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Business valuations for bankruptcy filings, supporting Chapter 7 liquidation and Chapter 11 reorganization plans, prepared in accordance with USPAP. AppraiseItNow provides going-concern and liquidation value analyses prepared for trustee review, creditor challenges, and plan confirmation.
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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.
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Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
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The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsWhen a business enters bankruptcy, the court requires a credible, well-supported valuation of the business interest to guide decisions about liquidation, reorganization, or creditor recovery. Under 11 U.S.C. § 506 and § 1126, the applicable premise of value, whether fair market value, orderly liquidation value, or forced liquidation value, must be clearly defined and defensible from the outset. Our business appraisal practice handles the full range of business interest valuations triggered by voluntary or involuntary petitions, DIP financing requests, plan confirmation hearings, and creditor disputes.
AppraiseItNow delivers these valuations both online and onsite across the United States, working with attorneys, trustees, and debtors who need reports that will hold up under court scrutiny. Whether you need support for a Chapter 7 liquidation analysis or a Chapter 11 reorganization plan, our bankruptcy filing appraisal services are built to meet those demands.
AppraiseItNow appraises a wide range of business types and ownership structures that commonly appear in bankruptcy cases.
Our appraisers are credentialed through organizations including ASA, ISA, AAA, CAGA, AMEA, and NEBB, with direct experience in distressed business contexts and adversarial proceedings.
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
The team was highly knowledgeable, helpful, and efficient. I highly recommend their appraisal services, especially for private companies.
Business Valuation Appraisal for IRA Conversion
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.
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There is no single standard: the Bankruptcy Code instructs that value be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and the proposed disposition or use of the property. Insolvency tests use the Code's "fair valuation" language in 11 U.S.C. 101(32), which courts generally interpret as fair market value, while plan confirmation, adequate protection, and Section 363 sales can each call for different standards.
Yes. Chapter 7 liquidations typically require an orderly or forced liquidation premise modeled on the trustee's expected sale timing, while Chapter 11 reorganizations rely on going-concern value tied to the plan's projections. Many Chapter 11 confirmations also require a liquidation analysis alongside the going-concern number, so both premises may appear in the same case.
Courts generally apply three tests: whether the fair market value of assets exceeds liabilities on a balance-sheet basis, whether the company is adequately capitalized for its risks, and whether it can pay debts as they come due. Experts support these findings with discounted cash flow models, comparable company multiples, and transaction data, and courts scrutinize the reasonableness of the projections behind them.
Both the standard of value (fair market, fair, investment, or net realizable value) and the premise of value (going concern versus liquidation), under the AIRA Standards for Distressed Business Valuation. Reports that omit or blur these choices are routinely attacked for methodological defects, because a number that answers the wrong legal question is irrelevant no matter how carefully it was computed.
