If you own real estate — rental properties, your office building, or commercial space —pay attention.You're sitting on a goldmine. (and/or if you made improvements to a property you lease)
It's called cost segregation.
And your CPA almost certainly hasn't mentioned it.
Here's how it works.
When you buy a building, the IRS says you depreciate it over 27.5 years (residential) or 39 years (commercial).
That's a long time to wait for your tax benefit.
Cost segregation accelerates that depreciation by reclassifying components of your building into shorter recovery periods.
Carpeting? 5 years instead of 27.5.
Landscaping? 15 years instead of 39.
Is electrical dedicated to equipment? 7 years instead of 39.
The result?
Massive deductions in year one instead of spread over decades.
A $500,000 rental property could generate $50,000 to $80,000 in accelerated depreciation.
That's $50,000-$80,000 in deductions you'd otherwise wait 20+ years to claim.
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