Cost segregation report sample — for your property type.
Pick the property type that matches yours. We’ll email you the real 40+ page CPA-ready PDF for that type. One sample, one email, no catalog dump.
What a cost segregation report example actually contains
Every cost segregation report example linked above is a real engineered study with client PII redacted — same 40+ page CPA-ready PDF we deliver to paying clients. The picker is keyed by property type so the example matches your asset's depreciation profile: STR, SFR, duplex, triplex, multifamily 5+, office, retail, or industrial. Each report walks through MACRS reclassification (5/7/15-year property), basis reconciliation, and Form 3115 §481(a) lookback math where applicable.
"Example" and "sample" mean the same thing in our deliverable taxonomy: a real engineered report with PII removed, not a fabricated demo. The FAQ below covers what is redacted, what is kept, and how each report differs from a benchmarks summary or a methodology overview.
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Six sections, every report.
Each PDF follows the same engineered structure your CPA can sign off on without rework. The same structure ships at every price tier — see what's inside a cheap cost segregation study vs a traditional $5K firm's study. For the full audit-defensibility methodology behind these reports, see costsegaudit.com. See our audit-defense scope and 13 ATG quality elements for what's covered if a study is examined. For how engineering-report depth varies across the 27 firms tracked at costsegregationreviews.com, see the cross-provider methodology breakdown.
Year-1 federal benefit, MACRS class allocation pie, basis reconciliation.
Every depreciable component classified to 5/15/27.5/39 yr with §168(k) eligibility.
Year-by-year deduction tables for the full recovery period.
County-assessor cross-check or statistical fallback, with reliability score.
RSMeans 2024 cost basis, geo multipliers, and observation methodology.
16-check QC gate result, engineer attestation, and Form 3115 readiness.
Sample reports, by question.
Are these real cost segregation reports or templates?
Real. Every sample is a redacted version of an actual completed Cost Seg Smart study. None are templates, mock-ups, or synthetic examples. The IRS Audit Techniques Guide (Publication 5653) explicitly warns against template-based or rule-of-thumb cost seg studies. Every defensible study has to be generated from the specific property's component data.
What's inside a 40+ page report?
Executive summary with Year-1 federal benefit and MACRS class allocation; full component library classified to 5/15/27.5/39-year recovery periods with §168(k) bonus eligibility flagged; year-by-year depreciation schedules formatted for Form 4562; land valuation cross-checked against county assessor data; methodology citing IRS Publication 5653 and Revenue Procedure 87-56; QC results from a 16-check engineering review; and Form 3115 readiness notes if a lookback is appropriate.
How long does a report take to generate?
Most studies are emailed back within an hour of order. The engineering pipeline runs on RSMeans 2024 cost data and county assessor records. The analysis itself is automated, but the methodology mirrors what traditional firms produce manually over 4–6 weeks. Same defensibility, ~50× faster turnaround.
Which property types do you publish samples for?
All 13 underlying types plus 2 CPA white-label variants: short-term rental, single-family rental, condo, duplex, triplex, fourplex, multifamily 5+, office, medical office, retail, restaurant, industrial / warehouse, mixed-use, and CPA white-label SFR / STR. Pick the type that matches your property and we'll email you the matching real report.
Why one report at a time instead of the whole library?
The sample for your property type is the one that's actually useful. Sending the full catalog meant most people read a generic STR report regardless of their property and walked away with the wrong mental model of what their study would look like. The picker matches you to the report that mirrors your situation.
Can I use a sample as a substitute for ordering my own study?
No. Each property's component allocation depends on its specific construction, age, finish level, FF&E, and land improvements. The samples illustrate what your study will look like — they're not portable to another property. The IRS would disallow any deduction based on a template or copied study at audit.
What's the difference between an example and a sample report?
Practically nothing. Some providers call theirs 'samples' (formal PDF style), others 'examples' (case-study style). Ours are both: the emailed PDFs are real completed studies; the worked examples at /examples/cost-segregation-{price}-{type}/ are computed projections from the same engine, in a faster-to-skim format. Use the PDFs to evaluate the deliverable; use the examples to ballpark your numbers.
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Same engineered methodology as the sample reports. Punch in your purchase price to see what your Year-1 deduction looks like.