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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Templates
Spreadsheets to download, each with a guide explaining how to fill it in.
Asset register template
An Excel and CSV register with the columns most teams need, drop-down lists for status and condition, and an example row.
Get the template
Equipment maintenance log
Record every service with meter readings, costs and the next due date. Excel, CSV and a printable PDF.
Get the template
Fixed asset depreciation schedule
A straight-line schedule in Excel and CSV with the formulas filled in and a worked example.
Get the template
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.