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Equipment appraisals in Iowa for donations, lending, M&A, and financial reporting, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises agricultural equipment, manufacturing machinery, construction equipment, fleet vehicles, and industrial tools across Iowa, including Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, IOWA 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 Iowa for a wide range of purposes, including charitable donations, asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Whether your organization needs a valuation to support an SBA loan, complete a purchase price allocation, satisfy IRS Form 8283 requirements for donated equipment, or prepare for a merger or acquisition, our credentialed appraisers deliver reports that meet USPAP standards and hold up under IRS, lender, and court scrutiny.
Our appraisers serve clients across Iowa through both remote desktop reviews and onsite inspections, accommodating everything from single-asset valuations to large multi-site equipment inventories in agricultural, manufacturing, and industrial settings. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV), Orderly Liquidation Value (OLV), Forced Liquidation Value (FLV), and Replacement Value appraisals for various intended uses.
Iowa's economy spans agriculture, food processing, advanced manufacturing, biosciences, and technology, generating demand for appraisals across a broad spectrum of equipment categories. Our appraisers are experienced with:
Iowa's strong agricultural sector means farm equipment appraisals are among the most frequently requested, with valuations informed by current market data, Iowa State University Extension custom rate surveys, and ownership cost calculators. Our appraisers also regularly handle complex industrial and manufacturing equipment portfolios for businesses in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Sioux City.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients across Iowa, including business owners, lenders, attorneys, accountants, estate administrators, nonprofit organizations, and private equity firms who need credentialed, USPAP-compliant equipment and machinery valuations for financial, legal, or transactional purposes.
What Iowa clients say we are known for
Across 16 published Iowa 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:
An asset list with make, model, serial numbers, year, capacity, configuration, purchase dates and costs, condition, and maintenance history. Complete asset-level documentation is what allows accurate matching to market comparables and credible cost-approach calculations for each machine.
Appraisers deduct three distinct components from replacement cost new: physical wear, functional obsolescence from technology or capacity mismatches, and economic obsolescence from external market changes. A simple age-based schedule misses those distinctions, which is why appraised values often diverge from book figures for Iowa equipment.
Because fair market value, orderly liquidation value, and forced liquidation value are separate premises tied to different exposure times and sale conditions. Lenders and workout situations often call for the liquidation premises, and owners who request the wrong one end up with a number that does not fit the decision at hand.
Because Iowa Code section 427A.1 treats machinery used in manufacturing establishments as real estate for purposes of taxation, a rule the Iowa Supreme Court applied in Maytag Co. v. Partridge. That classification is limited to assessment. The same machines remain personal property when they are sold, pledged, or transferred through an estate, so tax treatment does not control how we classify or value them.
Largely no. Industrial machinery, equipment, and computers acquired after 1981 were assessed at no more than 30 percent of net acquisition cost through the 1998 assessment year and at zero percent for assessment years after that, which removed most of these assets from the tax base. Owners who expect an assessor's value to exist for their equipment usually find that none does.
