Meridian Business Advisors (MBA) is a long established firm based in Reno, Nevada. MBA specializes in:

• Economic Impact Analysis – Estimates the regional economic impact of the introduction, expansion, or contraction/elimination of a business, industry or any large organization.  Regional job creation/reduction and increased/decreased spending on goods and services are estimated.

• Fiscal Impact Analysis – Estimates the financial impact on local and state governments of proposed or existing real estate developments.  Incremental revenue and costs generated by the development are estimated and compared, resulting in a finding of whether the development produces a financial surplus or deficit.

• Gaming Feasibility Analysis – Estimates the market for a casino in a given location, including annual gaming revenue, win/game/day, construction and operating costs, and number of employees among other financial indicators.  Economic and fiscal impact analyses are also integral to the gaming feasibility analysis for governments.

• Litigation Support & Expert Witness – Provide assistance to attorneys and clients in preparing for and consummating litigation, including testimony as an expert witness.  Litigation analysis can involve quantifying economic damages, business valuation, analysis, forensic accounting, critiquing opposing expert witness analysis and reports, and assisting attorneys with case strategy and examination/cross examination of expert witnesses.

• Forensic Accounting – This is investigative accounting and can involve fraud and embezzlement analysis, finding hidden assets, tracing the use and disposition of money and assets, and the presentation of findings via report and/or expert witness testimony.

• Economic Damages – MBA works with attorneys to estimate the economic damages in both personal and business loss cases and provides expert witness testimony in regard to these damages estimates.  MBA also reviews and critiques damages reports of experts on the opposing side of the case.  MBA has considerable experience working with both plaintiffs and defendants.

• Business Valuation – Establishes the appropriate value of a business, partnership, corporation, limited liability company and related ownership interests.  The resultant values are used for litigation, divorce and property settlements, business buy-sell agreement, estate planning and reporting, gifting, business disputes, business and ownership interest sale and transfer purposes, and business and ownership interest disputes.  Frequently this also involves expert witness testimony.

• Financial Reporting Valuation – Fair value financial reporting assistance (under SFAS 157, SFAS 141R, and SFAS 142), including purchase price allocation analyses and reports upon completion of a merger or acquisition, and goodwill and intangible asset impairment testing analyses and reports on an annual basis, as required by U.S. accounting standards (FASB Accounting Standards Codification).

The professionals are individually accredited in business valuation by the American Institute of CPAs (ABV), as Certified Business Appraiser (CBA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

MBA’s professionals are bound by Codes of Ethics and Professional Standards such as those of the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA), and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).