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FAS 157 reckoning in TheDeal.com
Today, at last, FAS 157 made its splash in the private equity scene as it was granted an appropriately-sized article in The Deal. As Dan Primack says (separately, in PE Hub), it's "the most important private equity issue that not enough of us are reporting on." Our thoughts: FASB 157...
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Arcstone Rising
If you are a finance nerd, you’re in luck: valuation is enjoying a rising tide and, as our colleagues across the industry agree, finding good people that do good (valuation) work is no easy task. That's good for you. And we understand -- like you, we wanted a great job...
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Arcstone on the move
Note our new physical address and phone numbers. All extensions and direct dial numbers have changed. See our team and contact pages for details....
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Arcstone touring: SLC and Boston
Members of the Arcstone team will be in Salt Lake City and Boston in early April discussing issues of valuation with clients, auditors, attorneys and investors. Contact us to set up a meeting. The calendar is filling up!...
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Has 409A gone global? The FBT has expanded.
Recently we became aware of an issue in India that makes us think 409A is potentially going global. The Fringe Benefit Tax, or FBT has recently been expanded to include a provision for equity compensation, and it looks somewhat familiar. It is our understanding that any company with employees in...
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FASB votes not to delay FAS 157
During today's open meeting of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the members discussed the application of FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements and considered deferring the current effective date. My partner Alex Hodgkin, who is in Connecticut today at the quarterly Appraisal Issues Task Force meeting, received word that...
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Extension of 409A Compliance: What's it mean?
The IRS announced today that taxpayers will have until December 31, 2008, to comply with the 409A regulations. The regs were finalized in April of this year, and had an initial compliance date of year-end 2007. So what does this mean for privately held companies -- our clients and would-be...
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