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title: "Independence Statement | Business Valuations Sydney"
url: https://businessvaluationssydney.com.au/independence/
description: "How Business Valuations Sydney keeps a valuation independent: the fee is fixed before the work, the firm has no stake in the outcome, and the evidence decides."
updated: 2026-11-15
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# How we keep a valuation independent.

Six things we do on every engagement, in plain terms, so that you and anyone who later reads the report can see what stands behind the figure.

## Why it matters

A valuation is nearly always read by someone who did not order it: the buyer across the table, a partner on the way out, an accountant putting a figure in a return, a revenue office, a judge. Each of them asks the same first question, which is whether the person who gave the figure had a reason to push it up or down. If the answer is yes, the figure counts for little. So independence is not a courtesy we extend. It is the thing that makes the report worth paying for.

## The fee is fixed before the work starts

We agree a fixed fee with you in writing before any work begins. It is set by the turnover of the business and the scope of the job. It does not rise or fall with the value we reach, with the tax a client saves, or with whether a sale or a settlement goes through. A valuer who is paid more for a higher answer has a reason to find one. We remove the reason.

## Nothing riding on the outcome

Business Valuations Sydney holds no interest in any business, share, unit or transaction it values. It takes no success fee and has no arrangement that pays more for one conclusion than for another. It does not sell businesses, lodge tax returns or audit accounts, so there is no other service whose fortunes depend on what the report says.

## The evidence decides

The conclusion sits where the evidence is strongest, whether or not that suits the person who asked for the report. If a higher or lower figure has real support, the report says so and says why. If a client asks us to work towards a number picked in advance, we tell them plainly that we cannot, and we do not take the job on those terms.

## Signed, written down and kept

Every report carries a statement of independence signed by the valuer responsible. The report records the methods considered, the evidence relied on and the assumptions made, so the path to the figure can be followed by someone else. A second valuer reviews it before it is issued, and the working file is kept for ten years.

## What we leave to others

Valuation is our only work. Business Valuations Sydney is not a registered tax agent or a law firm, and it gives no tax, duty, legal or financial product advice. What a value means for a tax position, a contract or a court case is for the accountant or lawyer advising on it. Our part is the valuation evidence they rely on.

Ask a valuer

## Tell us about the business.

A few lines is enough. A valuer replies within one business day with the package that fits, your fixed fee in writing and a delivery date.

Small Business Valuation

$1,495 + GST

The package for turnover below $2 million: a signed report in 2 business days. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received.

Larger than that? The fee steps up with turnover. [See every fee](https://businessvaluationssydney.com.au/fees/)

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