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Equipment appraisals in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, WISCONSIN 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 Wisconsin for a wide range of purposes, including charitable donations, asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting. Wisconsin's dense manufacturing base, spanning metalworking, food processing, plastics, printing, and foundry operations, creates consistent demand for accurate, defensible valuations that satisfy lenders, regulators, and transaction counterparties. Whether you need a valuation for a corporate dissolution, purchase price allocation, insurance settlement, or IRS compliance on a donated asset, our credentialed appraisers bring the sector-specific knowledge your situation requires.
Our appraisers serving Wisconsin conduct both remote desktop reviews and onsite inspections, depending on the complexity and purpose of the engagement. For straightforward lending or financial reporting needs, a remote appraisal using submitted asset lists, photos, and acquisition records is often sufficient. For larger or more complex manufacturing facilities, an onsite inspection ensures every asset is properly identified, conditioned, and valued. We offer Fair Market Value (FMV), Orderly Liquidation Value (OLV), Forced Liquidation Value (FLV), and Replacement Value appraisals for various intended uses, and our reports are prepared in full compliance with equipment appraisal standards and IRS qualified appraiser requirements.
Wisconsin's industrial economy encompasses a broad spectrum of equipment categories, and our appraisers have hands-on experience valuing assets across all of them. Common equipment types we appraise include:
Beyond these broad categories, our appraisers are equipped to handle highly specialized or custom-built machinery common in Wisconsin's chemical, rubber, and steel mill sectors. If your equipment falls outside a standard category, our team will identify the most appropriate valuation methodology and comparable market data to produce a credible, well-supported report.
We serve a wide range of clients across Wisconsin, including manufacturers, lenders, business owners, attorneys, accountants, nonprofit organizations, and government entities who need accurate, USPAP-compliant equipment valuations for transactions, compliance, litigation, or financial reporting. Whether you are a small business owner seeking financing or a large industrial operation navigating an M&A transaction, AppraiseItNow has the expertise and capacity to meet your needs statewide.
What Wisconsin clients say we are known for
Across 16 published Wisconsin 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:
Make and model, serial numbers, year, capacity, configuration, purchase dates and costs, condition, and maintenance history for each piece. For Wisconsin dairy, food processing, and manufacturing operations, that asset-level detail determines how precisely we can match your machinery to comparable sales and cost data.
For integrated lines and asset groups, the income approach is applied to the combined set, while individual machines are generally valued through the cost and market approaches. An installed, running line configured for your product can be worth considerably more together than the same machines priced piecemeal at auction.
Yes, the personal representative files an inventory of all property subject to administration on Form PR-1811, listing a value for each asset, typically within the six-month deadline courts set. Shop, farm, and business equipment belongs on that inventory at fair market value, which a documented appraisal supports if the estate is questioned.
A structure or assemblage of parts that transmits force, motion, or energy from one part to another in a predetermined way by electrical, mechanical, or chemical means, and explicitly not a building. That definition in Wis. Stat. § 70.111(27) drove the 2018 exemption of machinery, tools, and patterns from general property tax, and it still matters when classifying whether an installed asset is exempt equipment or a taxable real property improvement.
