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Cost Segregation Basics
What a study is, what it produces, who it fits, and what it costs — written for owners who have never done one.
What is cost segregation, in plain language
A building is not one asset. A study is the engineering work that proves it, component by component.
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Is a cost segregation study worth it? The honest threshold
The old rule of thumb was a million dollars of basis. Bonus depreciation moved it. Here is where it sits now.
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What actually happens during a cost segregation study
Five stages, four to six weeks, and a specific list of things we will ask you for.
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What a cost segregation study costs, and why we will not take a percentage
Fixed fees, what drives them, and the reason contingent pricing is a bad idea for both of us.
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Does a cost segregation study increase audit risk?
The IRS publishes the guide it uses to evaluate these studies. Build to it and the answer is largely no.
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When to run a cost segregation study — and the one deadline that is absolute
Best case is the year of acquisition. Worst case is never, because you sold.
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Why you cannot do cost segregation with a spreadsheet
Software will happily produce a number. It cannot produce the evidence that makes the number defensible.
Read →Cost segregation for CPAs: what to look for before you recommend a firm
A short due-diligence list for accountants whose clients are being pitched studies.
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Seven things people believe about cost segregation that are not true
Including the two that cost owners the most money.
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How much does cost segregation actually save? Four worked numbers
Not percentages of savings — actual arithmetic on four real building shapes.
Read →No-cost feasibility review
Find out what your building is hiding.
A feasibility review is free and takes about twenty minutes. Bring the closing statement and the depreciation schedule; we will tell you plainly whether a study pays for itself.