The Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industry currently faces a range of issues, including the rising costs of discovery and development, major losses of revenue due to patent expirations, and increased complexities due to demanding regulatory requirements. Moreover, developers of orphan drugs must overcome a host of additional challenges that make it difficult to recoup … Read More
tax incentives
Use the Residential Cost Segregator® for April 15 returns — Accelerate Deductions in Minutes
It is not too late to accelerate cost segregation deductions on smaller residential properties using the Residential Cost Segregator®. The software was designed for tax preparers and only takes 15 minutes! Just email the client an online questionnaire for details about their building, then let the software do the rest. For only $399, KBKG’s easy-to-use … Read More
Estate Planning Strategy Using Cost Segregation
Real estate owners and investors often use cost segregation studies to accelerate depreciation deductions, generate current income tax benefits, and improve cash flow. But did you know that a cost segregation study can also be used as a powerful estate-planning tool?One of the advantages of transferring property at death (rather than by lifetime gift) is … Read More
KBKG Tax Insight: Avoiding Cost Segregation Recapture Tax
Savvy tax professionals that recommend Cost Segregation studies are well aware of the recapture tax rules that require taxpayers to pay back any accelerated tax deductions when the property is sold. After all, for the right situation, the net present value of those tax savings far exceeds any recapture tax payback. While the effects of … Read More
PATH Act Improves Realty Tax Breaks, But…
“As a general rule, the cost of commercial real estate improvements is recovered over a painfully long period of 39 years via straight line depreciation only.However, for specially defined categories of realty improvements, taxpayers may be entitled to the hat-trick of tax breaks: expensing under Section 179 of part of the cost of the improvements; … Read More
Retail/Restaurant Industry Safe Harbor Under Tangible Property Regulations
The IRS recently issued Revenue Procedure 2015-56 providing a safe harbor for certain taxpayers operating retail or restaurant establishments for determining whether expenditures incurred to “remodel” or “refresh” their property can be expensed under the Tangible Property Regulations released in 2013. Generally, the safe harbor benefits those enhancing the physical appearance and layout of their … Read More
Tax Extenders Imminent! Congress to Make Key Provisions Permanent and President is Expected to Sign Into Law
Congress is embracing the holiday season by providing taxpayers a gift in the form of tax extenders. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 is a bipartisan agreement between both houses of Congress that permanently extends many popular business and individual incentives. President Obama is expected to sign into law in the … Read More
Late Partial Dispositions – It’s Not Too Late for Fiscal Year-end Taxpayers
While the opportunity to file a late partial disposition election ended for calendar year taxpayers, fiscal year-end taxpayers still have time to review depreciation schedules for these missed deductions. In the context of a building, a late partial disposition occurs generally when any building component, such as a roof, has been removed in a prior tax … Read More
Repair Regs – Another solution to “Elect-out” of Rev. Proc. 2015-20 to preserve missed deductions
The IRS has recently written on their website that eligible taxpayers may elect out of Rev. Proc. 2015-20 by filing a statement with their 2014 tax returns indicating their qualifying trade or business is not applying the simplified procedure of Rev. Proc. 2015-20. Qualified small business taxpayers who accept the relief of Rev. Proc. 2015-20 … Read More
Senate Finance Committee approves renewal of expired tax provisions
Yesterday, on July 21st, the Senate Finance Committee repeated history by overwhelmingly approving a 2-year extension of over 50 expired tax provisions with a strong bipartisan vote, setting the stage for Congress to address later this year. The bill extends many long awaited business tax extenders that originally expired at the end of 2014 and … Read More