Jack Young, ASA, CPA
Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA—MTS/ARM, CPA)
Helping Attorneys, BV Appraisers & CPAs with valuations they can depend on
Summary of Credentials
- American Society of Appraisers, Accredited Senior Appraiser
- MTS (Machinery and Technical Specialties)
- Appraisal Review & Management in Machinery and Equipment (ARM-MTS)
- California Board of Accountancy, Certified Public Accountant
Active Appraisal Industry Membership
Jack Young is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers in Machinery and Equipment (MTS) and Appraisal Review & Management (ARM) and is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). His extensive equipment appraisal experience includes expert witness and financial reporting services. He currently serves the American Society of Appraisers as editor of the Appraisal Review e-journal. He has served the Society internationally as Chair of the International Appraisal Review & Management (ARM) subcommittee, on the Board of Examiners, and as a member of the Ethics Board of Inquiry. He is an active member of the Northern California Chapter where he served as Chapter President and ARM Director. Previous to accreditation as an ASA in Equipment and Machinery Appraisal, Jack worked for many years as an auctioneer and auction manager of business assets, machinery, equipment and personal property.
Appraisal Experience and Scholarship
Jack received his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the Arizona State University in 1988. While in college, he worked at the local mid-sized regional CPA firm, Price, Kong & Company, preparing monthly financial statements and performing tax work. Upon graduation, he took a position in the audit department of international CPA firm KPMG.
After a few years at KMPG, he took over the operation of an auction company, where he discovered the equipment appraisal industry and immediately developed a passion for it. He quickly earned his accreditation as a senior appraiser (ASA) and founded NorCal Valuationand has gone on to become a respected member of the machinery and equipment appraisal industry as well as a leader in the appraisal review and management.
Jack is a past president of the northern California chapter of the American Society of Appraisers, past chair of the ASA committee for international appraisal review and management, and currently serves on the ASA NorCal Chapter Board as the appraisal review director and with American Society of Appraisers International as editor of the Appraisal Review e-journal and on the Board of Examiners. Jack co-wrote and taught the core appraisal review and management accreditation classes currently being offered by the ASA; he continues to develop and teach appraisal review and other classes for ASA. He is a contributor to the 4th edition of Valuing Machinery & Equipment: The Fundamentals of Appraising Machinery & Technical Assets (2020) and addressed the California Board of Equalization on the valuation of wine tanks as an invited participant in a panel discussion: Assessment of Personal Property & Fixtures: Ensuring Accurate & Consistent Valuations & Application Methods. His articles are in legal and appraisal publications, including a translation in the China Valuer.
Jack is available for equipment and machinery appraisals, appraisal review, and expert witness support throughout California and the Western United States.
About NorCal Valuation
At NorCal Valuation Inc., we provide unbiased and independent equipment appraisal services throughout Northern California, as well as Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Nevada. We provide valuations of machinery, equipment, and business assets used in construction, trucking, manufacturing, food service, food processing, golf courses, recreational facilities, printing, farming and ranching.
Our machinery and equipment appraisal reports are the work of Accredited Senior Appraiser Jack Young (ASA—MTS/ARM, CPA). Jack is experienced in appraisals and appraisal review for financial reporting and for litigation, including expert witness services.
Qualified machinery and equipment appraisals and appraisal reviews are needed for financial reporting, for business combinations and separations, litigation, ad valorem tax appeals, insurance disputes, due diligence, estate and gift, and family law/divorce. Our machinery and equipment appraisals are independent, defensible in court and USPAP compliant; we provide you with accurate and professional values for your equipment and machinery, whatever the reason for your equipment valuation.