Business Valuation
Fiske is the most trusted business valuation firm in South Florida. We prepare valuations for private individuals and businesses in addition to clients of legal and financial professionals. Our certified professionals have substantial experience in valuing businesses and assets in a variety of industries and performing valuations for estate and gift tax issues. In addition to their CPA, our professional valuators also have earned the designation of Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) from the AICPA. Of the more than 425,000 members of the AICPA, only a small fraction has this distinguished designation. In addition to the ABV designation, members of our team also hold other credentials, including Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA).
A business valuation firm you can trust
Our business valuation experts keep current in this complex and ever-changing field with extensive continuing education on valuing entities and specific assets. Each year, they attend seminars and conferences conducted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA), the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA).
Clients use our expertise in business appraisal for a variety of reasons, including: gift and estate planning, allocating purchase price among business assets; resolving owner and shareholder disputes; establishing a formula for the value of partners’ ownership interests for buy-sell agreements; and goodwill impairment studies. In addition, litigation counsel often utilizes Fiske’s business valuation experts to analyze damages and lost profits and to provide expert witness testimony.
When a valuation of intangible assets is required for patents, copyrights, software or trade secrets, etc., our experts apply the necessary techniques and models to provide an accurate value.