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Appraiser│Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraisal
Do You Know How Much the Assets of Your
Business are Worth?
Dovetail
Business Advisors is one of the only machinery and equipment appraisal firms serving the entire United States. Each of our appraisers are required to earn their certification and follow the highest standards of ethics, integrity and professionalism.
Estimating the value
of the assets of a business requires specialized skills. The experts
at Dovetail Business Advisors, Inc. provide unbiased, independent
appraisals required by banks and entities such as the Small Business
Administration. Our appraisers are required to comply with the regulations mandated by the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
Dovetail Business Advisors, Inc. employs
appraisers who can take some of the stress and uncertainty out of
situations such as:
- Sale of a business
- Purchase of
a business
- Loans to a business or to a Buyer of a
business
- Developing exit strategies
- Buy-Sell
Agreements
- Partner or shareholder buy-ins and buy-outs
-
Foreclosures
- Partner Dissolution
- ESOP's (Employee Stock
Ownership Plan)
- Insurance
- Business Planning
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Strategic Growth Planning
- Tax Planning
- Key-man
Insurance
- Licenses and Patents
- Rights of Distribution
-
Estate Planning and Settlements
- Divorce
- Litigation
Why is it so important to have current, certified appraisals of your machinery and equipment? All too often, business appraisers, business brokers and other intermediaries simply use the "Book Value", as stated on the Balance Sheet. The Internal Revenue Service, along with most CPA's and accountants concur that this is inaccurate. These values are typically based on Depreciation Schedules that are used for tax reporting purposes. They really have very little resemblance to the actual useful life of the equipment. The Balance Sheet of older companies may show that the assets have no value, because they have been fully depreciated. If these assets are still in use and are performing the task they are required to do, then doesn't it make sense that they still have value? Of course! That's why our firm specializes in providing machinery and equipment appraisals. It's also why we are often called upon to appraise the machinery and equipment independently from appraising the business.
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Appraiser│Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraisal
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