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THE BENEFITS OF
COST SEGREGATION

"Each $100,000 in assets reclassified from a 39-year recovery period to a five-year recovery period results in approximately $22,000 in net-present-value savings, assuming an 8% discount rate and a 40% marginal tax rate."
- Journal of Accountancy, Copyright 2005 by the AICPA

 

Cost Segregation Qualifications & Opportunities

COST SEGREGATION QUALIFICATIONS
• Legal Entity Structure/Basis
  • Pass Through Entities
    • Partnerships, LPs, LLPs
    • S Corps
    • Certain Trusts
    • LLCs
  • C-Corps
  • REITs
• Motivation of Taxpayer
  • Depreciation Recapture — Hold Property or Sell Eventually?
• Net Passive Loss
• Alternative Minimum Tax (“AMT”)
 
COST SEGREGATION OPPORTUNITIES
  • New construction
  • Purchase of existing property
  • Renovations or expansion
  • Leasehold improvements
  • Existing property placed in service after 1986 (“look-backs”)
  • Real property stepped-up through estate
 

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