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A lot of people question paying for a cost segregation on improvements after your building has already been rented out for some time.
Let's say you bought a STR Airbnb in 2024 and rented it out.
In 2025 you put 80k into it that includes new floors, cabinets, countertops, appliances, some electrical, and structural repair.
You do not need to pay for a full cost segregation study on this small amount.
Keep good records and accurate receipts of how much each individual item cost to improve. These are simple line items on a depreciation schedule.
Most folks don't know exactly how to do that. Your CPA should be able to help - if not, send me good documentation and I will do it for free to send to your CPA for you.
A cost segregation study would be useful in a similar scenario if you bought a property in 2024, do improvements before renting it out, and then place it in service after.
Know the difference and plan accordingly.
@depreciationguy How much does a cost segregation study typically cost, and is there a general percentage range for how much of the total cost basis usually qualifies for bonus depreciation?
Some tax folks celebrate the IRS cuts on the grounds of reduced audit risk. Nobody likes being audited, but there are trade-offs.
If you have a self-reporting system, you need an exam function.
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I feel sorry for taxpayers who have to deal with IRS notices.
The IRS phone system is a disaster.
The automated notice system is a disaster.
Asking IRS employees to "resign" is dumb. The IRS is already woefully understaffed due to all of the prior hiring freezes that hallowed out The IRS.
Freezing new IRS hires is dumb.
The IRS is already in a sad state. Asking them to resign and freezing new hires is creating an even more toxic environment at the IRS than exists today.
Case in point. Client late paid a 941 from Q3 2024. Late paid because a check from a vender bounced. Client paid amount due a week later.
IRS charged client $54.86 in interest. We paid it on the EFPTS payment system on 12/31/2024. Two weeks later IRS issued totally bogus notice to levy.
I call the IRS, waste over an hour and get disconnected and the agent I was talking to did not call me back. Of course not...
Do not send notice to levy accounts until you have ensured the payment was not made two weeks before. The IRS automated notice system needs to stop mailing any notices out until it is fixed... Fixing it costs money...
This is tiring.
Section 174.
R&D.
Are the Republicans going to make changes to these rules in their big beautiful tax bill?
If yes, where have you hard this?
If no, why not?