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Equipment appraisals in Washington 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 Washington, including Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, WASHINGTON 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 Washington for a wide range of purposes, including charitable donations, asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Washington's economy spans aerospace manufacturing in Everett, maritime and port operations along Puget Sound, agricultural processing in Eastern Washington, and a dense concentration of technology and biomedical companies in the Seattle metro area, creating constant demand for accurate, defensible equipment valuations.
Our equipment appraisal specialists serve clients throughout Washington with both remote and onsite options, accommodating everything from single-asset assignments to large multi-site inventories. Whether your equipment is located at a manufacturing facility in Tacoma, a farm operation near Yakima, or a medical clinic in Spokane, our credentialed appraisers can conduct thorough inspections in person or complete valuations remotely using submitted documentation and photographs. 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 categories found across Washington's diverse industrial and commercial landscape, including:
From a single piece of specialized machinery to an entire facility's worth of assets, our appraisers have the industry knowledge and valuation expertise to handle assignments of any scale or complexity across Washington's key economic sectors.
AppraiseItNow serves a wide range of clients throughout Washington, including manufacturers, agricultural businesses, healthcare providers, construction companies, lenders, attorneys, accountants, and business owners navigating transactions, financing, litigation, or compliance requirements. Whether you are a small business owner in need of a single-asset appraisal or a financial institution requiring a comprehensive equipment valuation for a commercial loan, our team is equipped to deliver accurate, credentialed reports that meet USPAP standards and satisfy IRS, SBA, and lender requirements.
What Washington clients say we are known for
Across 17 published Washington 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:
With the cost approach: we develop current replacement cost from manufacturer or vendor quotes and cost guides such as Marshall Valuation Service, then deduct physical, functional, and economic depreciation. For Washington processors and manufacturers running custom lines, this is often the most reliable path to a supportable value.
Item-level detail for taxable business equipment: description, cost, and year of acquisition, with cost defined to include freight and installation but exclude sales tax. The listing is generally due to the county assessor by April 30, and assessors use it to value property at 100% of true and fair market value as of January 1.
Statutory penalties apply, calculated as a percentage of the tax due, on top of the assessed tax itself. Filing on time with accurate cost data is cheaper than defending an assessor's estimate later, and an independent appraisal can support a correction when listed costs no longer reflect the equipment's actual condition or market.
Embedded software, the control code built into CNC machines, medical devices, and similar equipment, is valued as part of the machine itself. Standalone software follows a statutory schedule under RCW 84.40.037: 100% of acquisition cost the first year, 50% the second, and no taxable value afterward. Separating the two on a listing can meaningfully change an assessment.
No, only partly. RCW 84.36.630 exempts qualifying farm machinery and equipment owned by an active farmer from the state portion of the property tax, but county and other local levies still apply. Owners sometimes assume the exemption wipes out the whole bill; it does not, and the equipment must still be listed and valued.
