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Capstan’s Top 3 Cost Segregation Trigger Events
While cost segregation is useful throughout the real estate life cycle, there are certain events that tee up particularly strong cost seg opportunities. These events should automatically trigger consideration of a cost segregation study, since picking the right moment...
Behind the Scenes with David Stephens
Welcome to a new monthly feature in which we go behind “Behind the Scenes” to learn more about a member of the Capstan team. If you’d like to see someone specific featured, let us know! According to a recent Monster.com poll, 50% of respondents between the ages...
A Perfect Match: Choosing Referral Partners that Add Value
A Perfect Match: Choosing Referral Partners that Add Value Today’s CPAs serve as true partners and trusted advisors to clients, becoming intimately familiar with each client’s growth, plans, and struggles. This means that when the need may arise to augment in-house...
Inflation Reduction Act Signed into Law, Extends and Expands Energy-Efficient Tax Incentives
EPAct 179D and 45L have been part of the tax code since 2006. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law August 16, 2022. The Act includes several major updates to federal energy-efficiency tax incentives that may be of interest to Capstan...
Behind the Scenes with Ty Wimmer
Welcome to a new monthly feature in which we go behind “Behind the Scenes” to learn more about a member of the Capstan team. If you’d like to see someone specific featured, let us know! It’s fitting that Ty Wimmer was the lucky engineer to visit Montana and...
The Tax-Exempt Tenant: How to Treat Depreciable Assets
It’s not your imagination – there are more and more non-profit tenants turning up in formerly retail spaces. At Capstan we are seeing many retail and office buildings bringing non-profit or government tenants into their properties. How does this impact the way...
Behind the Scenes with Jacob Wood
Welcome to a new monthly feature in which we go behind “Behind the Scenes” to learn more about a member of the Capstan team. If you’d like to see someone specific featured, let us know! Jacob Wood hasn’t always been a dedicated attorney, tax guru, and R&D...
Capstan Has Visited all 50 States!
It’s official – we’ve hit them all! Capstan engineers have braved the scorching deserts of New Mexico, the glacial tundra of Alaska, and the swampy marshlands of the Florida Everglades. From the bustling pavements of New York to the sunny shores of California,...
IRS Releases a New Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guideline (ATG)
On 6/1/2022 the IRS updated its Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guideline (ATG) for the first time since 2017. On Page 1 of the Introduction, the ATG states that it is “...not intended as an official IRS pronouncement. Accordingly, it may not be cited as authority.”...
45L: A Key Strategy to Consider Before 9/15
It’s easy to underestimate the 45L Tax Credit. Over the years, the EPAct 179D Deduction has gotten a great deal of press, with 45L often presented as an afterthought, if at all. However, this oft overlooked incentive brings tremendous benefit, and is a key strategy...
Behind the Scenes with Ziv Carmel
Welcome to a new monthly feature in which we go behind “Behind the Scenes” to learn more about a member of the Capstan team. If you’d like to see someone specific featured, let us know! After 20+ years in the cost seg industry Ziv Carmel has seen it all. As...
The Top 10 Things Everyone Must Know About Cost Segregation
1. The concept is simple. Any given property contains a multitude of different assets, and each of them can be expected to have a different useful life. For example, you can confidently expect marble flooring to last a lot longer than say, carpet tile. The IRS...
Behind the Scenes with Andy Murdie
Welcome to a new monthly feature in which we go behind “Behind the Scenes” to learn more about a member of the Capstan team. If you’d like to see someone specific featured, let us know! Project Engineer Andy Murdie is the quintessential “sports dad.” Raising...
Might You Be Eligible for an R&D Tax Credit?
“R&D Tax Credits? We’re a bottling plant, not a science lab. I doubt we’re eligible…” A common misconception is that the R&D Tax Credit is only available to businesses engaged in traditional scientific experimentation – pharmaceuticals, biomedical research,...
Behind the Scenes with Lindsey King, R&D Success Manager
Welcome to a new monthly feature in which we go behind “Behind the Scenes” to learn more about a member of the Capstan team. If you’d like to see someone specific featured, let us know! Lindsey King is a renaissance woman. You probably know her as Capstan’s...
The Time is Now: Taking Advantage of 100% Bonus Depreciation in the Multifamily Sector
The multifamily market remains very strong as an investment. Along with providing the opportunity to earn rental income, multifamily projects offer a number of tax benefits to the thoughtful investor. In fact, we’re finding that investors view the tax savings...
A change is coming: as bonus depreciation prepares to phase down, can Section 179 Expensing step up?
As they say, the only constant is change. Many readers are aware that bonus depreciation rates are set to begin phasing down in 2023. Beginning 1/1/2023, bonus will shift from 100% to 80%, and the rate will continue to decline by 20% annually through 2026. In 2023,...
Capstan Tax Strategies Named “Best Vendor,” “Best Place to Work” by the Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal (MAREJ)
Regular readers follow this blog for up-to-date tax information, enriching educational opportunities, and innovative real estate strategies. It’s not too often that we share something more personal, but we can’t keep this news to ourselves. Capstan Tax Strategies has...
For Real Estate Investors, the Time to Take Advantage of Bonus Depreciation Is Now
Terri S. Johnson, a partner at Capstan, recently contributed a very timely guest blog to PICPA. Bonus depreciation rates will start stepping down after this year – what might this mean for the multifamily sector? For Terri’s take, visit:...
Podcast Episode 007: What’s So Great About the TPRs?
What’s So Great About the TPRs? Join Capstan Partner Terri S. Johnson as she sings the praises of the Tangible Property Regulations. Terri’s attitude is contagious, and you’ll find yourself excited about expensing options, enthused about the BAR and Materiality Tests,...
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