What makes a valuation audit-ready?
The four proofs every audit engagement requires—and how to build them into your deliverable from the start.
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Technical Perspectives
Defense Logic.
Defense Logic.
Documented.
We don't publish general news. We publish technical defense strategies for valuation professionals, auditors, and controllers.
Audit Interface
Explainers
Short, structured pages that mirror our system and answer fundamental questions.
What "done" means at FairvalueX
Reproducible, traceable, defensible, and review-ready. What each term means and how we verify it.
Read →How we prevent scope creep: the truth boundary
Every engagement starts with explicit scope. We define what's in, what's out, and what "done" means.
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Trust Accelerators
Audit-Interface Posts
Common audit questions and how our evidence pack answers them.
Audit
Q&A
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Common PPA Audit Questions
The 10 most common questions auditors ask during PPA review—and how our documentation pre-answers them.
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Audit
Q&A
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409A Valuation Audit Support
What auditors look for in equity compensation valuations and how to document defensible assumptions.
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Technical
Brief
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Evidence Trail Design
Source logs, timestamps, and version control—the infrastructure of reproducible valuation.
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Technical
Brief
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DLOM: The Auditor's Favorite Target
Why "rule of thumb" discounts fail under scrutiny. Quantitative model selection with documented support.
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Deal & Funds
Decision Support
Scenario modeling, quarter-close consistency, and decision-grade valuation.
Scenario Modeling Framework
How to define scenarios, assign probabilities, and document boundaries for decision-grade analysis.
Read →Quarter-Close Consistency
How values move period-to-period and how to explain it without storytime.
Read →WACC Volatility & Risk-Free Rates
With treasury yields fluctuating, how do you normalize the risk-free rate? Framework for selection.
Last updated: 2024-12-15. Framework only; not investment advice.
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Proof System
Audit Interface Cases
How we answered the questions before the auditor asked.
PPA Intangible Allocation: Pre-Answered Q&A
Anonymized example: how we structured a customer relationship valuation to answer the 10 most common auditor questions before they were asked.
Available upon engagement.
409A DLOM Defense: Model Selection Documentation
How we documented the quantitative basis for DLOM selection, avoiding "rule of thumb" audit challenges.
Available upon engagement.
The Audit Readiness Checklist
Is your data room ready? Run it against our 25-point intake screen before you send a single file.
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