Cost segregation, 179D, and R&D tax credits. One job: lower your tax bill with tools Congress wrote on purpose.
These are not loopholes. They are incentives written into the Internal Revenue Code to reward specific behavior. Investing in buildings. Making them efficient. Developing new products and processes. My job is to identify what you qualify for, document it so it stands up, and deliver the study through my relationship with CSSI (Cost Segregation Services, Inc.).
Cost Segregation
An engineering study finds the parts of your building that can be written off over 5, 7, or 15 years instead of 27.5 or 39. The deductions move up into the years you actually own it. With 100 percent bonus depreciation now permanent, the first-year number can be large.
How cost segregation works →Section 179D
The energy-efficient commercial buildings deduction, worth up to $5.94 per square foot at the enhanced rate for 2026 tax years. Congress ended it for projects breaking ground after June 30, 2026, and that date has passed. If your project broke ground in time you can still claim it, and prior projects may qualify through a lookback.
See if your building qualifies →R&D Tax Credit
You do not need a lab or a white coat. If your business solves technical problems through testing and iteration, a documented study can turn that work into a dollar-for-dollar credit, and full expensing of domestic research costs is back.
What counts as R&D →Why work with me
My father was a CPA. He taught me that tax evasion is a crime, but tax avoidance is mandatory. Everything I do lives on the right side of that line: aggressive education about what is legal and available, zero interest in games.
Three things set the work apart. First, every cost segregation study I deliver is engineering-based, with an in-person site visit by a trained professional. Desktop estimates and rule-of-thumb shortcuts are not the same product, and I do not sell them. Second, I work nationally, through CSSI, so the same quality reaches a fourplex in Ohio and a distribution center in Texas. Third, I will tell you when a study is not worth doing. The no-cost analysis is exactly that. No cost, no obligation, no pitch. If the numbers do not justify a study, you will hear it from me first.
Find out what your building is hiding
A no-cost analysis takes one short conversation. No documents to gather first, no obligation, and if a study will not pay for itself, I will say so.
Learn the playbook first
I host The Tax Strategy Playbook, a podcast where I break these strategies down in plain language, with real numbers. If you want to understand the tools before we talk, start there.