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Equipment appraisals in Connecticut 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 Connecticut, including Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, CONNECTICUT 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 Connecticut for a wide range of purposes, including donations, lending, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Connecticut's economy spans advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, bioscience, and healthcare, creating consistent demand for accurate, defensible valuations across industries from Hartford and Stamford to Bristol, Danbury, and Rocky Hill. Whether your appraisal is needed for an SBA loan, a corporate transaction, estate planning, or IRS compliance, our credentialed appraisers deliver reliable results tailored to your specific situation.
AppraiseItNow offers both remote and onsite equipment and machinery appraisals in Connecticut, giving clients the flexibility to choose the format that best fits their timeline and operational needs. For assets that can be documented through photos, specifications, and records, our streamlined online process delivers fast turnaround without sacrificing accuracy. For complex or high-value machinery, our appraisers conduct thorough onsite inspections to capture condition, configuration, and market context. Learn more about our full equipment appraisal capabilities and methodology. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV), Orderly Liquidation Value (OLV), Forced Liquidation Value (FLV), and Replacement Value appraisals for various intended uses.
Our appraisers cover a broad spectrum of equipment and machinery categories across Connecticut's diverse industrial and commercial sectors, including:
From single pieces of specialized equipment to entire facility inventories, our appraisers are experienced with assets found in Connecticut's aerospace corridors, pharmaceutical clusters, healthcare systems, and food processing operations. Whether the equipment is in active use, idle, or being prepared for liquidation, we provide accurate valuations that reflect current market conditions and asset-specific factors.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients throughout Connecticut, including business owners, lenders, attorneys, accountants, manufacturers, healthcare organizations, and financial institutions that require credible, USPAP-compliant equipment and machinery valuations for lending decisions, transactions, tax compliance, litigation support, and financial reporting.
What Connecticut clients say we are known for
Across 16 published Connecticut 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.
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 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
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
Affordable and reliable, with fast service and always responsive to my messages and questions. They delivered my appraisal on time without a glitch. 100% Recommended! I wouldn’t use anyone else for my business. Thank you, Joe — you’re great!
Machinery & Equipment Appraisal for Bankruptcy Filing
They did an appraisal of medical equipment for donation. They did it quickly, and I received a blank form 8283 signed by the appraiser. It was what I needed. The price was higher than I wanted to spend on an appraisal, but a lot lower than other appraisers. AppraiseItNow was very responsive and communicative, and the other appraisers were not. I would 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:
A statutory penalty of 25 percent of the assessed value of the omitted or late property. Connecticut requires an annual declaration, Form M-15, listing taxable machinery, equipment, fixtures, and similar assets as of the October 1 assessment date, due to the local assessor by November 1.
At 70 percent of its present true and actual value, meaning fair market value in a non-forced sale, developed through state-mandated cost-less-depreciation schedules. Inventory held for sale is exempt, but the machinery and equipment a business uses is assessed annually, so an independent appraisal is useful when the scheduled value overshoots reality.
Make, model, serial number, year, capacity, configuration, purchase date and cost, condition, maintenance history, and remaining economic life. Complete asset-level documentation is what lets the appraiser classify each item correctly and apply the right valuation approach instead of a blanket schedule.
CGS section 12-63 sets a statutory schedule for machinery used in manufacturing: 90% of acquisition cost in the first year, stepping down each year to 20% in year eight and thereafter. Because the schedule never drops below 20% and ignores condition and obsolescence, scheduled values can overstate what aging machinery would actually bring, which is where an independent appraisal earns its keep.
Yes. Machinery and equipment installed in a manufacturing facility that meets the qualifying federal property classes can receive a time-limited exemption, and the exemption was expanded to cover used machinery and equipment acquired on or after July 1, 1992. The exemption is not automatic; it requires an annual filing with the claim.
