Did you know you can do cost segregation on virtually any property? Cost segregation identifies assets and costs within a property in order to accelerate depreciation. In return, this generates ...

As a rule of thumb, investment real estate is purchased for three reasons: income, appreciation and tax shelter. Cash flow and appreciation arguably play the biggest role in determining the worthiness ...

Multifamily investment returns come from three sources: income, appreciation and tax benefits. While income and appreciation are widely understood, the tax benefits tend to be less well known. Real ...

Cost segregation is a powerful tool that can benefit retirees who own commercial properties by optimizing their savings and offsetting taxes — particularly when it comes to converting a traditional ...

If your company is planning to build, purchase or renovate a building, or has done so in the past several years, a cost segregation study could help boost your cash flow and save your company ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Landlords and tenants often negotiate to make improvements or alterations to nonresidential ...

Cost segregation studies, or cost segs, have been a widely used accounting tool by real estate investors as a way to preserve capital and realize significant tax benefits through accelerated ...

I’m in the specialty tax business, and I get calls on a daily basis from CPAs and real estate owners who are concerned that the reallocation of tax basis to “personal property” as part of a cost ...

So far this year, we’ve seen the transition of power in Congress, an extended government shutdown and still no technical correction to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This leaves many taxpayers wondering ...

Whether acquiring, constructing, or remodeling a real estate property, cost segregation remains one of the most powerful strategies to simultaneously optimize cash flow and taxes. Real estate ...

After the tax law change in 2017, you will be penalized if your tax losses are too large. Cost segregation studies can play an important part of managing this issue. The new tax law allows you to ...

Not long ago, I sat down with an investor who owned a portfolio of manufacturing plants, office space, and a few mixed-use developments. For years, they let their general tax provider handle cost ...