🗓️ June 18th | 🕥 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central
Unlock Powerful Tax Strategies for Your Clients
Course Description:
Discover how Green Zip Tape tax deductions can offer your clients substantial tax benefits on newly constructed buildings. This one-hour live webinar explores how a small line-item on the construction budget can translate into big tax savings. Learn how the IRS-recognized deduction for movable and removable wall systems, like Green Zip Tape creates, can become a key part of a new build tax strategy.
We'll show you real-world examples of how these deductions apply to various commercial building types and guide you on how to identify eligible construction projects. This interactive course will include Q&A time to address specific applications for your clients. One hour CPE credits are exclusive to CPAs.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
Explain what qualifies walls constructed with Green Zip Tape for substantial tax deductions.
Identify opportunities for claiming Green Zip Tape deductions in cost segregation studies.
Discuss IRS criteria and documentation requirements.
Analyze how this deduction complements Bonus Depreciation strategies.
Apply this knowledge to real client projects to maximize year-one deductions.
👨🏫 Who Should Attend:
This seminar is ideal for tax professionals, CPAs, cost segregation specialists, and construction-focused accountants. It also benefits developers, builders, and real estate investors who want to capture every allowable deduction in new commercial construction.
⚠️CPE credit is available only to CPAs. Each attendee must register and log in individually to receive credit. Group attendance does not qualify.
Below are recent Webinar Replays with Links to the Video
Beyond Cost Segregation: A Deep Dive into Accelerating and Expensing Strategies (May 2025)
Course Description
Do you have clients who own buildings and owe taxes? If so, they may be missing out on significant deductions.
Ask your clients: “Have you acquired, repaired, removed assets, renovated, or refreshed a building?”
If the answer is yes, there are valuable depreciation opportunities waiting to be uncovered. Join us for an engaging 2-hour webinar designed to demystify Cost Segregation and the Tangible Property Regulations - the keys to unlocking tax-saving strategies, including:
Bonus Depreciation
Partial Asset Disposition (PAD)
Qualified Improvement Property (QIP)
Section 179 and 179D Energy Efficiency Deductions
Repair vs. Improvement Analysis
This session will equip you with a solid foundation to confidently identify and apply these strategies to maximize your clients’ deductions and cash flow. Whether your clients own commercial buildings apartment complexes, or rental properties, we’ll provide actionable insights tailored to real-world scenarios
Learning Objectives
Clarity on when to apply Bonus Depreciation versus Section 179 deductions.
Understanding renovation depreciation, PAD, QIP, and energy-efficient property incentives.
Tips for leveraging grouping opportunities to optimize tax savings.
Our expert presenters bring years of experience in helping tax professionals like you save clients thousands. Plus, we’ll leave ample time for your specific questions, ensuring you leave confident in applying these strategies to your practice.
Section 179D and Cost Segregation Tax Deductions: Unlocking Energy Efficiency Tax Savings for Clients (April 2025)
Vimeo Link - CSSI CPE 4.30.25: Section 179D and Cost Segregation Tax Deductions: Unlocking Energy Efficiency Tax Savings
Course Description
Explore Section 179D and Cost Segregation to significantly reduce your client’s taxable income. This course focuses on applying these tax subjects to newly constructed commercial real estate and building energy efficiencies renovations. Learn to identify and maximize depreciation and expensing opportunities across various property types, including commercial buildings and apartment complexes. We’ll cover strategies for new construction, interior renovations, and material dispositions, providing you with practical knowledge to leverage these regulations effectively. Real-world scenarios in action - discover how to apply expensing and accelerated depreciation strategies to newly constructed and renovated buildings using practical, real-world examples tailored to your client’s needs. This interactive one-hour session emphasizes hands-on learning, with time for addressing your specific questions. Join us to gain the skills needed to apply these regulations to your clients’ unique situations. CPE credits are available for CPAs.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, attendees will be able to discuss advanced depreciation and expensing strategies related to cost segregation including:
Understanding Section 179D basics
Common scenarios for expensing and accelerating depreciation using Cost Segregation and Section 179D
When to use Bonus Depreciation vs. Section 179
Renovation Depreciation Strategies - Learn when and how to combine Section 179D, Cost Segregation, Partial Asset Disposition (PAD), and Qualified Improvement Property (QIP) to maximize tax savings on building projects.
Tax Credits: The Secret to Maximizing Cash Flow & Innovation (March 2025)
Vimeo Link - CSSI CPE 3.26.25 R&D Tax Credits: The Secret to Maximizing Cash Flow & Innovation
Course Description
This comprehensive seminar provides an in-depth exploration of Research and Development (R&D) tax credits, equipping attendees with the knowledge to identify eligible clients, understand the qualification process, and maximize tax savings. Whether working with startups, growing businesses, or established enterprises, tax professionals will gain actionable strategies to help clients claim and optimize R&D tax credits. Learn how to leverage this powerful incentive to drive financial growth while ensuring compliance with evolving regulations.
Learning Objectives
Explain the broad applications of R&D tax credits across industries and business sizes.
Identify the key eligibility criteria (4-Part Test) for businesses to qualify for R&D tax incentives.
Define the four categories of Qualified Research Expenses (QREs).
Understanding the R&D tax credit study process, with a focus on proper documentation and compliance.
Understanding the amortization of R&D expenses and the impact to taxable income and liability.
Apply 100% Bonus Depreciation Retroactively for Commercial & Short-term Rentals (Feb 2025)
Vimeo Link - Apply 100% Bonus Depreciation Retroactively for Commercial & Short-Term Rentals
Course Description
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Learning Objectives
Understand the Purpose and Structure of Form 3115.
Learn to apply the Mechanics of Completing Form 3115 and understanding the 481(a) adjustment calculations.
See how to calculate and claim the deduction through a look back study on a current tax return. Learn how this affects the Short-Term Loophole.
Ensure Compliance when using past 100% Bonus Depreciation, Qualified Improvement Property, and Partial Asset Disposition deductions.
Confidently identify and advise clients on opportunities to maximizing tax deferred benefits from look-back studies on commercial and short-term properties.
Unlocking Tax Savings for Clients: Real Estate Depreciation Strategies (Jan 2025)
Vimeo Link - Unlocking Tax Savings for Clients: Real Estate Depreciation Strategies
Overview
A Dollar today is worth more than a future Dollar in Inflationary Times.
Specific Depreciation and Expensing Situations for Commercial & Residential Building clients.
Bonus Depreciation goes to 60% in 2024 40% in 2025
Bought a new building or added a new building
Renovations and Remodels
Short-term Rentals
Passive vs Active Income
Repairs vs Improvements
When to use Section 179 and Repair Regulations vs 60% Bonus Depreciation
Section 179D
All decisions supported by a quality Cost Segregation Study