Free asset management tools

Tools and templates for the jobs around tracking equipment: labelling it, lending it out, counting it, servicing it, paying for it, working out what it is worth and when to replace it, and keeping its records. They are free and need no account.

Tools

A sheet of printed asset tags, each with a logo, “Property of” line, barcode and number. Asset tag generator Print numbered QR code or barcode asset tags with your logo, on more than 1,200 label sheets and rolls from Avery, OnlineLabels, DYMO and others. Open the asset tag generator A search for “laptop” showing asset class 00.12, Information Systems, with a 5-year GDS recovery period. Asset class lookup Find the IRS asset class and GDS and ADS recovery periods for any business asset, from Publication 946, and carry it into the depreciation calculator. Open the asset class lookup A depreciation schedule with a chart of depreciation by year and a table of opening value, depreciation and closing value. Depreciation calculator Work out a full depreciation schedule with straight-line, declining balance, sum-of-years’ digits, units of production or IRS MACRS, then download it or share it. Open the depreciation calculator A MACRS schedule for 7-year property showing each tax year’s rate and deduction. MACRS depreciation calculator The tax deduction for each year from the IRS Publication 946 tables, with the half-year, mid-quarter and mid-month conventions, and the full table to check against. Open the macrs depreciation calculator A first-year deduction of $85,000 split between Section 179, bonus depreciation and MACRS. Section 179 calculator Your first-year deduction on equipment and vehicles: Section 179, then bonus depreciation, then MACRS, with the 2025 and 2026 limits and the phase-out. Open the section 179 calculator A list of purchases marked capitalize or expense for the books and the tax return. Capitalization threshold checker Paste a list of purchases and see which to capitalize and which to expense, in your books and under the IRS $2,500 and $5,000 de minimis safe harbor. Open the capitalization threshold checker Check results for a register of 412 assets: 398 ready, 14 to fix, with duplicate tags and merged spellings listed by row. Asset register checker Check a register spreadsheet for duplicate tags, missing names, bad dates and costs and mixed spellings, then download a cleaned Excel file ready to import. Open the asset register checker A printed equipment checkout sheet with asset tags, QR codes and columns for borrower, dates and signatures. Equipment checkout sheet Print a sign-out sheet for tools, laptops and shared gear: blank rows, or one row per asset with its tag and a QR code. Choose the columns and paper. Open the equipment checkout sheet A printed inventory count sheet for one location, listing asset tags and descriptions with found and condition columns. Inventory count sheet Turn your asset list into printable count sheets, one section per location, with tick boxes, a blind-count option and a spreadsheet for the results. Open the inventory count sheet A printed key log with key numbers, doors and columns for who has each key and when it was returned. Key log Print a key sign-out sheet with the key number, door, who has it, times out and in, and signatures: blank, or one row for each of your keys. Open the key log A printed maintenance calendar with tasks down the side, months across the top and tick boxes on each due day. Preventive maintenance schedule Turn equipment and service tasks into a printable twelve-month calendar with a box for every due date, and an Excel log to record the work. Make a maintenance schedule A chart of yearly cost against days used, with the flat cost of buying crossing the rising cost of renting at 27 days. Rent vs buy calculator Compare the yearly cost of owning a machine with renting it, including depreciation, the cost of money and delivery, and find the days of use where owning pays. Open the rent vs buy calculator A lease of $1,030.18 a month with the lease rate factor, total interest and a yearly balance table. Equipment lease calculator The monthly payment on a lease or loan, or the interest rate behind a quote, with $1 buyout, 10% option and fair market value leases. Open the equipment lease calculator A bar chart of hardware replacement cost for 2026 to 2030 against a dashed steady yearly budget line. IT refresh planner Plan when laptops, desktops, monitors, phones and servers are due for replacement, what each year costs and the steady budget that smooths it out. Open the IT refresh planner

Track the assets behind the labels

AssetCenter keeps each asset’s tag, who has it, where it is and everything that has happened to it, and scans the labels these tools print with a phone camera. Free for up to 25 assets.