Problem:
Brokers are frustrated – 90% of small business that want to sell FAIL due to weak financial management and poor bookkeeping.
With Quality of Earnings:
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- Buyers are PROTECTED from fraud and misrepresentation.
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- BUSINESS BROKERS are more successful.
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- SBA Banks waste less time because problems are solved before the deal gets to credit.
Pricing: $5900 in most cases
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“Trust, but verify.”
Maximize Exit Value provides high-level, thoroughly researched Quality of Earnings Reports that PROTECT buyers, brokers, and bankers.
A “Quality of Earnings (QoE)” is a third-party financial analysis that PROTECTS Buyers, Brokers and Bankers by assessing the sustainability of a company’s earnings, looking at how reliable a company’s earnings are – not just taking the seller’s word for it.
When the buyer invests in the QoE, they substantially mitigate buy-side risk and protect themselves from the seller’s potential oversight, misrepresentation, and fraud.
Process
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- Match bank statements with ledger entries to ensure there are no inflated revenues or hidden expenses, and to uncover intermingling between personal and business accounts.
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- Redefine expense line items to demonstrate stable accounting.
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- Normalize P&Ls so the buyer is confident that the information presented by the seller is verified. truthful, and has high integrity.
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- Offer a RISK ANALYSIS, exposing any anomalies and recommending caution when appropriate so the buyer can enter the purchase with confidence.