KBKG Tax Insight: IRS Penalizes Cost Segregation Provider for Aiding and Abetting

03/06/2018

Tax preparers and their clients often cannot recognize quality differences among cost segregation service providers, leading to buying decisions based on who proposes the lowest fee or promises the highest tax benefit. However, the real test of quality is how the cost segregation results stand up in an IRS audit. What are the consequences of … Read More

45L: The Energy Efficient Home Credit – Extended through 2017

03/05/2018

Homebuilders and multi-family developers have a unique opportunity to capitalize on an energy efficient home credit that is often overlooked. Low-rise apartment developers and homebuilders are eligible for a $2,000 tax credit for each new or rehabbed energy efficient dwelling unit that is first leased or sold by the end of 2017. Taxpayers also have … Read More

KBKG Tax Insight: Tax Reform Changes to “Qualified Improvement Property”

02/02/2018

  As the dust is settling from tax reform, many CPAs are scrambling to keep track of the various sections of the tax code that were affected. The new law eliminates depreciation categories for qualified leasehold improvements (QLI), qualified restaurant property (QRP), and qualified retail improvement property (QRIP) and replaces them with qualified improvement property … Read More

KBKG Tax Insight: Avoid Common R&D Expense Documentation Errors

01/14/2018

  Business owners are often surprised to learn they may be able to claim the Research & Development (R&D) tax credit. The credit was originally created as way to encourage American companies to conduct R&D activities domestically. While initially thought to apply to large companies with formal R&D departments, “smaller businesses” in a wide range … Read More

Minimize Gains on Sale of Condos in Mixed-Use Developments. Condo Tax Basis Allocation Studies

01/09/2018

Traditional cost accounting for mixed-use residential projects often does not properly allocate all construction costs to each section of the property. Consequently, there may be a significant understatement of cost basis for residential condominium units resulting in higher taxable gains upon sale. This is most common within vertical mixed-use developments where residential condos are stacked … Read More

KBKG Tax Insight: Tax Reform & The R&D Tax Credit

12/21/2017

  It’s been over thirty years since the tax code has been modified to this extent. It has been a talking point for politicians since the Reagan administration brokered the bipartisan Tax Reform Act of 1986. However, the divide between the political parties have kept it a talking point since then, until now. The Tax … Read More