See exactly what you’ll receive.
Every study is a 40+ page CPA-ready PDF with component-level analysis, depreciation schedules, and full IRS documentation. Email-gated — none are templates.
Six sections, every report.
Each PDF follows the same engineered structure your CPA can sign off on without rework.
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.
All 23 sample reports
We publish samples for every property type and several major STR markets so you can match yours before ordering.
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 14: short-term rental, single-family rental, condo, duplex, triplex, fourplex, multifamily 5+, office, medical office, retail, restaurant, industrial / warehouse, mixed-use, plus white-labeled CPA-partner versions. Major STR markets (Austin, Denver, LA, Miami, NYC, Nashville, Phoenix) get city-specific samples to show how local cost data shifts the component allocation.
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 PDFs on this page 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 above. Punch in your purchase price to see what your Year-1 deduction looks like.