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Business valuations in Delaware for donations, M&A, gift tax, and IRA conversion, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises small businesses, partnerships, corporations, LLCs, and professional practices across Delaware, including Wilmington, Dover, and Newark.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, DELAWARE COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Business Valuation Expert & Appraiser
ASA, ABV, and CFA charterholder. Since 2016 Justin has valued businesses for estate and gift tax, purchase price allocations, fairness opinions, lending, and buy-sell agreements, across manufacturing, services, retail, and pre-revenue biotech.
Business Valuation Expert & Appraiser
Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers. Raymond values capital stock, business enterprises, stock options, and intangible assets.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
American Society of AppraisersAccredited Senior Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow provides professional business valuation appraisal services throughout Delaware, supporting clients across a wide range of financial and legal purposes including charitable donations, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax reporting, and IRA conversions. Delaware's status as the incorporation home for more than 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies creates consistent and sophisticated demand for credentialed business valuation appraisals, from privately held LLCs and S-corps to complex partnership interests and dissenting shareholder proceedings in the Court of Chancery. Our appraisers understand the nuances of Delaware's General Corporation Law, including the fair value standards established under DGCL Section 262, and apply rigorous methodology to every engagement.
Whether your situation calls for an in-person review of business records and operations or a fully remote engagement using submitted documentation and financial statements, AppraiseItNow accommodates both formats to fit your timeline and location across the state. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses, ensuring that each report meets the standards required by the IRS, financial institutions, legal counsel, and other intended users.
Our appraisers evaluate a broad spectrum of business interests and entity types across Delaware's diverse economy, which spans corporate services, financial firms, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, professional services, agriculture, and technology. Common business valuation engagements we handle include:
For more focused engagements, our appraisers apply recognized valuation approaches including the income approach using discounted cash flow analysis, the market approach using comparable transactions and guideline companies, and the asset-based approach, selecting the methodology most appropriate to the entity type, purpose, and available financial data.
AppraiseItNow serves business owners, attorneys, CPAs, estate planners, financial advisors, nonprofit organizations, and individual shareholders throughout Delaware who need credentialed, defensible business valuations for tax reporting, legal proceedings, strategic transactions, or compliance purposes.
What clients say we are known for
Across 80+ published AppraiseItNow reviews the picture is consistent: every one is from a client who paid us for an appraisal, and the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how quickly we answer, and how much research is visible in the report.
Responsive, professional, first class deliverables -- especially considering that that the appraised assets are extremely complex financial assets with little by way of comps. The deliverable satisfied my accountants and advisers as being more than adequate to support the valuation needed to complete a conversion to a Roth IRA
Business Valuation Appraisal for IRA Conversion
Joe and Aron were extremely impressive - the entire process went very smoothly. They were always quick to respond to any questions I had and could not have been more helpful. They were aware of some tight time restrictions I had and made sure I received my reports in a timely fashion. I highly recommend them to anyone needing a valuation.
Business Valuation Appraisal for Charitable Donation
I used AppraiseItNow to examine a contribution to a foundation. Their work was quick, thorough, and easy to work with, as they’ve developed a simple system for uploading documents. I plan to use them again.
Business Valuation Appraisal for Charitable Donation
The team was highly knowledgeable, helpful, and efficient. I highly recommend their appraisal services, especially for private companies.
Business Valuation Appraisal for IRA Conversion
I found them professional & responsive. The report was quite thorough as well.
Business Valuation Appraisal for Charitable Donation
From the start they were very responsive, price competitive, and had a quick turn around time. Thank you so much to Joe who was very sweet in responding to my emails; I am looking forward to utilizing AppraiseItNow for many years to come.
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
The standard of value, the premise of value, the effective date, the exact interest being valued, and all key assumptions and information sources. Professional standards from USPAP, the AICPA, ASA, and NACVA require these elements, and reports that omit them tend to fall apart under review.
Adherence to the IRS Business Valuation Guidelines in Internal Revenue Manual 4.48.4, including documentation of the business's history, financial condition, earning capacity, comparable transactions, and how discounts or premiums were derived. The IRS also expects the appraiser to hold real valuation qualifications, not just a CPA license.
Under equitable distribution per 13 Del. C. Section 1513, dividing marital property in the manner the court finds equitable rather than automatically equally, with assets ordinarily valued as near as practicable to the time of division. That makes a valuation dated close to trial the most useful evidence.
No. Delaware repealed its state estate tax for decedents dying after 2017 and imposes no inheritance tax, so only the federal estate tax can reach a large estate. The valuation work remains: Delaware's probate inventory requires each item, including a closely held business interest, to be separately valued at fair market value as of the date of death and filed within three months of letters.
Yes. IRS guidelines and the AICPA, ASA, and NACVA standards all require the income, market, and asset-based approaches to at least be considered, and reviewers flag reports that never explain why an approach was set aside. Documenting the rejection reasoning is part of what makes a Delaware valuation hold up in front of the IRS or the Court of Chancery bar.
