Attendees will acquire practical training in the following areas:

• Understanding the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) concept of fair value
The FASB concluded that fair value information is relevant and users of financial statements generally have agreed. Others, however, have expressed concerns about the ability to apply the fair value measurement objective in GAAP. The workshop will examine FASB pronouncements that require fair value measurements and guidance differences that have created inconsistencies related to the complexities in GAAP.

• Guidance in working with the auditors
Auditors often have their own unique and often contradictory interpretations of SFAS 157 (and 141(R) and 142). This opens the possibility that each might look for different weaknesses when they see a fair value report. The workshop will discuss standards and methods for fair value, along with other financial reporting engagements, including current trends and developments. 

• Techniques for identifying and methods for valuing intangible assets
Participants will be exposed to a broad spectrum of techniques for identifying and methods of valuing intangible assets and intellectual property covering business reporting and litigation arenas. Several case studies and redacted reports will demonstrate and reinforce the concepts involved.

• Commonly accepted methods of testing for impairment
Valuation professionals are often requested to test intangibles for impairment pursuant to SFAS 142 and 144. Many issues involved with these analyses are rarely discussed. Attendees will gain insight into how to deal with these issues and common mistakes to avoid.

• Considerations for estimating useful lives
The workshop will provide guidance on the determination of the useful life of intangible assets.  Areas to be discussed include expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset, the weighted-average period to the next renewal, an entity’s history of renewal for similar assets, changes in the likelihood of renewal or extension, and amounts incurred to renew or extend the contractual term of an intangible asset. 

• Appropriate methodologies for valuing employee stock options
Attendees will learn the variables that are used to calculate the fair value of ESOs. The workshop will discuss how changes in the required variables drive ESOs’ fair value and the resulting effect on total compensation expense. Record-keeping respon-sibilities, modeling resources and data requirements, and Lattice and Black-Scholes option-pricing models will also be reviewed.

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.

Any experienced practitioner who wants to broaden his or her practice to provide valuation services for financial reporting, transaction attorneys, M&A advisors, and CFOs.

October 25-27	Washington, DC
December 6-8	Las Vegas, NV

2010 Package Pricing
(Before early registration discounts.)...........Non-Member.............Member
Three-day Workshop...................................................$1,800..................$1,620

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