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Cost Segregation Services

Unlock the hidden value of your properties. If you have real estate assets with a basis of $1 million or more, Aprio can help you claim significant tax savings and increase your bottom line.

Property purchase. Construction. Expansion.
Remodeling.

Account for Anything™—and claim significant savings—with Aprio

If you’ve recently closed on a property, started construction on a new structure, or begun renovations on an existing building, you’re already taking strategic steps toward lasting real estate success. And, due to recent changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill, you may be eligible for additional permanent savings via 100% bonus depreciation.

But without deep experience in real estate taxes or engineering, you could be missing out on the true value of your properties…without even knowing it.

Aprio’s comprehensive approach to Cost Segregation services can help you unlock the hidden value of your real estate assets. With a focus on accelerated depreciation, we combine decades of experience, engineering precision, and extensive tax knowledge to deliver results that increase cash flow and simplify deductions. Our dedicated team of engineers, tax specialists, and energy incentive advisors have successfully completed fixed asset studies across virtually every property type—from commercial buildings to short-term rentals—with no IRS adjustments.

Our Focus Areas

As a Top 24 business advisory and CPA firm, Aprio provides a wide range of IRS-defensible studies to help you reap tax savings on every property you own, including:

  • Cost Segregation Studies

    We’ll help you assess and reclassify the elements of your properties appropriately, allowing you to make the best use of accelerated depreciation and increase your tax savings.

  • Fixed Asset Reviews

    Our team will perform a comprehensive analysis of all the depreciable items on your balance sheet, looking for any misclassifications that can be adjusted to generate additional deductions.

  • Cost Allocation Studies

    A cost allocation study from Aprio can help you understand the “true” value and financial performance of each of your real estate investments.

  • Disposition Studies

    If you removed any property assets during a remodel or renovation, Aprio can help you write off the remaining undepreciated cost of the discarded components.

  • Repairs & Maintenance Studies

    We’ll help you identify and claim deductions on any eligible expenses for the repair or upkeep of your property.

  • 179D Energy Studies

    Investing in an energy-efficient system for your new or remodeled property can yield significant tax savings. Aprio can help you determine your eligibility and calculate your deduction.

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Frequently Asked Questions 

What is the goal of a cost segregation study?

A cost segregation study helps property owners improve tax savings on their real estate assets. This is done by “frontloading” depreciation deductions for specific elements of a property, meaning that property owners can claim a larger portion of the depreciation expense during the early years of ownership.

Who benefits from a cost segregation study?

Aprio’s Cost Segregation services help commercial property owners, short-term rental owners, apartment owners, manufacturing building owners, controllers, and CFOs leverage proper expensing across many industry sectors.

What is accelerated depreciation?

Depreciation is an accounting method that divides the upfront cost of a physical asset (like a house) across the number of years of expected use instead of expensing it all in the year that it’s purchased. This takes into account that physical assets (again, like a house) gradually lose value over time—formally known as a “depreciation expense” on a balance sheet.

With accelerated depreciation, a property owner could claim a larger portion of the depreciation expense during the early years of ownership in order to lower the taxable income and reduce tax liability. However, by accelerating the depreciation, that means that remaining deductions will be smaller in later years.

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