> *A lot of countries require you to declare your total wealth on your tax forms...

> A lot of countries require you to declare your total wealth on your tax forms.

If you own shares of $MCD, you can get wealth taking share prices and shares owned.

But if own a McDonald's franchise, how do you measure the 'wealth' of it? Annual profit? Last x years profit, averaged?

Comparable sales. Discounted cash flow model. There are many ways.