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Equipment appraisals in Kansas for donations, lending, M&A, and financial reporting, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises industrial equipment, manufacturing machinery, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, and fleet vehicles across Kansas, including Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, KANSAS 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 Kansas for a wide range of purposes including charitable donations, lending and financing, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Kansas businesses operate across industries such as aerospace manufacturing in Wichita, agricultural production statewide, food processing in Kansas City and Olathe, and oil and gas extraction across dozens of counties, all of which generate substantial demand for credible, well-documented equipment valuations.
AppraiseItNow offers both remote and onsite appraisal options to accommodate the diverse needs of Kansas clients, whether you operate a single facility or manage equipment across multiple locations throughout the state. Our credentialed appraisers are experienced in applying the appropriate standard of value for each intended use. 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 found across Kansas industries, including:
Kansas has a particularly strong need for agricultural and oil and gas equipment appraisals given the state's deep roots in farming and energy production. Aerospace and advanced manufacturing equipment appraisals are also in high demand, especially in the Wichita metro area, which is home to major aviation industry operations.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients across Kansas including business owners, lenders, accountants, attorneys, estate administrators, nonprofit organizations, and corporate finance teams who need reliable, USPAP-compliant equipment valuations for tax compliance, financing, transactions, or reporting purposes.
What Kansas clients say we are known for
Across 16 published Kansas 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:
Commercial and industrial machinery is appraised at its retail cost when new and depreciated straight-line over a maximum of seven years, but as long as the equipment remains in use its taxable value cannot fall below 20 percent of retail cost. County appraisers apply this formula using state-prescribed valuation guides.
March 15 for most tangible personal property, with April 1 for oil and gas property, and penalties apply for late filing or non-filing. Since a 2024 amendment, an annual rendition is only required when there are changes or no prior accurate filing on record.
Because the statutory retail-cost-when-new formula is a standardized schedule, while a market appraisal reflects actual condition, obsolescence, and secondary-market demand for the specific machine. The two can diverge substantially, which is why lenders, buyers, and courts rely on market-based appraisals rather than tax values.
Not at the state level. Kansas has no estate or inheritance tax, so machinery passing to heirs faces only federal estate tax, and only in estates above the federal exclusion. A fair market value appraisal at the date of death still matters for the probate inventory and for documenting the heirs’ basis in the equipment.
Under equitable distribution. Kansas courts divide marital property, business equipment included, in the manner they deem just and reasonable based on factors like the length of the marriage and each spouse’s contributions, not by an automatic 50/50 split. A documented market value for the machinery keeps that allocation grounded in evidence rather than book figures.
