Jim Hitchner's Valuation Products and Services
announces the release of

Hitchner’s VPS BV Standards Compliance TOOLKIT, second edition

In 2009, business valuation must comply with a record number of standards.

How can you be sure that your engagements are in compliance? You need the BV Standards Compliance Toolkit with CHECKLISTS that walk you through the issues, sample reports, and engagement letters.

No valuation analyst should be without a copy of the BV Standards Compliance Toolkit!

NEW checklists include:

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Interpretation No. 1, "Scope of Applicable Services" of Statement on Standards for Valuation Services No.1 (SSVS), Valuation of a Business, Business Ownership Interest, Security, or Intangible Asset
AICPA Statement on Standards for Consulting Services No. 1
American Society of Appraisers (ASA) Business Valuation Standards
Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) Business Appraisal Standards
Internal Revenue Service Business Valuation Guidelines
National Association of Valuation Analysts (NACVA) Professional Standards
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Standard 3: Appraisal Review, Development and Reporting

This Toolkit also includes the following documents from the 1st edition with UPDATES:

Updated sample detailed report (valuation engagement)(AICPA, ASA, IBA, NACVA and USPAP compliant)
Updated sample summary report (valuation engagement)
Updated sample calculation report (calculation engagement)
Updated sample engagement letter for a valuation engagement
Updated sample engagement letter for a calculation engagement AICPA Statement on Standards for Valuation Services (SSVS) No. 1 compliance flowchart
PowerPoint presentation of SSVS No. 1 requirements for training and marketing purposes Compliance checklist for a valuation engagement
Compliance checklist for a calculation engagement
Compliance checklist for a detailed report (valuation engagement)
Compliance checklist for a summary report (valuation engagement)
Compliance checklist for a calculation report (calculation engagement)
Compliance checklist for an oral report (valuation and calculation engagement
Compliance checklist for USPAP standard 9
Compliance checklist for USPAP standard 10
Compliance checklist for USPAP ethics rule, competency rule, scope of work rule, etc.
Compliance checklist for Revenue Ruling 59-60
Issue of Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert (FVLE) journal that summarizes these standards

NEW articles on standards published in Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert (FVLE) journal:

"AICPA BV Standards: The Former Chair Interviews the Current Chair," Robert Reilly and Ed Dupke
"BV Standards Application Update: Six Months into Compliance," Jim Alerding, Ed Dupke and Jim Hitchner
"Ethics: Knowledge of Independence Issues is Especially Important to CPAs," Jim Alerding
"BV Standards: the Positive Side," Jim Hitchner
"The New AICPA Business Valuation Standards," Ed Dupke
"Bingham Says: Here's a Concise Progress report on Valuation Standards Activity," Bruce Bingham
"New IRS Business Valuation Guidelines," Linda Trugman
"AICPA BV Standards Update," Ed Dupke and Jim Hitchner

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Updates and new checklists authored by:
Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV, ASA, one of only four members (including Ed Dupke and Jim Alerding) of the AICPA Business Valuation Standards Writing Task Force for the entire six-year period up to the January 1, 2008 release of the standards.
With help from Sally Marblestone.

First edition coauthored by:
Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV, ASA
Mike Crain, CPA/ABV, ASA, CFA, CFE, former Chair of the AICPA BV Committee for three years, including the time when the standards were officially released.
Mike Mard, CPA/ABV, ASA, former member of the AICPA BV Committee, contributor to the AICPA BV Standards and current member of the FASB Valuation Resource Group.