{"id":1178,"date":"2024-02-19T14:08:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T19:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2024-02-20T12:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:52:07","slug":"quality-of-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/quality-of-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality of Earnings with Evan Ottaviano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of IBBA insights, Cress V. Diglio and Evan Ottaviano of Bennett Thrasher CPAs discuss the importance of quality of earnings (QoE) reports in the sale of businesses. They discuss what a QoE is, why it is important, and how it impacts business buyers, sellers, lenders, and the M&amp;A process. They also cover the various levels of QoE reports, approximate time to complete, related costs, factors that contribute to a good QoE report, the impact of current economic conditions and industry trends, as well as red flags to look out for in financial statements. 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Diglio<br \/>\n<strong>Guest<\/strong>: Evan Ottaviano, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btcpa.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bennett Thrasher CPAs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MctsWLuWWCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the video version of this episode<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1771\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1178-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ibba\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IBBA-S8E02-quality-of-earnings.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ibba\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IBBA-S8E02-quality-of-earnings.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ibba\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IBBA-S8E02-quality-of-earnings.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ibba\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IBBA-S8E02-quality-of-earnings.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/?powerpress_pinw=1178-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/ibba\/www.ibba.org\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IBBA-S8E02-quality-of-earnings.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IBBA-S8E02-quality-of-earnings.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 36:46 &#8212; 34.8MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of IBBA insights, Cress V. 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