and experience, hardly a week goes by without a business owner asking me that all important question – “Tommy, what is the best way to go about finding buyers for my business?” Too often, fancy national firms with big advertising budgets just troll for sellers, sign them up, and never deliver.

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 12, 2022

This sales tax audit guide can help indirect tax teams avoid common audit triggers and manage the sales tax audit as smoothly as possible. This sales tax audit guide can help indirect tax teams avoid common audit triggers and manage the sales tax audit as smoothly as possible. What is a sales tax audit? Treat the auditor with respect.

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Equilest

MARCH 13, 2024

Explore the comprehensive guide to valuing partial ownership interests to gain insights into valuation methodologies, negotiation tactics, and emerging trends in the field. Whether it's determining the value of shares for a potential sale or resolving disputes among shareholders, a comprehensive valuation is indispensable.

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Valutico

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Valuation Using Multiples – Your Guide to Valuing a Company Using the Multiples Approach. Valuing a business using ‘multiples’ is a common method for determining how much a business is worth. This is a simple and practical method widely used by valuation practitioners. What is valuation using multiples? QUICK OVERVIEW.

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Audit Board

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

To meet the PCI DSS standards, companies need to understand their unique compliance requirements, their payment applications, payment processing workflows, and the system components and sensitive data that makes up their CDE. Nilson reported that payment card fraud cost a collective $32 billion internationally in 2021.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 10, 2023

The “G” in ESG involves governance, and has to do with how well an organization’s internal controls are functioning; a business’s ESG strategy; and how the company handles ESG risks. ESG disclosures have taken the spotlight in recent years as part of a trend of increased scrutiny around risk, compliance, and cybersecurity.

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FE International

DECEMBER 31, 2021

If you’ve been trying to understand how to value a website or internet business you’ve come to the right place. At FE International we value and broker the sale of internet businesses with a wide range of monetization strategies (e.g. We’ve sold businesses with earnings multiples ranging from 2.5x

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M&A Leadership Council

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Given today’s highly competitive M&A market environment, Corporate Development leaders are being tasked with an increasingly challenging set of requirements: Close the right deals faster ; Identify and mitigate more potential risks through better due diligence; and, Integrate with maximum value-capture. Register Now. You Will Learn.

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M&A Leadership Council

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Given today’s highly competitive M&A market environment, Corporate Development leaders are being tasked with an increasingly challenging set of requirements: Close the right deals faster ; Identify and mitigate more potential risks through better due diligence; and, Integrate with maximum value-capture. Register Now. You Will Learn.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Each year, ahead of teaching my classes at NYU's Stern School of Business in the spring, I invite readers to accompany me on my journey, and this year is no different. If, as you read this post, it feels like you have read it or a close variant before, it is because you have. For that to happen, I have to have fun teaching and I will!

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2021

One of the big news stories of last week was Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and the market's response to that news was to push up Twitter's stock price by almost 10%. In this section, I will begin by looking at the mythology behind this push, and why it does not hold up to common sense questioning.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 4, 2022

Gensler added, “In making decisions about disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws – including decisions about today’s climate-related disclosures – I am guided by the concept of materiality. There is no mystery as to what determines the value of a business. This is often referred to as a “business as usual” scenario.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 26, 2023

In 2011, “the Division of Corporation Finance issued interpretive guidance providing [its] views concerning operating companies’ disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity.” [1] 10] The Commission proclaims its “indifference” to companies’ cyber practices, [11] and the final rule is slimmer in detail than the proposed rule.

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Lighter Capital

JANUARY 11, 2022

Ready to arm yourself with knowledge that will help you make the best financing decisions to keep growing a healthy business? You have to assume you’ll be required to make this payment, which can easily be enough to disrupt your startup’s cashflow and operations. We covered the latter two concerns in other posts, linked above.

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FE International

MARCH 27, 2020

However, compared to other business models, reliable valuations for online businesses can be hard to obtain. This is particularly true for mid-market businesses. Hundreds of business valuation tools are listed by Google but most of them provide wildly inaccurate and varying results. What is a 409A Valuation?

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 9, 2024

Setting up your business as a C corporation (C corp) has many benefits, including greater ownership flexibility and more growth potential than an S corporation (S corp) or a Limited Liability Company (LLC). How can C corporations reduce their taxes? But what does that mean for your taxes? How are C corporations taxed?

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ThomsonReuters

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Broadly speaking, proactively preparing for a sales tax audit means implementing a series of best-practices to reduce (if not eliminate) errors in the first place. So, considering the stakes involved, making a company’s sales tax operations and compliance functions audit-ready should be a top priority.

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Equilest

AUGUST 9, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, understanding the true value of your company is of utmost importance. Whether you're looking to sell, secure funding, or simply gauge your business's financial health, a fair and accurate business valuation is essential. What is the purpose of business valuation? Asset-Based Valuation 4.2

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The second is that these disclosures have become less readable and more difficult to navigate, partly because they are so bulky, and partly because disclosures with big consequences are mingled with disclosure with small or even no consequences, often leaving it up to investors to determine which ones matter.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 19, 2023

They would require that firms doing business in the state (with some exceptions) make climate disclosures similar to those under the expected SEC regulation and in some important ways would go further. [3] A second bill would require annual reporting of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by a covered firm’s operations.

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

Just like any online business, apps of all kinds require special considerations when it comes time to sell. Just like any online business, apps of all kinds require special considerations when it comes time to sell. Therefore, we have put together this guide to valuing an app business. How to Sell an App. Conclusion.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 31, 2023

This is the daily conundrum faced by countless internal auditors, risk and compliance managers, board members, C-suite executives, and other professionals whose job descriptions have recently grown to include ESG — a domain where guidance and regulations evolve so rapidly that it’s hard for anyone to keep up. We’re here to help.

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Equidam

JANUARY 18, 2024

With traditional funding sources often being challenging for early-stage companies, crowdfunding emerges as a versatile alternative, offering entrepreneurs access to capital while simultaneously validating their business ideas through public interest. This process is intrinsically tied to public perception and the art of storytelling.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 26, 2023

Bank competition affects the interest you earn on your savings account, the monthly payment on your mortgage or car loan, the fees you pay to withdraw cash from an ATM, the variety of financial products you can choose from, and whether your business can get an affordable loan.

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FE International

JANUARY 3, 2021

Whether you’re selling a Shopify business or any other kind of e-commerce store, this article will teach you how to obtain an accurate business valuation and how to complete an e-commerce business sale. So, how have we ended up here? How to Value an e-Commerce Business. Age of Business. Operations.

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