Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Knowing All About Cost Segregation

By Christa Jarvis


When it comes to taxation, there are a lot of rules and regulation under the law that one would have to follow. Of course this does not mean that there are no loopholes that one can make use of in order to lessen taxes under the law legally. If one is an owner of a building, there is one concept known as cost segregation that he can use in order to significantly lessen taxes.

Now for those who do not know what this is, this is basically the separation of real property assets from personal assets. Now from there, the property assets are evaluated for certain costs that can be depreciated. From there the accountant will put these costs in the reports.

Now many people would ask what exactly will a taxation expert do in order to handle the process. Now basically, the main purpose of this practice is to make sure that the depreciation of the property is accelerated. This can actually decrease the amount of tax that needs to be paid.

Now property costs would mean the improvements that are done on to the land, the costs of construction, and of course the additional decorations and such. Now the thing that the experts would do would be to first determine the costs. When they have done this, then they will recording this in the books of the owner.

Now so that one will be able to have an idea of how this is done, the building costs can actually be depreciated up to over a 39 year period. There are other costs such as utilities as well as the other land improvements that can be depreciated up to over five and even fifteen years. Of course there are still more costs that can be considered in here although it is up to the expert to determine what these are.

Now before the expert would go through this process, he will first be working hand in hand with the engineer. He would first have to go through the blueprints of the building and will have the engineer identify all things that had to be done to the building. From there, the expert will be segregating these costs and will start going over what the things are that can be depreciated over a time period.

Now it is crucial that he study the details and the components of the building. Of course this would include the walls, the flooring, the ceiling, and all of the additions that were made to be a part of this building. Now another thing that he would have to do would be to handle all the utilities.

Now it is from this analysis that the experts will then be able to create the report wherein the taxes will be lessened. Now it is because of accelerated depreciation wherein the taxes were actually lessened. Now one great thing that would come out from this practice would be that one will be having the opportunity to be able to see what his real estate liabilities are and then he can actually be able to lessen those liabilities.




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