Audit-defensible fair value.
FairValueX produces audit-defensible fair value — institutional-grade documentation that is reproducible, traceable, and audit-ready. Timeline and fixed fee confirmed upon scoping.
Setting a higher standard for audit-defensible fair value.
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What We Do
Four domains. One integrated methodology.
Financial Reporting Valuations
Purchase price allocations, equity compensation, impairment testing, and complex instruments. Built for ASC and IFRS scrutiny.
Explore packages →Tax Reporting Valuations
IRC §409A safe harbor compliance, equity award valuations, gift and estate tax opinions, and IRS-defensible fair market value determinations. Every report structured to survive examination.
Explore packages →Deal Support
Pre-transaction valuations, scenario modeling, and documentation for board and auditor review for M&A counsel, transaction law firms, and companies navigating ASC 805 / PPA.
Explore packages →Portfolio & Fund Valuations
Rigorous, consistent methodology that produces defensible marks with traceable logic — every quarter, every position.
Explore packages →What every engagement delivers.
Most valuation reports are defensible until challenged.
FairValueX deliverables are built for challenge — structured so your auditor, your LP, and your counterparty’s counsel can reconstruct every step without a follow-up call.
That means documented assumptions, sourced inputs, traceable methodology, and a credentialed valuation professional who has reviewed the model, approved the methodology, and signed the opinion — before the report leaves our hands.
FairValueX operates as an independent, third-party valuation firm with no financial interest in the subject company or transaction. Every engagement is conducted at arm’s length, with a documented independence confirmation included in each deliverable.
“The bottleneck in valuation isn’t methodology. It’s documentation discipline.”
The teams that can't afford a second opinion.
Who need LP-auditor-defensible documentation delivered before quarter-close — not 6 weeks after.
Managing quarterly ASC 820 portfolio marks across 15–30 positions with LP-auditor-defensible documentation every period.
M&A counsel and transaction attorneys advising clients through 409A compliance, acquisition valuations (ASC 805), and deal-closing deliverables that hold up in any room.
Series Seed through Series B founders and boards needing IRC §409A safe harbor compliance and audit-defensible documentation before their next option grant.
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