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Technology equipment appraisals for donation, prepared in accordance with IRS Form 8283 qualified appraisal requirements. AppraiseItNow provides USPAP-compliant fair market value reports for computers, servers, and networking gear to support your deduction.
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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.
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Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
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The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsIRS Form 8283
Once the deduction you claim for donated technology equipment passes $5,000, the IRS requires a qualified appraisal and Section B of Form 8283. We prepare the appraisal and complete the appraiser's part of the form.
A qualified appraisal is required for items reportable in Section B and in certain cases must be attached.
A technology gift is valued on what that specific hardware would sell for used, so the appraisal starts from what is actually being handed over: make, model, generation, configuration, and working condition, recorded machine by machine. We appraise single-device gifts and whole corporate refresh cycles donated to schools and nonprofits, and our appraiser signs the Form 8283 declaration that goes with the donor's return.
Hardware we appraise
Our technology equipment appraisals cover the full range of donated IT assets:
Unit by unit
The used market prices the details, and so do we. Before any comparable is pulled, we record the characteristics that separate one machine from the next:
Refresh cycles
Corporate refresh donations arrive mixed: several generations of laptop, a stack of monitors, a retired switch or two, some of it configured well above the rest. We inventory the batch by serial number and value the lines separately, because a single per machine figure hides exactly the variation an examiner asks about.
Fair market value is a market question, and IRS Publication 561 accepts sales of comparable property as a way to answer it. We take the comparables from the channels that actually clear used hardware, and we sample them as of the donation date rather than as of today, because a valuation date months off is worth real money on equipment that moves this fast.
Closed transactions
A listing proves what a seller hoped for. We build the range from transactions that closed:
Cost approaches
Publication 561 permits replacement cost reduced for physical depreciation and obsolescence, and on technology that reduction is most of the calculation. We use a cost figure to test a market conclusion, never to stand in for one.
Condition of record
Online review works from photographs, serial numbers, configuration exports, and the purchase or maintenance records the donor already holds. For a large deployment our appraisers inspect onsite, powering units up and logging how each one is specified and how hard it has been used.
An overstated technology value gets challenged with the same secondary market comparables that would have supported a sound one, so the record matters as much as the figure. Our appraisers hold credentials with organizations such as the ASA and ISA, work to USPAP, and are independent of both the donor and the receiving organization, which is what the qualified appraiser rules under Treasury Regulation 1.170A-17 ask for.
Delivered with the value
Each report states the facts the deduction rests on:
From the charity
A single noncash gift of $250 or more needs a contemporaneous written acknowledgment from the charity showing the date, a description of the property, and whether the donor received anything in return. Charities generally will not certify a dollar value on that letter, and they are not expected to: supplying the number is the appraisal's job.
What charitable donation clients say we are known for
Across 12 published charitable donation 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 our taking on items other appraisers turned down.
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
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
Fantastic Experience with AppraiseItNow Inc.! I couldn’t be happier with the service I received from AppraiseItNow Inc. They were professional, timely, and incredibly helpful throughout the entire process. Joe, in particular, was an absolute delight to work with—knowledgeable, friendly, and attentive to every detail. I highly recommend AppraiseItNow Inc. to anyone in need of appraisal services. Five stars all the way!
Machinery & Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
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
I run small non-profit.... we receive an eclectic assortment of materials, tools and similar equipment. Finding appraisers in Kentucky has been challenging, and I'm glad I found AppraiseItNow. They were responsive to questions, the process was simple, and they produced a report in a timely manner - I will use AppraiseItNow again in the future!
Machinery & Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
We were very satisfied with the results - fast and efficient communication, understanding our company's needs, on-time delivery of the report, as well as reasonable price point. Highly recommend.
Machinery & Equipment Appraisal for Charitable Donation
At more than $5,000 for an item or group of similar items, so five $1,500 laptops trigger the requirement just like one $7,500 server. The often-cited $500 figure is only the Form 8283 filing trigger, not an appraisal threshold, a distinction spelled out in IRS Publication 526.
At condition-driven resale ranges, not book value or replacement cost. Enterprise laptops two to four years old commonly resell for roughly $100 to $350 depending on brand and specifications, and units past five years can drop to $30 to $100. Rapid obsolescence is why original cost is a poor guide to value.
Generally no. Donated equipment must be in good used condition or better, and devices that fail to power on or are missing key components are treated as having a fair market value of zero. Scrap-grade e-waste provides no meaningful tax benefit regardless of what the hardware cost new.
Not in full. Inventory and other ordinary-income property is deductible at FMV minus the gain that would have been ordinary income on a sale, which often brings the deduction back toward cost. Claiming full FMV on appreciated inventory is a recurring IRS adjustment for business donors.