Due Diligence
Kaufman, Rossin & Co. assists both buyers and sellers with due diligence. Our procedures begin with an interview, to understand the client's goals in the acquisition or sale. We've assisted with a wide range of issues including:
- Financial condition
- Quality of earnings and assets
- Identification of hidden costs, commitments, contingent liabilities
- Historical cash flows
- Source and use analysis
- Working capital
- Commercial issues
- Control environment
- Non-compete valuations
- Tax issues
- Optimization of tax structure
- Identification of potential tax opportunities and/or contingencies
- Deal issues
- Information Technology
- Significant "out of compliance" situations, including privacy regulations
- Software licensing, in-house developed software
- Review of known dependencies
- Verification of hardware age and projected replacement timeline
- Review of IT assets and contracts
- Operations
- Integration issues
- GAAP questions
- Organizational and staff review and assessment