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Business valuations in Washington DC 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 in Washington DC and surrounding areas.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT BUSINESS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, WASHINGTON DC 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 standardsWashington DC is home to a dense concentration of privately held businesses, government contractors, nonprofits, and emerging startups, making professional business valuation appraisals essential across a wide range of situations. AppraiseItNow provides certified business valuation services throughout the District for purposes including charitable donations, mergers and acquisitions, gift tax reporting, and IRA conversions. Whether you are transferring ownership, satisfying IRS requirements for a qualified appraisal, or navigating a complex transaction, our credentialed appraisers deliver thorough, well-documented valuations that hold up to regulatory and legal scrutiny.
Our appraisers serve clients across Washington DC with both remote and onsite options, adapting to the needs of each engagement regardless of business size or industry. For businesses with physical locations, our appraisers can conduct onsite reviews of operations, assets, and records. For many valuation purposes, our streamlined online process allows clients to submit documentation and receive a completed appraisal report without an in-person visit. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV) appraisals for various intended uses, and our team is experienced with the specific IRS standards and business appraisal methodologies required for each purpose.
AppraiseItNow appraises a broad spectrum of business interests and entity types throughout Washington DC, covering everything from small professional practices to complex multi-entity structures. Our appraisers apply recognized valuation approaches including the income approach, market approach, and asset-based approach to determine credible Fair Market Value conclusions. Common business types and interests we appraise include:
For more focused engagements, our appraisers also handle valuations of specific business assets such as intellectual property, customer lists, and proprietary technology when those components drive enterprise value. We tailor each report to the intended use, whether that is IRS Form 8283 for charitable donations, Form 706 for estate reporting, or transaction support documentation for M&A due diligence.
AppraiseItNow serves business owners, attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, estate executors, nonprofit administrators, and individual taxpayers throughout Washington DC who need credible, IRS-compliant business valuations for donations, M&A transactions, gift tax filings, and IRA conversions. We work with clients ranging from solo practitioners and small business owners to multi-entity organizations navigating complex ownership transitions in one of the country's most active business environments.
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:
The standard of value, premise of value, effective date, the exact interest being valued, and every key assumption and information source. Those disclosures let a reviewer test the conclusion, and reports that omit them are routinely discounted by courts and the IRS. Every valuation we prepare for a D.C. business states them explicitly.
No, that is a common misconception. IRS practice and professional standards expect the valuation to come from someone qualified in business appraisal who follows recognized valuation standards, with documented analysis. A tax preparer's informal estimate on a return invites examination in a way a standards-compliant valuation does not.
Through qualified special appraisers rather than the court's standing appraisers. D.C. Probate Rule 109(d) directs the personal representative to use qualified special appraisers for joint ventures, partnerships, and business enterprises, so the estate engages a business valuation professional and files the resulting values with the inventory.
Yes, generally. In Connelly v. United States (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that $3 million of life insurance proceeds owned by a closely held corporation had to be included in valuing its shares for estate tax, even though the policy funded a buy-sell redemption. DC estates holding closely held stock should expect insurance proceeds to be counted unless a genuine, binding obligation offsets them.
Yes, within limits. D.C. Code § 20-1102 allows a money legacy or family allowance to be satisfied in kind when the recipient has not demanded cash and no residuary legatee objects, but the distributed property must be valued at fair market value as of the distribution date, with prescribed pricing conventions for regularly traded securities. A current valuation, not the inventory figure, controls that transfer.
