Overview of FVS Section Benefits for Prospective Members

The Forensic and Valuation Services Membership Section became effective August 1, 2004.

As a member of the Forensic and Valuation Services Membership Section you receive numerous benefits. Your exclusive member benefits include:

·    Access to Specialized Information: Receipt of targeted electronic and mailed publications focusing on the most current FVS issues:

o        Practice Aids:  Practice Aid 06-4, Engagement Letters for Litigation Services, Practice Aid 06-1, Calculating Intellectual Property Infringement Damages, Practice Aid 05-1, A CPA's Guide to Family Law Services, Pracitce Aid 03-1, Litigation Services and Applicable Professional Standards 

o        CPA Expert: Gratis member publication to ABV credential holders, discounted to section members

o        FVS Membership Section Newsletter FOCUS: This bi-monthly newsletter is one of the exciting benefits of the Forensic and Valuation Services Membership Section, and is available exclusively to its members. Written by CPA consultants for CPA consultants, the newsletter is chock-filled with practical information about consulting opportunities, practice trends and tips, related education, legislative developments that may effect practitioners, and more.

o        FVS Membership Section Monthly e-Newsletter: This monthly newsletter is one of the benefits of the Forensic and Valuation Services Membership Section, and is available exclusively to its members.

·    Regulatory Insight: Timely information on this field's complex laws and regulations
  

·    Networking Opportunities: Invaluable networking opportunities:

o        FVS Town Hall Participation: As a member of the specialty area, you will receive exclusive invitations to town hall meetings held throughout the year

o        FVS Networking Lounge Access: As a member of the specialty area, you will receive exclusive access to FVS Networking Lounges when they are included in AICPA conferences throughout the year

·    Advocacy & Outreach on Your Behalf: The AICPA will continue to work as an advocate to represent issues and legislation that could have an effect on your future practice

o        Monthly Chair letters: as a way to emphasize important developments in our specialty area

o        Monthly emails: highlighting specific member benefits to take advantage

o        Strategic partnership with the American Society of Appraisers to explore joint education, training and technical writing opportunities

·    Exclusive Member Discounts: Special member discounts, if taken advantage of, can easily cover the cost of your section membership.  Some examples:

o        AICPA Conference Discounts: The AICPA sponsors a number of FVS related conferences designed to enhance your technical and practice management knowledge.  Conferences include the AICPA National Fraud and Advanced Litigation and the National Business Valuation Conference.  

o        AICPA Webcasts: Members of the specialty area receive discounts on FVS related Webcasts.

o        Daubert Tracker: The critically acclaimed legal website that provides expert witnesses, litigators, judges and legal researchers with fingertip access to information associated with reported and unreported “evidentiary gatekeeping” cases.

o        Financial Valuation & Litigation Expert
Receive a $30 discount off a one-year subscription to Jim Hitchner's Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert, a bi-monthly journal providing timely, concise articles on business valuation, fraud and litigation services.

o        Integra Information
Integra Information is a leading provider of comprehensive data that allows professionals to access private company performance and industry information.  Section members will be able to purchase Integra’s reports at exclusive discounted rates.

o        I-Metrix from EDGAR Online
Streamline the task of gathering and verifying data by using I-Metrix to pull data directly into Excel spreadsheets. I-Metrix eliminates the manual cutting and pasting or re-keying of data that can be the source of costly errors and makes benchmarking and valuation analysis effortless.