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Louisiana business appraisers providing valuations 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 Louisiana, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, LOUISIANA 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 independent, USPAP-compliant business valuations throughout Louisiana for a focused range of tax, legal, and financial reporting purposes. Our engagements cover fair market value determinations for closely held companies, ownership interests, and investment entities across Louisiana's diverse economy, which spans offshore energy, petrochemical manufacturing, agribusiness, maritime commerce, and emerging technology sectors. Common purposes include charitable donations of equity interests, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax transfers, and IRA conversions, as well as estate tax filings, buy/sell agreement support, and litigation-related valuation needs. Our business appraisal services require a rigorous, methodology-driven approach that holds up to IRS scrutiny, court review, and counterparty challenge.
Because business valuation is primarily an analytical discipline, most engagements are completed remotely using financial statements, tax returns, operating agreements, and other documentation provided by the client or their advisors. Onsite visits may be warranted for asset-intensive businesses or when physical inspection of operations supports the valuation conclusion, particularly for Louisiana's industrial, energy, and maritime enterprises where tangible assets play a significant role in overall value. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses.
Louisiana businesses take many forms, from family-owned agricultural operations and Gulf Coast energy companies to professional service firms and port-adjacent logistics enterprises. AppraiseItNow appraises a wide range of entity types and ownership structures, including:
Each engagement is scoped to the specific legal and economic characteristics of the interest being valued. Louisiana's Business Corporation Act, including RS 12:1-1302, also creates shareholder appraisal rights in corporate actions such as mergers and share exchanges, making credible, well-documented valuations especially important for dissenting shareholders seeking fair value determinations.
AppraiseItNow serves estate attorneys, CPAs, financial planners, corporate counsel, and business owners throughout Louisiana who require credible, independent valuation support for transactions, tax filings, and legal proceedings. We also work directly with family members navigating estate or divorce matters and individual investors who need a qualified opinion of value for donations, M&A activity, gift tax compliance, or IRA conversion 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:
A professional valuation considers the income, market, and asset-based approaches, then applies the ones that best fit the company. Standards from the AICPA, ASA, NACVA, and the IRS all expect each approach to be at least considered, and a credible report documents why any approach was set aside rather than silently ignoring it.
Private transaction databases such as DealStats, BIZCOMPS, IBA Market Data, and GF Data, plus guideline public company evidence from SEC filings. These sources record what real buyers paid for comparable companies, which is far stronger support than generalized industry chatter.
No. Louisiana imposes no state estate or inheritance tax, so a business interest transferring at death faces only federal estate tax, and only above the federal exclusion. A defensible fair market value appraisal still matters for federal reporting and for establishing basis for the heirs.
Not on its own. Professional standards treat rules of thumb strictly as secondary reasonableness checks because they ignore company-specific earnings quality, growth prospects, and risk. Two Louisiana businesses with identical revenue can deserve very different values once those factors are analyzed.
