Seller's Discretionary Earnings: Calculate SDE From Your Books
Calculate seller's discretionary earnings from reported profit, owner compensation, signed adjustments, and source records without treating SDE as cash or value.
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Quality of Earnings: What Sellers Should Prepare
Reported profit becomes useful in a sale only when a buyer can follow the bridge to normalized, transferable earnings. This desk covers that bridge: SDE, EBITDA, adjustments, revenue quality, and the records behind each judgment.