Jan Winham Appraisals understands the special needs of estate executors

Estate settlement is an important and sometimes stressful job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as quickly and exactly as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much sensitivity to the feelings of everyone left behind.

Part of Jan Winham Appraisals' focus is to create top-notch, ethical appraisals that lawyers can rely on. Sometimes, all parties will have differing expectations of how the appraisal process should work; however, our experience of the estate process definitely satisfy all parties involved. We construct appraisal reports that transcend the requirements of the legal system and assorted agencies.

Settling an estate commonly requires an appraisal to suggest fair market value for the estate therein. We understand that in this time of loss, ordering an appraisal is the furthest thought from your mind. Because of this, often there will be times that the effective date of an appraisal report deviates from the time of death. Jan Winham Appraisals assures that we are knowledgeable about the procedures and requirements requested by revenue services 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) conforms our appraisers to confidentiality, providing the strongest degree of privacy for you.

The importance of having an appraisal when cooperating with revenue services to explain income when filing documents is often misunderstood by most people.

Opinions of value used in documents filed with the revenue authorities absolutely should be supported by a detailed report as to how the appraiser arrived at his conclusions. A report of this caliber will certainly show the evidence that the numbers expressed within the report are well-founded and accurate.

Jan Winham Appraisals ensures an well-founded appraisal report, which will give an executor definite facts and figures that will exceed IRS and state agency requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we will always be there to stand behind the appraisal if it is ever refuted.

An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to back the methods the appraiser used to come to their conclusions.