Newsletter
Arxis Financial provides an informative newsletter for our clients and contacts:
2020:
- December 2020: Embezzlement – What the Auditors Could Not Find!
- October 2020: Valuation of an Earnout Provision in Acquisition
- August 2020: Lost Income via Facilities Management Company
- June 2020: What We Can Learn from a Fraud Investigation
- April 2020: Partner Dispute and the Business Valuation
- February 2020: Bad Faith — Damages for Fire and Business Failure
2019:
- December 2019: Embezzlement Scheme: Lessons Learned
- October 2019: Fraud & Identify Theft of Elderly Victim
- August 2019: Culture Matters – Proving Fraud in a Silo
- June 2019: External Financial Statement Audits Don’t Expose Fraud
- April 2019: Over-Buying Valuation Work
- February 2019: Embezzlement Scheme: Lessons Learned
2018:
- December 2018: Wildfires
- October 2018: Clandestine Forensic Accounting Adventure to Uncover Fraud
- August 2018: Fraud Examination with Disappointing Results
- June 2018: Real Estate Fraud: How a Forensic Accountant Saves Clients Money — With Just a Few Questions!
- April 2018: Fraud Examination with Surprising Results
- February 2018: 7 Simple Steps to Corporate Fraud Prevention: A Case Study
2017:
- December 2017: Found the Income! Asset Tracing in Family Law Cases
- October 2017: Damage Calculations and Use of Experts in Breach of Contract Matters
- August 2017: Reviewing and Critiquing a Valuation Report
- June 2017: Considerations in Selecting an Expert for Wrongful Termination Matters
- April 2017: Impact of Tainted Food Product – Lost Profits
- February 2017: Income Documentation and Verification in Family Court Matters
Articles
Our professionals have written numerous articles that provide a tremendous resource for our clients and business contacts:
Forensic Accounting
- The Role of the Financial Expert in Damage Cases
- Breach of Contract – Damages Calculations
- Embezzlement of Company Funds
- Family Law – Shareholder Income from an S Corporation
- Commercial Litigation and Forensic Accounting (as published in “Valley Lawyer”, reprinted with permission)
- Inventory Losses – When to Hire a Forensic Accountant
- Commercial Litigation and the Use of Forensic Accountants
- Why Are ‘Forensic Business Valuations’ Needed & How Are They Calculated?
- Case Examples in Employee Theft and the Role of a Forensic Accountant
- The Role of a Forensic Accountant in Combating Unfair Business Practices
- Trade Secret Theft: You’re A Victim, Now What?
- The Role of a Forensic Accountant in Property and Liability Losses
- Business Interruption Claims: Should a Forensic Accountant be Retained?
- Income Documentation and Verification in Family Court Matters
- Insurance Fraud Matters: Should You Hire a Forensic Accountant?
- Tax Court Rejects Tax Affecting S Corporation Earnings
- Valuing Economic Damages after an Armed Robbery
Litigation Consulting
- The Financial Expert: An Essential Addition to the Litigation Team (as published in “Valley Lawyer”, reprinted with permission)
- Dissenting Shareholders in a Buyout – Litigation Consulting and Business Valuation Issues
- Fraud and Theft of Residential and Commercial Real Estate, Cash and Marketable Securities
- Wrongful Termination: How a Litigation Consultant Helps Your Case
- Commercial Litigation: Improving Your Chances for Victory
- Practical Uses of Litigation Consultants and Forensic Accountants in Divorce Matters
- 12th Annual Guide to Expert Witnesses
- Business Interruption: Case Example and Lessons Learned
- Considerations in Selecting an Expert for Wrongful Termination Matters
- Damage Calculations and Use of Experts in Breach of Contract Matters
- How to Resolve Contract Disputes by Using an Accounting Expert
- Partnership Dissolutions and Disputes: The Effective Use of a Financial Expert
- The Role of the Forensic Accountant in Insurance Claims/Bad Faith
Business Valuation
- Balance Sheets and the Asset Approach
- Benefit Stream Error: Locking in Adjustments for an Eternity
- Business Valuation in Buy-Sell Agreements (as published in “Santa Barbara Lawyer”, reprinted with permission)
- Current Events in Estate and Gift Taxes
- Succession Planning Options for Family-Owned Businesses
- The Critical Nature of a Business Valuation in Estate Planning
- Business Valuation Services for Marital Dissolution (as published in “Valley Lawyer,” reprinted with permission)
- Business Valuation in Divorce Engagements
- Capital Sources and Valuation in Business Bankruptcies
- Determination of the Value of a Business for Purposes of a Buy-Sell Agreement
- Developing Appropriate Capitalization Discount
- Engagement Letters
- Estate of Frazier Jelke — Value of Imbedded Capital Gains
- Family Limited Partnerships: Great Facts — and the Taxpayer Still Loses!
