The tax code makes you depreciate a building over decades. A cost segregation study finds the parts that don't have to wait, reclassifies them into 5-, 7-, and 15-year property, and pulls those deductions forward into cash today.
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A building isn't one asset. It's hundreds, on different clocks.
The IRS depreciates a whole building over 27.5 or 39 years, but the carpet, the cabinetry, and the parking lot don't last that long and don't have to be depreciated that slowly. An engineering study separates them out, so the deductions arrive when they're worth the most, early.
A study reclassifies a slice of your building's cost into shorter lives, and reaches back to property you already own.
Pulling deductions into the early years lowers the tax you owe today and puts that cash back to work, whether that's the next property, payroll, or paying down debt. On a recent purchase or build, the first-year swing is often substantial.
Cost segregation accelerates deductions, it doesn't invent them, and faster depreciation can mean more recapture when you sell. It pays off when you'll hold the property and can use the deductions now. We model your actual numbers and tell you when a study isn't worth it.
Send the closing statement, costs, and drawings you already have. We'll confirm whether a study pencils out before you commit.
Our engineers and agents classify each component into its proper life, document the basis, and apply bonus depreciation where it fits.
A credentialed tax pro reports the study, files the accounting-method change for look-backs, and stands behind it through audit.
of a building's cost can often move into short-life property, depending on the type.
It moves them. Cost segregation doesn't change how much you can depreciate, it changes when. By pulling deductions into the early years, you keep more cash now, and that timing is worth real money. We're straight about that, because the value is in the time, not in a bigger total.
Accelerated depreciation can mean more recapture at sale, so a study isn't right for every owner. We model the after-tax outcome, including your likely hold period, before recommending it, and tell you plainly when it isn't worth doing.
Usually not. A look-back study reclassifies assets on property you already own and lets you catch up the missed depreciation in one year through an accounting-method change, with no amended returns.
The assessment is free, and we'll estimate the benefit before you commit. If a study makes sense, our fee is a fraction of the cash it frees up, so it pays for itself.
Tell us about the property and we'll estimate, for free, what a study would free up and whether it's worth doing. No cost, no obligation, and a real person to talk to.
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