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Business valuations in Iowa for donations, M&A, gift tax, and IRA conversion, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises small businesses, partnerships, corporations, professional practices, and franchises across Iowa, including Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, IOWA 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 Iowa, supporting clients across a wide range of purposes including charitable donations, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax reporting, and IRA conversions. Iowa's economy is anchored by agribusiness, manufacturing, and financial services, creating consistent demand for credentialed valuations of farm-related entities, food processing operations, privately held manufacturers, and Des Moines-area financial firms. Whether you are navigating an estate plan involving a family farm, structuring a buy-sell agreement, or preparing IRS-required documentation for a donation exceeding $5,000 on Form 8283, our appraisers deliver accurate, defensible reports that meet federal standards under Treas. Reg. §1.170A-17 and §20.2031-1.
AppraiseItNow serves Iowa clients through both remote and onsite appraisal options, allowing business owners in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and rural communities statewide to access expert valuation services without unnecessary delays. Our appraisers apply recognized methodologies including the income approach, market approach, and cost approach, and account for Iowa-specific factors such as commodity price fluctuations affecting agribusiness values and lack of marketability discounts common in rural markets. Learn more about our Iowa appraisal services or explore our full business appraisal capabilities to understand how we support clients across every industry. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses.
Iowa businesses span a broad spectrum of industries and ownership structures, and our appraisers are equipped to value entities of all types and sizes. We appraise the following business types and interests:
For businesses with hybrid asset profiles, such as Iowa farm entities that combine real property, equipment, and intangible goodwill, our appraisers apply specialized methodologies that address each component accurately. We also handle complex situations involving revenue multiples tied to commodity cycles and apply appropriate lack of marketability discounts, which in Iowa's rural markets often range from 20 to 40 percent.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients across Iowa, including individual business owners, family farms, estate attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, M&A professionals, and nonprofit organizations requiring IRS-qualified appraisals for donation or tax reporting purposes. Whether you are a small business owner in Iowa City or a large agribusiness operator in the Corn Belt, our credentialed appraisers are ready to support your valuation needs with accuracy and professionalism.
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:
At its market value in the ordinary course of trade as of the decedent's date of death, unless an alternate valuation date is elected. That value can be established by agreement among the estate, beneficiaries, and the Department of Revenue, or through the formal appraisal proceedings set out in Iowa Code chapter 450.
Engagements are governed by AICPA SSVS No. 1 for CPA practitioners, USPAP Standards 9 and 10 from The Appraisal Foundation, and often the International Valuation Standards, which together define required approaches, documentation, and reporting for the engagement.
Because rules of thumb ignore company-specific earnings quality, growth prospects, asset mix, and risk, professional standards permit them only as reasonableness checks, never as stand-alone methods. A defensible conclusion analyzes the company's actual financial statements and market evidence under recognized approaches.
No. Iowa is one of a small group of states that do not tax business personal property, so machinery, furnishings, and inventories including raw materials, goods in process, and salable goods are not assessed locally. One consequence for valuation work: no annual tax roll figure exists for the operating assets, so values for a sale, loan, or estate have to be developed from market and cost evidence directly.
