Indiana Based Certified Appraisers focused on Machinery and Equipment Appraisals, Certified Business Valuations, and Business Brokerage. We serve Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and can easily handle National Assignments. Appraisals You need to know what to expect when you need an appraisal of your machinery and equipment. Just what goes into a Certified Appraisal Report? A USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) compliant Report mandates specific information about the subject property to withstand scrutiny by the IRS, lenders, courts, attorneys, CPAs, and others. Briefly, the Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraisal Report prepared by Certified Consulting Group will contain substantiated, irrefutable, defensible information you can rely upon. For example… * Summary Of Facts * Scope of Work * Degree To Which The Property Is Inspected Or Identified * Extent Of Research Into The Physical Or Economic Factors That Could Affect The Property * Extent Of Data Research * Type And Extent Of Analysis Applied In Arriving At Opinions Or Conclusions * Depth Of Onsite Inspection * Overall Condition Of Equipment * Intended Use * Economic Conditions * Definitions Of Conditions * Methods Of Evaluations * Sources Contacted * Market Conditions * Final Value Summary And Reconciliation * Appraiser’s Certifications And Qualifications * Photographs Business Valuation Do You Know What The Business Is Worth? The answer to that question can affect your most important decisions. Certified Consulting Group provides a full range of business valuation services. Why would you need a business valuation? If you are in need of any of the following business planning or implementation strategies, you need a business valuation. Business Sellers Business Buyers Divorce Succession Planning Business Planning Estate Planning Estate Tax Purposes Partnership Buy-Out / Sell-Out An Appraisal/Valuation starts by defining the purpose and use of the Appraisal. Next is the process of understanding the Business, what it is, what it does, and the Income and Cash Flow it produces. One or more approaches to value will be used – Asset Approach, Income Approach, and Market Approach. Within each Approach there are a number of valuation Methods that will be selected and used as are appropriate under the circumstances. Our experience with many types of closely held businesses, not only as an appraiser and business broker, but also with experience as a buyer, operator, and seller, provides the basis to find and evaluate all of the elements that contribute to or detract from the value in each business. We believe the appraisal process is both a science and an art that need to be combined to properly determine value. Reasons for an Appraisal There are a myriad of reasons a business owner, CPA, attorney, insurance underwriter, lenders, leasing agents, business brokers, farm credit managers and others absolutely require the professional expertise of an independent third party Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraisal prepared by only a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA). Can you really rely on a guess, book value, the word of a non-certified person, or auctioneer who may have a “hidden agenda”? The answer is “NO”. You cannot. Why not? Relying on a guess, book value, auctioneer, or the word of a non-certified person is inaccurate and will not withstand scrutiny. However, the skilled and experienced professionals at Certified Consulting Group are Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraisers (CMEA). We apply the methodology of appraisal and employ the guidelines for determining values. Therefore, you can rely with confidence on a Certified Appraisal Report prepared by the CMEA at Certified Consulting Group.