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Business valuations in South Carolina 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 South Carolina, including Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, SOUTH CAROLINA 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 South Carolina, supporting clients across a wide range of financial and legal needs including charitable donations, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax compliance, and IRA conversions. Our credentialed appraisers, holding designations such as ABV, CVA, ASA, and CBA, deliver valuations that meet IRS standards and hold up to legal scrutiny in any context. Whether you are transferring ownership, planning your estate, or navigating a complex transaction, AppraiseItNow brings the expertise and documentation your situation demands.
Our South Carolina appraisal services are available both remotely and onsite, giving clients across Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, and every corner of the state flexible access to qualified professionals. From manufacturing operations in the Upstate to life sciences firms in the Lowcountry, we understand the industries that drive South Carolina's economy and apply that knowledge to every engagement. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses, and our business appraisal process is designed to produce accurate, well-supported conclusions that satisfy IRS requirements, lenders, attorneys, and transaction counterparties alike.
AppraiseItNow appraises a broad range of business types and ownership structures across South Carolina, from small privately held companies to complex multi-entity enterprises. Our valuation engagements cover:
Whether your business operates in a single location or across multiple counties, our appraisers apply recognized valuation methodologies including the income approach, market approach, and asset-based approach to determine a well-supported Fair Market Value. For South Carolina businesses subject to Department of Revenue oversight, such as utilities, manufacturers, and transportation companies, we are experienced in the documentation and standards those valuations require.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients throughout South Carolina, including business owners, CPAs, estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, M&A professionals, and individual taxpayers who need credentialed, IRS-compliant business valuations for donations, gift tax filings, IRA conversions, and acquisition transactions.
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:
No. South Carolina has no state estate or inheritance tax. Probate courts do forward the inventory and any probated will to the Department of Revenue for informational purposes when gross probated assets reach $600,000, but that reporting creates no separate state tax. Business interests in an estate still need fair market value support for the probate inventory and any federal estate tax filing.
There is no fixed statutory date. South Carolina family courts follow equitable distribution and often value marital property as of the filing date or another date the court deems fair, so the valuation snapshot can hinge on a judicial choice. We prepare the analysis as of the date the court or counsel designates and document company and market conditions as of that date.
Private transaction databases such as DealStats, BIZCOMPS, IBA Market Data, and GF Data, plus guideline public company data drawn from SEC filings. These sources supply real deal prices and earnings multiples for comparable companies, which professional standards prefer over industry rules of thumb that ignore a specific company's earnings quality and risk.
No. State law creates no probate-referee class and no license for business or personal property valuation; the Real Estate Appraisers Board's authority covers real property appraisers and appraisal management companies only. Courts instead weigh the analyst's qualifications, methodology, and documentation, which is why reports built to recognized valuation standards carry the day.
