Certified Independent Appraisers
Our Senior Appraisers have over 50 years combined experience as business owners, business consultants, business brokers, and business and M&E appraisers. We support business owners throughout Florida and Nationally. With our extensive business knowledge and appraisal experience, we have hundreds of satisfied clients in many different industries, in many different states.
CIA Provides Business and M&E Appraisals for Many Purposes Including:
CIA is a Nationwide provider of Appraisals for Most Client Needs
- Bank Financing, SBA Guaranteed Financing
- M&A Transactions, Purchase/Sale of Businesses, Purchase/Sale of Business Interests
- Business Planning, Exit Strategy Planning, Estate Planning, C Corp to S Corp Conversions
- Operating Agreements and Buy-Sell Agreements
- Business Disputes, Shareholder Disputes, Settlements, Litigation, Divorce, Bankruptcy
- IRS Purposes – Gifting & Estate Appraisals
Business Appraisal Approaches
Under Each Appraisal Approach there are two or more potential methods.
Asset Approach
The Asset Approach assumes that an asset’s value can be determined by the cost of reproducing or replacing it, less an allowance for physical deterioration or obsolescence.
Read more about the Asset ApproachMarket Approach
The Market Approach for business valuations assumes that value can be estimated by analyzing recent sales of reasonably comparable businesses.
Read more about the Market ApproachThe Income Approach
This approach is the closest to the basic valuation principle, i.e., “The Value of a business is equal to the present value of the future benefits of ownership”.
Read more about the Income ApproachAccurate and Reliable Business and M&E Appraisals
CIA business and machinery equipment appraisals are compliant with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Learn about USPAP
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