- Fundamentals of Fair Market Value
- How to Select a Business Valuation Expert
- How to Value a Business When Data and Cooperation Are Not Forthcoming from Management: An In-Depth Explanation of Forensic Business Valuations (reprinted with permission from “Orange County Lawyer” magazine, published by the Orange County Bar Association)
- Mergers & Acquisitions: When & How to Use a Valuation Expert
- Practical Applications of Business Valuations for Estate Planning Purposes
- The Effect of Asbestos Litigation on the Valuation of a Business
- The Role of a Business Valuation in Divorce Cases
- The Role of a Business Valuation in Succession Planning
- Top 10 Valuation Errors (reprinted with permission from “California CPA” published by CalCPA)
- Valuing Economic Damages after an Armed Robbery
- Valuing Professional Goodwill
Fraud Investigation & Prevention
- “Clandestine Forensic Accounting Adventure to Uncover Fraud,” as published by i-sight.com
- “Corporate Fraud is as Prevalent as it is Preventable,” as published by i-sight.com
- “Combatting Workplace Fraud through Internal Controls,” as published by i-sight.com
- “7 Simple Steps to Corporate Fraud Prevention,” as published by i-sight.com
- “What We Can Learn from a Fraud Investigation,” as published by i-sight.com
- “External Financial Statement Audits Don’t Expose Fraud,”as published by i-sight.com
- Health South: A Case Study in Corporate Fraud
- Inventory Fraud: Detecting, Preventing & Prosecuting
- Real Estate Fraud Litigation: The Proper Selection and Use of Forensic Accountants (reprinted with permission from Valley Lawyer, San Fernando Valley Bar Association)
Speeches
Chris Hamilton, CPA, CFE, CVA is a nationally-recognized author and speaker. His recent and upcoming speaking engagements include:
DATE | TOPIC | LOCATION |
June, 2020 | Hardball with the Masters | NACVA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA |
June, 2020 | Tax Calculations for Business Valuation | NACVA Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA |
April, 2020 | Transitioning to Full-time Litigation | Around the Valuation World (live broadcast) |
March, 2020 | Business Ethics and Fraud | California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA |
March, 2020 | Buy-Sell Agreements | Pocketexperts.solutions; online event |
January, 2020 | Valuation Fundamentals, Techniques, and Theory | NACVA, Salt Lake City |
November, 2019 | Fraud | CalCPA, Ventura, CA |
October, 2019 | Valuation Theory, Techniques, and Fundamentals | NACVA, Salt Lake City |
September, 2019 | Valuation Techniques and Theories | NACVA, Atlanta |
September, 2019 | Income and Asset Approaches to Valuation w | NACVA, Atlanta |
June, 2019 | Ethics, Morality and the Law | Leadership Simi Valley, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA |
June, 2019 | Valuation Fundamentals Techniques & Theory | NACVA, Washington DC |
June, 2019 | Income & Asset Approaches | NACVA, Washington DC |
May, 2019 | Taxation Issues in Forensic Accounting Examinations | San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Tax Section, Woodland Hills, CA |
December, 2018 | Weighted Average Cost of Capital | NACVA “Financial Valuation Super Conference,” Fort Lauderdale, FL |
November, 2018 | 10 Facts that Simplify and Clarify Business Valuation | Woodland Hills Tax and Estate Planning Council |
October, 2018 | CVA certification training “Fundamentals, Techniques, and Theory” | NACVA, Salt Lake City, UT |
August, 2018 | Business Valuation: Ten Things You Should Know | Westlake Village, CA – ProVisor’s Westlake Village Lawyers |
August, 2018 | Five Facts about Fraud: What Every Professional Should Know | Azusa Pacific University – Citrus Estate Planning Council |
July, 2018 | Business Valuations: Special Purpose Valuations | NACVA, Washington, DC |
July, 2018 | Business Valuations: The Market Approach | NACVA, Washington, DC |
July, 2018 | Business Valuations: Applications and Calculations of the Income and Asset Approaches | NACVA, Washington, DC |
July, 2018 | Valuation Fundamentals, Techniques, Theory | NACVA, Washington, DC |
June, 2018 | Damages and Forensic Accounting | Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association |
June, 2018 | Intermediate Valuation Webinar | NACVA (webinar) |
June, 2018 | Weighted Average Cost of Capital: Wacky or Required? | NACVA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV |
June, 2018 | Making the Break: Litigation Consulting” | NACVA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV |
June, 2018 | Hardball with the Masters | NACVA National Conference, Las Vegas, NV |
June, 2018 | Prisoner #61727-054: Fraud’s Origin and Consequences | Leadership Simi Valley, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA |
April, 2018 | 10 Things Attorneys Should Know About Business Valuation | SFVBA Probate Section |
