Certified Equipment & Machinery Appraisals You Can Defend with Confidence
Hafen Buckner delivers certified appraisals grounded in deep expertise, formal credentials, and uncompromising professional standards. Our Certified Machinery & Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) produces comprehensive reports in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the industry’s governing authority.
The result is a credible, compliant, and fully defensible valuation trusted by lenders, buyers, the IRS, and the courts.
What This Means for You
- You receive accurate, defensible asset valuations
- Your reports hold up with lenders, courts, and regulators
- You avoid costly valuation errors
- You gain confidence in financial and legal decisions
- You work with certified appraisal professionals
When Equipment Appraisals Are Needed
- Divorce settlements
- Litigation support
- Loans and leasing
- Foreclosures or bankruptcy
- Estate and gift planning
- Buy/sell agreements
- 1031 exchanges
- Converting from C-Corp to S-Corp
- Cost segregation studies
- Pension Protection Act compliance
- Insurance valuations & property taxes
- FASB 141 & 142 reporting
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Trust & estate planning
- Partnership dissolutions
- Retirement planning
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