At MyFinancialValuation, we provide independent, credential-driven valuation and tax advisory for holding companies, family enterprises, and complex real estate and business assets — where valuation judgment directly determines tax outcomes, transfer strategy, and long-horizon capital results.
Our practice is built around two core engines:
Estate & Gift Tax Valuation for Holding Companies and Family Enterprises
Enterprise Valuation for Ownership, Transfer, and Capital Structure
Supported by depreciation and asset classification disciplines developed over four decades of valuation, audit defense, and institutional scrutiny.
We operate where valuation errors become permanent.
What We Do
Estate & Gift Tax Valuation — Holding Companies & Family Enterprises
Estate and gift tax valuation is our primary practice and highest-impact advisory discipline.
We specialize in valuation for:
- real estate holding companies
- multi-entity family enterprises
- tiered partnership and trust structures
- minority interest and partial transfers
- GRAT, SLAT, legacy trust, and charitable planning
Our work supports:
- Form 706 and 709 filings
- trust and transfer planning
- minority interest and marketability discounts
- audit-defensible transfer strategies
This is not formula-driven appraisal.
It is precedent-informed valuation judgment developed through extensive IRS examination and planning experience.
Enterprise & Asset Valuation
Enterprise valuation forms the analytical backbone of all estate, trust, and ownership work.
We deliver independent valuation opinions for:
- holding companies and operating family enterprises
- closely held businesses and complex ownership interests
- purchase price allocation (ASC 805)
- tax planning and internal reporting
Enterprise and asset valuation integrates:
- tangible and intangible assets
- ownership structure
- capital risk
- transfer economics
into a single coherent valuation framework.
Geography does not determine validity.
Methodology, credentials, and judgment do.
Cost Segregation & Depreciation Advisory (Selective)
Cost segregation is most effective — and most defensible — when executed with valuation discipline.
We provide engineering-supported, valuation-embedded cost segregation studies for complex commercial, industrial, and infrastructure assets, designed to:
- accelerate depreciation without overstating risk
- withstand IRS audit and technical review
- align depreciation treatment with long-term capital and exit strategy
Our work integrates:
- land and basis abstraction
- functional asset classification
- QIP and Qualified Production Property analysis
- audit-ready documentation
This is not commodity cost segregation.
It is valuation-driven tax advisory.
Audit-Defensible • Precedent-Informed • Built on IRS Examination Experience
Commercial Real Estate Appraisal (Selective)
Commercial appraisal is provided selectively where:
- asset complexity requires formal appraisal discipline
- valuation supports estate, trust, or tax planning
- litigation or audit defense requires certified opinions
Appraisal serves as a foundation — not an endpoint — for higher-order valuation and tax advisory.
Why Valuation Discipline Matters
Large transfers and investments rarely fail because of arithmetic.
They fail because of:
- misclassified assets
- unsupported discounts
- incomplete depreciation strategy
- valuation assumptions that collapse under audit
Our work begins where generic reports stop — at the intersection of:
valuation
tax structure
transfer strategy
capital risk
Who We Serve
We work with:
- estate planning and tax attorneys
- UHNW individuals and families
- family offices and trustees
- CPAs and wealth advisors
- holding company owners and enterprise principals
Clients engage us when:
- transfers are material
- audit risk is real
- precedent matters
- the cost of being wrong is irreversible
How We Operate
- Principal-led, low-volume, high-impact engagements
- National authority with Silicon Valley–Bay Area roots
- Integrated real estate + enterprise valuation capability
- Opinions designed for scrutiny — not marketing
Start with the Right Question
Whether you are:
- planning an estate or trust transfer
- evaluating minority interest discounts
- structuring charitable or legacy strategies
- assessing depreciation and basis strategy
The right starting point is independent valuation judgment.
Request a confidential valuation or feasibility discussion.
MyFinancialValuation
Estate & Gift Tax Valuation • Enterprise Valuation • Cost Segregation
Where valuation, tax, and capital discipline converge