What Is Cost Segregation?
Cost segregation is a tax strategy that breaks a property's cost into components with shorter depreciation lives — like carpeting, fixtures, or parking lots — allowing an investor to front-load depreciation deductions instead of spreading them evenly over 27.5 or 39 years.
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