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Business valuations in Kentucky 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 Kentucky, including Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, KENTUCKY 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 Kentucky, supporting clients across a wide range of purposes including charitable donations, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax compliance, and IRA conversions. Our credentialed appraisers apply recognized methodologies, including the income, market, and asset approaches, to produce reliable valuations that satisfy IRS requirements, support transaction negotiations, and withstand legal and regulatory scrutiny. Whether you are transferring ownership interests, planning your estate, or navigating a complex M&A deal, our business valuation appraisal services are structured to meet your specific needs.
AppraiseItNow offers both remote and onsite business valuation appraisals across Kentucky, from Louisville and Lexington to Bowling Green, Owensboro, and beyond. Our process typically begins with a thorough review of five years of financial records and tax returns, followed by a detailed client interview covering operational strengths, weaknesses, human capital, and stakeholder relationships. This comprehensive approach ensures every valuation reflects the full economic picture of the business, including tangible assets, intangibles like goodwill, and working capital. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses.
AppraiseItNow appraises a broad range of business types and ownership structures across Kentucky's diverse economy, including manufacturing operations, professional service firms, technology companies, and agricultural enterprises. Our appraisers are experienced with entities of all sizes and structures, delivering valuations that reflect Kentucky's specific tax environment, including the 5% corporate income tax, the 4% flat individual income tax rate, and the Limited Liability Entity Tax (LLET) on gross profits or receipts.
Business types and interests we appraise include:
For businesses with significant intangible value, such as goodwill driven by customer concentration or company culture, our appraisers apply careful normalization techniques and all three standard valuation approaches to ensure accuracy. Kentucky businesses with complex structures, including those utilizing the pass-through entity tax election or operating under the Kentucky Reinvestment Act, receive valuations that account for these state-specific factors.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients across Kentucky, including business owners, estate attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, M&A advisors, and individual shareholders who need credentialed, defensible business valuations for tax compliance, litigation support, succession planning, or transactional purposes. Whether you represent a family-owned manufacturer in Elizabethtown or a technology scale-up in Lexington, our appraisers are equipped to deliver the rigorous analysis your situation demands.
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:
IRS Business Valuation Guidelines require the appraiser to define the valuation issue, plan the engagement, identify relevant factors, and document and analyze the supporting information, with all of it recorded in workpapers. A conclusion without that trail is difficult to defend when the valuation is examined.
Kentucky follows equitable distribution, so the court divides marital property, a business interest included, in the manner it deems just rather than an automatic half-and-half split. A defensible valuation of the company, prepared for the correct date, is usually the most consequential number in that process.
Private deal databases such as DealStats, BIZCOMPS, IBA Market Data, and GF Data, plus SEC filings and financial data platforms for guideline public company multiples. These sources supply actual prices, terms, and earnings multiples, which is what separates a market-based conclusion from a guess.
Not if the goal is surviving IRS review. IRS Business Valuation Guidelines expect valuation-specific qualifications, familiarity with valuation theory, and adherence to recognized standards such as AICPA SSVS No. 1, and IRS engineers and agents use those guidelines when evaluating submitted appraisals. Kentucky estate and gift filings are safest with a valuation prepared under those recognized professional standards.
