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· Making your Market Data…Really Comparable

· Completing USPAP Conforming Commercial Narrative Appraisals

· How to do a Cost Segregation Study?

· Complete a Credible Sales Comparison Approach to Value

· Cost Approach to Value – Custom Application Calculator Method

· What are the benefits of using a Calculator Cost Approach?

·    Land and Inspection Descriptions
·    Field Inspection Pointers
·    Transition from residential to commercial
·    Common appraisal problems
·    Eminent Domain appraisal
·    Residential appraisal applications

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appraisaleditor.com Discussion Topic of the Week

“How to do a Cost Segregation Study”

Cost segregation studies seek to identify construction or acquisition costs that qualify for shorter federal tax lives.
Typically, construction costs are lumped together as real property and recovered evenly over a 39 or 40 year period.
Identifying those cost components that can be recovered under an accelerated method over 5,7 or 15 years can
have a significant positive impact on a company’s federal tax liability.

Your Clients can Benefit from a Cost Segregation Study
Any company planning to construct a new facility expand an existing facility, or purchase an existing facility is a
candidate for a cost segregation study. Cost segregation studies assure companies that they will realize all
available tax benefits from accelerated depreciation deductions. These tax savings result in increased cash flow
that can be used to underwrite current or future expansion.

Cost Segregation Study Benefits:

1. Provides significant tax benefits by accelerating depreciation in 5-7-15 year depreciation schedules
2. Identifies any tax credit for which the project may qualify.
3. Provides independent, third-party recommendations concerning the classification of construction properties for
federal tax depreciation purposes.

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