"When it comes to putting a price tag on your business, quick estimates and best
guesses are never enough."
Melissa Goetz
QUALIFICATIONS OF
VALUATOR
Melissa Goetz, CPA/ABV, ASA
Business Appraiser
Mrs.
Melissa Goetz, shareholder of KC&G
Business Appraisal Associates, Inc.
(KC&G), is a Certified Public Accountant
Accredited in Business Valuation and an
Accredited Senior Appraiser. KC&G is
devoted exclusively to performing
business valuations of privately-held
companies and providing litigation
support services. KC&G is a member of
the
Financial Consulting Group, the
leading organization of business
valuation and financial consulting firms
in the U.S.
Experience Mrs. Goetz was previously
employed as a business appraiser with
Kennedy and Coe, LLC. She started her
career with Kennedy and Coe, LLC in
1996, and has been active in the field
of business appraisals since 1997.
Assignments include business valuations
for Federal estate and gift tax
purposes, employee stock ownership plans
(ESOP), buy/sell arrangements, family
limited partnerships, and succession
planning. She has performed business
valuations for several different
industries including: agriculture,
financial institutions, manufacturing,
construction, retail, and wholesale
distribution. She also has an extensive
background in taxation.
Professional Associations Mrs. Goetz is a member of
the American Society of Appraisers.
During 2004, she received her Accredited
Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation as a
result of successfully passing the
Society’s intensive written and oral
examinations, submission of appraisal
data, and other qualifying criteria
demanded by the Society’s International
Board of Examiners.
Mrs. Goetz was also awarded the
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
designation by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in
2002. The ABV designation is the
premier business valuation designation
certified public accountant’s can earn,
and is the only credential program in
the field backed by the AICPA.
Other Qualifications • Licensing with the KansasState
Board of Accountancy (1998);
• Bachelor of Business
Administration degree, with a major in
Accounting, from
FortHaysStateUniversity (1992);
• Member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants;
• Member of the Kansas Society of
Certified Public Accountants; and
• KSCPA Business Valuation and
Litigation Support Task Force Member.
• Member of the ESOP Association
