Why are businesses appraised?

• Mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, spin-offs, liquidations and bankruptcy
• Allocation of purchase price
• Estate, gift and income taxes
• Marital dissolution
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
• Buy-sell agreements
• Stockholder disputed
• Financing
• Ad valorem taxes
• Incentive stock option; considerations damages litigation
• Insurance claims
• Charitable contributions
• Eminent domain actions
• Fairness options