Engineering Firm Valuation: How to Build a Sensible Range
Build an engineering firm valuation range using compatible earnings, valuation methods, market evidence, backlog economics, and transferability risks.
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Capital Gains Tax on Selling a Business: What Gets Taxed?
Learn why federal tax on a business sale depends on what was sold, allocation, basis, recapture, section 1231, and payment timing.
Confidentiality Agreement for Selling a Business: Customer Data
Decide what customer data to share after a business sale NDA, when to reveal identities, who should see details, and how to close access.
EBITDA Add Backs: A Schedule That Shows What Changes After Sale
Build an EBITDA add-back schedule that separates recorded expense evidence from recoveries, credits, replacement costs, continuing costs, and unresolved treatment.
Enterprise Value vs. Equity Value: From Offer to Seller Proceeds
Learn how enterprise value becomes agreement-defined equity value, closing consideration, escrow, and post-closing adjustment in a business sale.