Estate Settlement Appraisals in CA by Mike Collier Appraisals

Estate settlement is often stressful, but a very important job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the departed as promptly and exactly as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much understanding to the feelings of everyone left behind.

Part of Mike Collier Appraisals's company goal is to create top-notch, ethical appraisals that attorneys can rely on. There are specific needs for everyone; we comprehend these requirements and are used to to working with all parties involved. We construct appraisal reports that outdo the necessities of the legal system and assorted groups.

Contact us immediately to discuss your personal estate appraisal needs and how we can put our business acumen to work for you.

Settling an estate generally depends on an appraisal to ascertain fair market value for the estate affected. It's understandable that thinking about getting an appraisal is the farthest thought from your mind. Because of this, now and then there will be times that the effective date of an appraisal report differs from the time of death. Mike Collier Appraisals assures that we are accustomed to the procedures and requirements requested by the IRS and CA revenue agencies to produce a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date you suffered the loss of your loved one. The ethics provision listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) attunes our company to confidentiality, guaranteeing the fullest degree of privacy for you and your family.

Often, people do not fully fathom the necessity in having a detailed appraisal report produced in support of the numbers shown in general documents filed with the IRS.

An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. Such a report will definitely demonstrate to the authorities that the numbers used are accurate and correct.

Mike Collier Appraisals ensures an accurate appraisal, which will give an executor definite facts and figures that will meet IRS and revenue agency requirements. You need not stress over anything, because Mike Collier Appraisals will be there to stand by our reports if they are ever challenged.

Opinions of value used in documents provided to the the IRS and CA state agencies definitely should be supported by an accurate report as to how the appraiser arrived at his conclusions.