Does Opagio replace a qualified valuer?

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Opagio helps you prepare the evidence and analysis a valuation rests on. In Opagio Intangibles, the Value Drivers Register records your intangible assets with their supporting evidence, the Normalised P&L documents each earnings adjustment, and the Asset Valuator applies recognised asset-level methods to individual intangible assets, with sensitivity analysis and reports. Opagio does not prepare independent valuations and does not replace a valuer. What a qualified valuer provides: 1) expert judgment on methodology selection (should this asset use RFR or MPEEM?), 2) negotiation and evidence gathering (finding comparable licences to establish royalty rates requires market expertise), 3) independence and credibility (HMRC, auditors and courts look for an independent valuer's opinion), 4) cross-examination and defence (in a tax enquiry or M&A dispute, explaining why you selected certain assumptions requires expert testimony). Where an independent valuation is required, for example for fundraising when investors or auditors ask for one, a purchase price allocation, a tax filing or a dispute, engage a qualified valuer. Use Opagio for internal analysis and planning, and to organise the evidence that valuer will test.

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