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Business valuations in Maine 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 Maine, including Portland, Bangor, and Augusta.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, MAINE 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 to clients throughout Maine, supporting a wide range of financial and legal purposes including charitable donations, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax compliance, and IRA conversions. Our credentialed appraisers, including professionals holding ABV, CVA, ASA, and CBA designations, apply rigorous income, market, and asset-based approaches to deliver valuations that meet IRS standards and withstand legal scrutiny. Whether you are navigating a complex transaction, fulfilling a tax obligation, or planning for the future of your business, AppraiseItNow is equipped to serve clients across Maine with the expertise your situation demands.
Our business appraisal services are available both remotely and onsite, giving Maine business owners and their advisors flexible access to professional valuations regardless of location, from Portland and Lewiston to Bangor and the rural northern interior. We work with attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, and business owners directly to ensure every engagement is thorough, well-documented, and tailored to its specific intended use. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses.
Maine's economy spans manufacturing, forestry, commercial fishing, professional services, and retail, creating a broad range of business types that require formal valuation. AppraiseItNow appraises business interests across all major industries and entity structures, including:
Whether your business is a small family operation in a rural Maine county or a multi-entity enterprise headquartered in Portland, our appraisers have the credentials and methodology to produce a valuation that meets IRS requirements, satisfies legal standards, and accurately reflects the economic realities of your specific business and market.
AppraiseItNow serves a diverse range of clients throughout Maine, including business owners, estate attorneys, CPAs, financial planners, trustees, and individuals navigating transactions, tax obligations, or legal proceedings. From succession planning in Aroostook County to M&A activity in the Greater Portland area, our team is ready to support any client who needs a credentialed, defensible business valuation.
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. Professional standards require the appraiser to consider the income, market, and asset-based approaches and select what fits the company, documenting why any approach was rejected. Shortcut formulas and industry multiples are treated only as reasonableness checks, never as the valuation itself.
Maine is an equitable distribution state, so a marital business interest is divided fairly rather than automatically 50/50, and Maine courts generally value marital assets as of the time of trial rather than the filing date. That trial-date convention matters for a business whose earnings have moved since separation.
Yes, if the Maine taxable estate exceeds the exclusion amount, which was $6.41 million for deaths in 2024, with rates of 8% to 12% above it. The business interest enters the estate at fair market value, which is exactly what a defensible valuation establishes.
Because eligible business equipment first subject to Maine tax on or after April 1, 2008 can qualify for a 100% property tax exemption under the Business Equipment Tax Exemption program, which changes the carrying costs behind an asset-heavy company’s earnings. Municipalities still commonly require annual personal property listings even when BETE applies, so the compliance record feeds directly into valuation workpapers.
Not necessarily. Maine’s estate tax rules allow the State Tax Assessor to independently determine the value of estate assets even after a final federal determination, with the gross estate generally valued at fair market value at death. A closely held business interest therefore needs valuation support that can stand on its own at the state level, not just in the federal filing.
