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Equipment appraisals in Montana for donations, lending, M&A, and financial reporting, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises industrial equipment, construction machinery, agricultural equipment, manufacturing assets, and fleet vehicles across Montana, including Billings, Missoula, and Great Falls.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, MONTANA 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 across Montana for a wide range of purposes, including charitable donations, asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Montana's economy spans mining operations in Butte, construction and aggregate industries statewide, agricultural production across the eastern plains, and manufacturing clusters in Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula, creating consistent demand for accurate, defensible valuations. Whether you need a certified appraisal for a bank loan, a purchase price allocation, a tax filing, or an insurance claim, our credentialed appraisers deliver results that meet IRS, USPAP, and lender requirements.
AppraiseItNow serves clients throughout Montana with both remote and onsite appraisal options, making it easy to get a qualified valuation regardless of your location or timeline. Our equipment and machinery appraisals are conducted by appraisers credentialed through recognized organizations including ASA and AMEA, ensuring expertise across every asset category. 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 assets found across Montana's diverse industries, including:
Montana's economy places particular emphasis on agricultural machinery and mining equipment, and our appraisers are well-versed in the valuation standards that apply to these asset classes in the state. For farm machinery, we understand how Montana's use of the Iron Solutions Northwest Region Guide and related depreciation schedules affects value conclusions, ensuring our appraisals align with both state property tax requirements and federal reporting standards.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients across Montana, including business owners, farmers and ranchers, financial institutions, attorneys, accountants, estate administrators, and corporate buyers and sellers who need accurate, credentialed valuations for lending, litigation, tax compliance, M&A transactions, or charitable contribution reporting.
What Montana clients say we are known for
Across 16 published Montana 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 had the pleasure of working with AppraiseItNow under its new leadership, and the experience was exceptional!
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
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
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
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:
We rely primarily on the market and cost approaches. The market approach compares your machinery to documented sales from auction databases such as MachineryTrader, IronPlanet, and BidSpotter, plus dealer listings, adjusted for age, hours, and condition. The cost approach starts from current replacement cost, using manufacturer quotes and cost guides, then deducts physical wear, functional obsolescence, and economic obsolescence.
Because fair market value, orderly liquidation value, and forced liquidation value answer different questions. Each premise assumes a different marketing period and sale condition, so the same Montana equipment can carry values that differ dramatically. Lenders often want liquidation premises for collateral, while estate and sale decisions usually rest on fair market value. We state the premise in every report so the number matches its use.
Taxable personal property must be reported to the Montana Department of Revenue by February 15 each year. The state values equipment annually at 100% of market value using a cost approach, multiplying a trended depreciation percentage by installed original cost. That statutory formula can drift from what your machinery would actually bring in the market, which is where an independent appraisal earns its keep.
Montana exempts the first $100,000 of a taxpayer's statewide aggregate market value of class eight business equipment, taxes the next $6,000,000 at 1.5%, and taxes value above $6,100,000 at 3%. Because the tax follows appraised market value, accurate equipment values directly determine what larger Montana operations owe each year.
