Cost Segregation Studies

The Cost Segregation Group can help you maximize tax savings and increase cash flow on your future, current or past property purchases or construction with a cost segregation study.

By identifying, re-classifying and segregating shorter-lived personal property from longer-lived real property, an engineering-based cost segregation study conducted by The Cost Segregation Group affords several cost saving benefits:

• Increased Cash Flow
• Maximized Tax Savings
• Ability To Better Manage Assets
• Substantially Reduced Income Taxes
• Exceptional Return on Investment

Typically, the costs associated with the acquisition or construction of a building are assigned a 39-year depreciable life for tax purposes; however, through a cost segregation study, some of these costs may qualify for a 5-, 7- or 15-year depreciable life, resulting in a savings of up to 22 cents on every dollar!

The Cost Segregation Group conducts all facets of a cost segregation study, beginning with an analysis of the real property, including the property site visits and segregation analysis, calculation of all depreciation adjustment amounts, filing of all required forms with the Internal Revenue Service, and concluding with the issuance of a comprehensive, detailed cost segregation study, which our client keeps to document their accelerated depreciation expense deductions.

The Cost Segregation Group was founded in 1999 by Paul DiNardo, CPA, a firm Shareholder. Cathy Harris, CPA, joined the group in 2000 and continues the tradition of providing the best documented, most fiscally responsible cost segregation studies. Since its foundation, The Cost Segregation Group has completed hundreds of cost segregation engagements throughout the United States, from coast to coast. 

We offer cost segregation services through our affiliate, The Cost Segregation Group, authors of the Practical Guide to Cost Segregation, published by Commerce Clearing House, the world's largest provider of tax content.

For further information contact:

Cathy A. Harris, CPA
Manager

Cathy began her tax accounting career in 1996 with a national accounting firm and came to Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer in 2000. She is a co-author of The Practical Guide to Cost Segregation, published in 2006 by Commerce Clearing House. Cathy is a 2009 Women in Business Achievement Award honoree by Inside Business Magazine. She is also a certified member of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals and serves as an officer of this national organization.

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