Valuations & Appraisals

Bankers need an Appraisal in support of loan decisions. Your biggest problem and frustration is the Bank Examiner walking through the door directly to your office! Why? Because you can’t rely on the existence or values assigned to the machinery and equipment you have used as collateral to fund a loan! You know it will not withstand scrutiny of the Bank Examiner!

Times and regulations are evolving concerning a “qualified appraisal” of the tangible assets. Even the IRS recently adopted what a “qualified appraiser” means. You and your bank are at risk if you rely on a guess, the owner’s word, a depreciation schedule, or the word of a non-certified person who may have a “hidden” agenda. All of these methods are not only inaccurate but filled with risk! The value will not withstand scrutiny with bank examiners, IRS, attorneys, CPAs, courts and others.

Bankers and Lenders are required to make decisions that involve assets such as Machinery and Equipment used by business owners. This value must be realistic and fair, Texas Business Buyers Appraisals provide independent certified third party valuations that can and will hold up to scrutiny. There are a number of scenarios that will justify the need for an appraisal. If your clients need additional collateral for securing an existing loan, asset valuation for repossessed machinery or equipment, re-valuation of your current asset balance sheet, asset valuation for litigation reasons etc.

Business Owners need an Appraisal for insurable value, selling, financing, expansion, and strategic growth.

Some business owners don’t know what the value of their business is really worth. Unfortunately, some business owners arrive at the value of their business by using tax returns, depreciation schedules or financial statements prepared for tax purposes as the only financial presentation of their business. But you should know, book value is not the same as true “fair market value”. While “book values” may be good for tax purposes, tax returns and financial statements do not reflect years of hard work in them and do not show the entire value of the business and its assets. If the business is profitable, there exists a value for goodwill. Some people would call this “Blue Sky”. While buyers or lenders cannot justify Blue Sky, goodwill can be computed and justified.

Business owners need a value they can rely upon that will hold up to scrutiny with lenders, buyers, IRS, courts and others. That’s why it makes perfect business and financial sense to call upon the skilled professionals Texas Business Buyers who are Certified. You can rely on a substantiated and defensible value of your business that will hold up to scrutiny.

Accountants, Financial Planners, and CPAs need an Appraisal when helping their clients convert from a C Corporation to a Sub-Chapter S Corporation, Estate and Gift Planning, Trusts, and Sarbanes Oxley.

In 2006 Congress passed IRS Pension Protection Act of 2006 and Circular 230 that stipulates a true and accurate fair market value of your clients’ business and capital equipment. A qualified independent third party must substantiate these values. The liability and risk associated with relying on anything other than a Certified Business Appraisal is too high of a price to pay. Texas Business Buyers Appraisals determines a substantiated value & report consistent with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Our services would be utilized for converting C to S corps, 1031 Exchange, ESOPS, valuations (Book value is different than the needed Fair Market Value), gifting, estate planning, value support for key man life insurance, Buy/Sell Agreements and financing (establish collateral value).