Valuing S corporations – Tax-affecting reels from another blow

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Abstract: In Bernier v. Bernier (Mass. 2007), the court considered whether tax-affecting — which reduces a business’s projected future income by deducting hypothetical corporate income taxes — was inappropriate in valuing an S corporation. This article explains how the Bernier court arrived at the decision that the value of closely held companies with flow-through tax benefits should not be reduced by a full tax-affecting.