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Equipment appraisals in California for donations, lending, M&A, and financial reporting, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises manufacturing equipment, construction machinery, agricultural equipment, medical devices, and industrial tools across California, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego.
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DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, CALIFORNIA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Machinery & Equipment Appraiser
Third-generation auctioneer and CAGA Certified Appraiser with more than 20 years valuing machinery, equipment, vehicles, business assets, and estates for banks, attorneys, and trustees across the Carolinas.
Vehicle Appraiser
CAGA Certified Appraiser since 2014, covering vehicles, boats, equipment, fine art, and collectibles. A classic-car restoration background informs her vehicle work, with reports prepared for insurance, divorce, and charitable contributions.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
Certified Appraisers Guild of AmericaCertified Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow provides professional equipment and machinery appraisals throughout California for a wide range of purposes, including charitable donations, lending and financing, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. California's economy spans construction, food processing, manufacturing, transportation, mining, semiconductors, and agriculture, creating constant demand for accurate, defensible valuations across dozens of equipment categories. Whether you are seeking an appraisal for an SBA/CDC 504 loan, an IRS-compliant donation report, or a corporate transaction, our credentialed appraisers bring the industry-specific expertise required to meet lender, IRS, and court standards.
AppraiseItNow serves clients across California with both remote desktop appraisals and full onsite inspections, depending on the scope and purpose of the assignment. Desktop appraisals rely on client-submitted photos and asset descriptions for cost-efficient turnaround, while onsite reports include physical inspection and detailed documentation. All appraisals are prepared by accredited appraisers holding credentials from organizations such as the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and comply fully with USPAP, the national standard for equipment and machinery appraisals. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV), Orderly Liquidation Value (OLV), Forced Liquidation Value (FLV), and Replacement Value appraisals for various intended uses.
AppraiseItNow appraises a broad spectrum of equipment and machinery assets found across California's diverse industrial and commercial sectors, including:
California's rapid pace of technological change, particularly in semiconductor and advanced manufacturing sectors, means appraisers must account for functional and economic obsolescence when determining value. The California Board of Equalization's Assessors' Handbook Section 581 provides industry-specific depreciation schedules, such as a 6-year economic life for semiconductor equipment, reflecting how quickly certain asset classes lose value in this state's technology-driven markets.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients throughout California, including business owners, lenders, CPAs, attorneys, nonprofit organizations, estate administrators, and corporate finance teams who require credentialed, USPAP-compliant equipment appraisals for transactions, compliance, litigation, or financial reporting purposes.
What California clients say we are known for
Across 17 published California appraisal reviews, every one from a client who paid AppraiseItNow for an appraisal, the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how quickly we answer, and how much research is visible in the report.
We were very satisfied with the results - fast and efficient communication, understanding our company's needs, on-time delivery of the report, as well as reasonable price point. Highly recommend.
Machinery & Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
I highly recommend the AppraiseItNow team. They were responsive and timely from start to finish, and the whole process was seamless. The final report was super detailed and gave me all the information I needed. I am so glad I hired them and would recommend them to anyone needing an appraisal!
Technology Equipment Appraisal for Divorce
After researching several companies, I contacted AppraiseItNow for a personal medical equipment appraisal - they responded to me within a day and were both professional and patient throughout the process!
Medical Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
I recommend AppraiseItNow Inc. highly. I needed an appraisal of fair market value for geologic laboratory equipment for charitable donations to three universities. The unique items and limited secondary market complicated the valuation. They provided a sound, verifiable estimate and the 8283 forms that I was able to use in my tax filings. I would use them again.
Lab Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
AppraiseItNow did an outstanding job appraising my 1998 Bobcat Skid Steer and circa 2010 Yuchai Crawler Dozer. We could not locate a serial number on the dozer, and there were no online sales available, but they were still able to develop an accurate appraisal using known specifications for my dozer compared to other comparable make and model dozers. They diligently researched both equipment items and provided well-documented reports.
Machinery & Equipment Appraisal
I needed an IRS-qualified appraisal for an unusual and costly piece of medical equipment. AppraiseItNow was able to provide me exactly what I needed on a timely basis. The personnel at the company are very friendly and helpful. I would definitely use them again.
Medical Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
Fair market value assumes a willing buyer and seller with reasonable exposure time, orderly liquidation value assumes a shortened but reasonable sale period, and forced liquidation value assumes a quick sale, often at auction. Lenders, workout specialists, and courts in California frequently request a specific premise, and the same machine can carry very different numbers under each one.
No. Accounting book value and tax depreciation are based on historical cost and standardized lives, not current market conditions, so they routinely diverge from what machinery would actually sell for. Condition, obsolescence, and secondary-market demand drive real value, which is why a market-based appraisal often surprises owners in both directions.
Owners of taxable personal property with an aggregate cost of $100,000 or more in a county must file a signed property statement with the assessor each year, due April 1 with a penalty after May 7. Assessors reappraise business equipment annually at market value, so accurate cost and asset records matter.
Because regulation limits who can add them to a fleet. The off-road diesel rule requires in-use fleets to report equipment in the DOORS system, where each engine receives an identification number that must be labeled on the machine, and it barred fleets from adding Tier 0 engines beginning in 2014, Tier 1 engines for large and medium fleets from 2014, and Tier 2 engines for those fleets from 2018. Shut-out machines often leave the state at a discount despite sound condition.
From standardized tables, not your books. Revenue and Taxation Code 401.5 directs the Board of Equalization to publish uniform cost and valuation data, and Assessors’ Handbook 581 supplies age-based index and percent-good factors that counties apply to reported historical cost. Depreciation is therefore uniform statewide by category and age, which is exactly why the assessed figure and a market appraisal of the same machine often diverge.