Commercial and Residential Appraisals, MAI

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A Cost Segregation Study breaks the cost of a commercial real estate asset into depreciable components parts, for use by tax professionals and investment professionals in preparing accelerated depreciation schedules on 5-, 7-, & 15-year items. The standard depreciation schedule for a commercial building is 39 years on commercial and 27. 5 years on residential. Often times taxpayers can reduce the overal depreciation of the assets down to 13-15 years, providing a larger tax deduction each year.