Engineering-Based Depreciation Study
Front-Load Depreciation on the Property You Already Own
An Engineering-Based Depreciation Study — formally, a cost segregation study — breaks a building into its parts and depreciates the faster-wearing ones on a shorter schedule. That moves deductions forward, cuts this year’s tax bill, and puts cash back in your hands sooner. And unlike study-only shops, we don’t stop at the report: we also prepare the tax return that claims it — plan and implementation, one firm.
Engineering-Based Depreciation Study
Business owners & individuals with commercial or rental property
Pricing below
The study
Every dollar, reclassified.
An Engineering-Based Depreciation Study breaks your property into its components and accelerates the depreciation — front-loading deductions so you keep cash now, not decades from now. And we prepare the return that claims it, so none of it stays on paper.
Engineering-Based Depreciation Study
Commercial property
Accelerated first-year deduction
$438,000
Asset classes and figures shown are illustrative.
Plan + implementation
A study is only half the job.
An Engineering-Based Depreciation Study saves you nothing until a tax return claims it. Most providers hand you the report and leave the implementation to whoever files your taxes. We don’t — the same firm does both.
01 · The study
Your property, reclassified.
Every component broken out and assigned its correct, shorter depreciation life — documented to back up each number.
Study-only providers stop here — and hand the report to your preparer.
02 · The return that claims it
We prepare the filing that puts it to work.
The reclassified depreciation goes onto a tax return prepared by the same licensed CPAs and Enrolled Agents who ran your study — so every front-loaded dollar actually reaches your tax bill.
Where the savings actually land.
Both halves are included in the one flat price — the study and the return that claims it. No separate bill for the filing, quoted before any work begins.
The work
The short version
Most owners depreciate a building as one number over a long horizon. A cost segregation study takes that building apart on paper — flooring, fixtures, wiring, parking, landscaping, specialty plumbing — and assigns the shorter-lived components their own faster depreciation schedules. The result is a larger deduction in the early years of ownership instead of a thin one stretched across decades.
The study is documented component by component, not a guess — built to support the deductions you claim. And here’s the part most cost segregation providers leave out: a study only saves you money if your tax return actually claims it. Most shops hand you a report and leave the implementation to whoever files your taxes. We do both. The same firm that runs your study prepares the return that puts it to work, so the front-loaded deductions actually reach your tax bill. It works for commercial buildings and for residential investment property, and it’s most worth running when you’ve recently bought, built, or renovated.
What's included
What you get.
Component-by-component study
A detailed breakdown of your property that reclassifies assets into their correct, shorter depreciation lives.
Front-loaded deductions
Larger write-offs in the early years of ownership instead of the same deduction spread thin across decades.
Documented to support the claim
A study documented component by component so the depreciation lives you claim are backed up if the IRS asks.
The tax prep that implements it
A study only pays off when your return claims it. Your flat fee includes the tax return that puts the reclassified depreciation to work — plan and implementation from one firm, not a report handed off to someone else.
Commercial and residential investment property
The study works for commercial buildings and for residential rentals held as investments, not just one or the other.
One flat price for both halves
The one-time fee covers the study and the return that implements it — quoted before any work starts, with no separate bill for the filing.
Who it's for
Is this you?
This is for owners of commercial buildings and residential investment property who are collecting their depreciation far too slowly. It fits best if you’ve bought, built, or significantly renovated a property in recent years and want to pull deductions forward instead of waiting decades for them. The bigger the building and the higher your tax bracket, the more a study tends to return.
- You own a commercial building or a rental property held as an investment
- You recently bought, built, or renovated and haven’t run a study
- Your depreciation is a single line stretched across decades
- You want to cut this year’s tax bill and free up cash sooner
Pricing
Simple, flat pricing.
One flat price, quoted up front before any work begins — no hourly billing and no surprises. Every engagement starts with a free call.
Engineering-Based Depreciation Study
$7,500
one-time · study + the return that claims it
For whom
Business owners & individuals with commercial or rental property
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How it works
How working with us goes.
Free analysis
We start with a call to look at the property, what you paid, and when you placed it in service — then tell you whether a study is worth it for you.
The study
The property is broken into its components and each is assigned its correct depreciation life, with documentation built to back up every number.
We file the return that claims it
We don’t hand you a report and walk away — we prepare the tax return that implements the study, so the front-loaded deductions show up where they should and the cash benefit lands this year.
FAQ
Engineering-Based Depreciation Study, in plain terms
What kinds of property qualify for a cost segregation study?
Both commercial buildings and residential property held as an investment. It’s most worth running on property you’ve bought, built, or renovated, and the benefit generally grows with the size of the building and your tax bracket. We confirm whether it makes sense for your specific property on the first call.
Is the study documented well enough if the IRS looks at it?
That’s the point of documenting it properly. The work is broken out component by component so the reclassified depreciation lives are supported. Because we’re a firm of licensed CPAs and IRS Enrolled Agents, we can also represent you before the IRS if questions ever come up.
How does the study connect to my actual tax return?
This is the difference between us and study-only providers. Most cost segregation shops deliver a report and leave it to your tax preparer to implement — and if it’s implemented wrong or not at all, you never see the savings. We do both: we run the study and we prepare the tax return that claims it, and both are included in the one flat fee. The plan and the implementation come from the same licensed CPAs and Enrolled Agents, so the benefit actually lands.
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