Advanced Fair Value Workshop Program Sponsor: Beckmill Research and Marshall &
Stevens
Focus
Fair value is like no other accounting anyone has ever seen. What a
company pays for an asset, for example, might not be the price that is
shown on its balance sheet. Few smaller companies understand fair value.
It’s not presently taught in college curricula because it’s not on the
CPA exam. Many auditors, especially those in smaller firms, have no idea
how to implement it. The upside is that the fair value arena can be a
lucrative service niche for those who will make a serious investment in
training to learn.
Details
What You Will Learn
This demanding, two-day seminar
will be intensive and hands-on. Working from fictional cases
based on actual fact patterns, attendees will prepare their own
valuations of intangible assets under SFAS 141(R). They will
also test assets for impairment under SFAS 144 and SFAS 142.
Attendees will use their own laptops and a template to be
provided by NACVA. They are free to take the template with them
and use/modify it in their future valuation engagements for
financial reporting purposes.
Development and Instruction Team
This course was created and is
taught by Alfred M. King, AB, MBA, CMA, CFM and Warren D.
Miller, CFA, ASA, CMA, CPA. Mr. King is presently vice chairman
and a director of Marshall & Stevens and was formerly managing
director with the Institute of Management Accountants. His areas
of expertise include litigation support, valuation of
intangible/intellectual assets, business valuations, solvency
and reasonable equivalent value issues, valuation issues
relating to domestic and international taxes and financial
reporting, and complex allocation-of-purchase-cost assignments,
including retrospective studies. In his career to date, Mr. King
has personally apprised over $100 billion of assets. Mr. Miller
is a co-founder of BECKMILL RESEARCH, LLC, which limits its work
to value maps, M&A, litigation support (e.g., divorce, damages,
dissenting share-holder), valuation (financial reporting, tax
private equity, IP, litigation support, value-based management,
business planning), strategy (strengthening capabilities, market
positioning, diversification), exit planning, and
statistics-driven research (e.g., customer loyalty surveys,
stand-alone public-comps analysis). His firm also specializes in
valuation for financial reporting under SFAS 123R, 141, 142, and
144. Mr. Miller is a Continuing Professional Education
instructor for CPAs/CAs in 30 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
Who Should Attend
This is an advanced course, and
experience is required. Attendees must have prepared valuation
reports in at least two engagements under SFAS 141/141(R) and in
at least two engagements under SFAS 142. It is not for those who
have never done work under SFAS 141/141(R) and 142 and are
looking to learn how so that they can begin working in this
niche. (The CTI course, Valuation for Financial Reporting
Workshop is recommended for those practitioners.)
Where and When
September 29-30
Seattle, WA
October 28-29
Washington, DC
Pricing 2010
2010 Package Pricing (Before early
registration discounts.)...........Non-Member.............Member
Two-Day
Workshop...................................................$1,300..................$1,170
NASBA Sponsorship
NACVA is registered with the National Association of
State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing
professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State
boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual
courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be
addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue
North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: http://www.nasba.org/