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Equipment appraisals in New Jersey 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 New Jersey, including Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, NEW JERSEY 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 appraisal services throughout New Jersey, supporting businesses, lenders, attorneys, and individuals with accurate, defensible valuations for a wide range of purposes including charitable donations, asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Whether you are securing financing against industrial assets, preparing for a business sale, satisfying IRS requirements for a non-cash donation, or meeting audit and compliance standards, our certified appraisers deliver the documentation you need.
Our equipment and machinery appraisal process is available both remotely and onsite across New Jersey, accommodating everything from single-asset valuations to large multi-site inventories spanning manufacturing plants, medical facilities, and logistics operations. Appraisers follow USPAP standards and apply the appropriate methodology based on the intended use and scope of each assignment. 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 across New Jersey's diverse industrial and commercial sectors, including:
New Jersey's economy spans advanced manufacturing corridors, life sciences campuses in Princeton and along the Route 1 corridor, and major logistics hubs anchored by the Port of Newark. This concentration of specialized industries means our appraisers regularly handle complex, high-value equipment portfolios requiring deep sector knowledge and access to robust comparable sales data.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients across New Jersey, including business owners, banks and lenders, CPAs and financial advisors, attorneys, nonprofit organizations, and corporate finance teams who need credentialed, court-defensible equipment valuations for transactions, compliance, or dispute resolution.
What New Jersey clients say we are known for
Across 16 published New Jersey 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:
Primarily through the market approach, anchored by IronGuides, the retail-transaction-based guide for farm machinery, together with auction sales, dealer data, and closed private sales. We match the subject tractor or implement to comparables by make, model, age, hours, and features, then adjust for condition and location rather than relying on advertised asking prices.
Because it overstates what the market will pay unless depreciation and obsolescence are handled carefully. Replacement cost, asking prices, and insurance figures each reflect a different question than fair market value, and presenting one as the other is the most costly mistake owners make with aging or specialized agricultural equipment.
By statute, taxable tangible business personal property is assessed at true value, presumed to be original cost less depreciation, in the condition held as of the October 1 assessment date. That cost-based presumption under N.J.S.A. 54:4-2.44 and 54:4-2.45 is a tax construct; an independent appraisal measures actual market value for sales, financing, or disputes.
Yes, when a qualifying farmer buys it for use directly and primarily in producing agricultural or horticultural commodities, claimed with the ST-7 Farmer’s Exemption Certificate under N.J.S.A. 54:32B-8.16. The exemption follows use: equipment must stay more than 50% in production use to remain exempt, and heavier farm trucks above the statutory weight thresholds use Form ST-4 instead.
It can. New Jersey’s inheritance tax reaches tangible personal property, tractors and combines included, based on the beneficiary’s class: spouses, children, and other Class A beneficiaries pay nothing, siblings face 11% to 16%, and unrelated Class D beneficiaries 15% to 16%. Returns and payment are due within eight months of death, and assets can be held up until the tax is resolved, so timely date-of-death equipment values are part of farm continuity.
