Appraisals for Estate Settlement by Stehman Appraisal Company Inc.

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 with as much dignity as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much understanding to the feelings of everyone in bereavement.

Part of Stehman Appraisal Company Inc.'s focus is to create top-notch, ethical appraisals that lawyers can depend on. There are required needs for everyone; we are sympathetic to these requirements and are acclimated to working with all parties involved. Among our staff, we are used to dealing with legal agencies in composing appraisal reports that out-strip their requirements.

Contact us as soon as possible to discuss your personal estate appraisal demands and how we can put our business acumen to work for you.

Settling an estate usually requires an appraisal to ascertain fair market value for the house involved. It's understandable that thinking about an appraisal is the farthest thought from your mind. Due to this, often the date of death differs from the date the appraisal is required. Stehman Appraisal Company Inc. assures that we are comfortable with the procedures and requirements requested by the IRS and PA revenue agencies to perform a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the date of death. The ethics provision listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) binds us to confidentiality, ensuring the fullest degree of discretion for you.

Most people don't realize that the IRS requires reports filed to express the numbers involved in estate sales.

Opinions of value displayed in documents filed with the revenue authorities absolutely should be backed by an exhaustive report as to how the appraiser acquired his conclusions. In having a report supported by Stehman Appraisal Company Inc.'s expert appraisers, you will have the knowledge that the numbers provided in the appraisal will definitely demonstrate to the authorities that the numbers used are well founded and correct.

An executor will be satisfied by an appraisal report by Stehman Appraisal Company Inc. which will give him irrefutable facts and numbers to work with any legal agency's requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we will always be there to stand behind the report if it is ever challenged.

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