March, 2018 | Applications to Buy-Sell Agreements and Succession Planning | Poole & Shaffery, Valencia, CA |
February, 2018 | Foundation of Financial Forensics – Depositions and Testimony | NACVA, Webinar |
December, 2017 | Intermediate Valuation (3 day training program) | San Diego, CA |
October, 2017 | Valuation : Market Approach | NACVA, Salt Lake City, UT |
October, 2017 | Special Purpose Valuations | NACVA, Salt Lake City, UT |
October, 2017 | Valuation for Finance Rookies | Salt Lake City, UT |
October, 2017 | Valuation Fundamentals, Techniques, and Theories | NACVA, Philadelphia, PA |
October, 2017 | Fraud | Beach Cowdrey Jenkins, Oxnard, CA |
October, 2017 | The Forensic Accounting Mindset | Forensic Accounting Academy, New Orleans, LA |
October, 2017 | Intermediate Valuation | NACVA, Chicago, IL |
October, 2017 | Behavior Detection | Forensic Accounting Academy, Chicago, IL |
October, 2017 | Intermediate and Advanced Forensic Financial Analysis | Forensic Accounting Academy, Chicago, IL |
June, 2017 | Prisoner #61727-054: Fraud’s Origin and Consequences | Reagan Library, Simi Valley |
June, 2017 | The Impact of Adverse Regulatory Action Valuation and Damages | NACVA, Chicago, IL |
June, 2017 | Hardball With the masters | NACVA, Chicago, IL |
June, 2017 | Business Valuations: An Introduction with Real-World Applications | Knapp Petersen & Clarke, Glendale, CA |
June, 2017 | The Impact of Adverse Regulatory Action Valuation and Damages | NACVA, Webinar |
May, 2017 | Income and Asset Approaches | NACVA, Washington, D.C. |
May, 2017 | Valuation: Market Approach | NACVA, Washington, D.C. |
May, 2017 | Special Purpose Valuations | NACVA, Washington, D.C. |
May, 2017 | Prisoner #61727-054 – Fraud’s Origin and Consequences | Financial Planners Association of Ventura County |
April, 2017 | Buy-Sell Agreements | Los Angeles County Bar Association |
April, 2017 | What Financial Planners Need to Know about Business Valuation | Financial Planners Association of Los Angeles |
Jan., 2017 | Fraud Detection and Prevention | SF Valley Bar Association MCLE Marathon |
Dec., 2016 | Valuing Earnouts and other Performance Based Contracts | Las Vegas, NV |
Dec., 2016 | Trial Preparation: Direct Examination | Webinar |
Dec., 2016 | Deposition and Trial Testimony | Webinar |
Dec., 2016 | Advanced Business Valuation | NACVA, Las Vegas, NV |
Nov., 2016 | Calculating and Explaining Damages | Chicago, IL |
Nov., 2016 | Market Approach to Valuation | Chicago, IL |
Nov., 2016 | Special Purpose Valuations | Chicago, IL |
Nov., 2016 | Income and Asset Approaches to Business Valuation | NACVA, Chicago, IL |
Nov., 2016 | Laws, Courts, and Dispute Resolution | Webinar |
Sept., 2016 | Valuation Fundamentals, Theory & Techniques – Certification Training | Washington, DC |
Sept., 2016 | Valuing Complex Debt and Equity Structures | Washington, DC |
Aug., 2016 | Valuation Fundamentals, Theory & Techniques – Certification Training | San Antonio, TX |
Aug., 2016 | Prisoner #61727-054 – a Story of Fraud’s Origin and Consequences | FPA San Gabriel Valley, CA |
July, 2016 | Explaining Damages to Juries and Others | CalCPA, Pasadena, CA |
June, 2016 | Financial Ethics, Morality, and the Law | Reagan Library, Simi Valley |
June, 2016 | Explaining Damages to Juries and Others | NACVA National Conference, San Diego, CA |
June, 2016 | Valuation Fundamentals, Theory & Techniques | NACVA, Philadelphia, PA |
May, 2016 | Standard of Value: The Crucial Element for Accurate Valuations | AGN International, San Diego, CA |
April, 2016 | Fraud and Forensic Accounting | CalCPA, Ventura, CA |
Jan., 2016 | Valuation Fundamentals, Techniques and Theory | NACVA, Las Vegas, NV |
Jan., 2016 | Income and Asset Approaches to Valuation | NACVA, Las Vegas, NV |
Nov., 2015 | Valuation Fundamentals, Techniques, and Theory | NACVA, San Diego, CA |
Nov., 2015 | Income and Asset Approaches to Valuation | NACVA, San Diego, CA |
Oct., 2015 | Corporate Fraud – The Madoff Case | Rotary, Simi Valley, CA |
Oct., 2015 | Market Approach | NACVA, Las Vegas, NV |
Oct., 2015 | Special Purpose Valuations | NACVA, Las Vegas, NV |
Oct., 2015 | Valuation Fundamentals, Techniques, and Theory | NACVA, Houston, TX |
Oct., 2015 | Income and Asset Approaches to Valuation | NACVA, Houston, TX |
June, 2015 | Financial Ethics, Morality, and the Law | Leadership Simi Valley, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA |
May, 2015 | Cost of Capital Implications in Damages and Business Valuation | NACVA, Chicago, Illinois |
May, 2015 | Standard of Value | CalCPA, LAX, Los Angeles, CA |
Mar., 2015 | Fraud and Corporate Ethics | Rotary International, Simi Valley, CA |
Feb., 2015 | Damages and Forensic Accounting | CalCPA, Pasadena, CA |
Feb., 2015 | Business Valuation for Insurance Agents and Brokers | NAIFA, Woodland Hills, CA |