title: Cost segregation of assets offers tax benefits.
abstract: A cost-segregation study is an asset-reclassification strategy that accelerates tax-depreciation deductions. By using this strategy, healthcare facility owners can lower their current income-tax liability and increase current cash flow. Simply put, certain real estate is reclassified from long-lived real property to shorter-lived personal property for depreciation purposes. Depreciation deductions for the personal property then can be greatly accelerated, thereby producing greater present-value tax savings. An analysis of costs can be conducted from either detailed construction records, when such records are available, or by using qualified appraisers, architects, or engineers to perform the allocation analysis.
authors: Real Estate Industry Group, Mintz Rosenfeld & Company LLC, Fairfield, New Jersey, USA. dgrant@mintzrosenfeld.com
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mesh_terms: D003361:Cost Allocation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003862:Depreciation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D005379:Financing, Construction / Q000191:economics; D006077:Government Agencies; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000191:economics*; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States