// v4/chapter-page.jsx — Chapter III detail (curriculum sample / paid product). function V4Chapter() { const v4 = window.v4; const accent = v4.yellow; const accent2 = v4.red; const lessons = [ { n: '3.01', t: 'What "Quality of Earnings" actually means', d: 'Reported vs sustainable vs transferable earnings — three layers, one number on the page.', mins: 4, free: true }, { n: '3.02', t: 'The five categories of normalisation', d: 'Owner, family, related-party, non-recurring, accounting policy. Why each requires a different lens.', mins: 4, free: true }, { n: '3.03', t: 'Owner remuneration: replacement-cost framing', d: 'The role is rarely one role. How to defend a market-salary substitute the buyer cannot pick apart.', mins: 5 }, { n: '3.04', t: 'Family on payroll', d: 'Spouse, child, parent: defensible, partially defensible, indefensible. A column for each in your file.', mins: 4 }, { n: '3.05', t: 'The car, the trip, the credit card', d: 'The three categories of personal mix that show up on every SME P&L, and how to bound them.', mins: 4 }, { n: '3.06', t: 'Related-party rent and royalties', d: 'Arm\'s-length is a test, not a checkbox. Building a defensible comparable for property leases.', mins: 4 }, { n: '3.07', t: 'Working capital, properly normalised', d: 'Not just average days. The mid-cycle problem, the seasonality problem, the supply-shock problem.', mins: 4 }, { n: '3.08', t: 'Capex: maintenance vs growth', d: 'The split most analysts get wrong, and why it changes both FCF and the multiple you can support.', mins: 4 }, { n: '3.09', t: 'Off-balance-sheet and contingent items', d: 'IP held personally. Personal guarantees. Operating leases pre-IFRS 16. The hidden liabilities.', mins: 4 }, ]; return (
The earnings figure printed on the financial statements is rarely the earnings figure a buyer is willing to capitalise. This chapter is the bridge between them — nine lessons, a 47-item checklist and one worked case.
The 47-item checklist is organised around the five normalisation categories, and every item is there for one reason: it is the kind of line that moves a price between reported and transferable earnings. Nothing is included for completeness alone.
It treats owner-occupier leases in the light of IFRS 16, which changed how operating leases sit on SME books, and gives family payroll a lesson of its own (3.04).
You can read 3.01 and 3.02 right now — no card, no email. The other seven unlock with the Deal Pack or Complete, along with the Quality of Earnings workbook.