Accounting Methods Webinar Questions and Answers December 2021
An accounting method refers to the set of rules used to report income and expenses for taxation purposes. Alex Bagne recently held a webinar on accounting methods and we are providing answers to your accounting methods questions...
Travis Mlodzik, President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals, Represents the ASCSP at the AICPA & CIMA Construction & Real Estate Conference
Travis Mlodzik President of ASCSP will represent the Society at the AICPA & CIMA Construction & Real Estate Conference in Las Vegas. The ASCSP represents the best within the cost segregation industry, and Travis will be there to answer questions about the Society, selecting a cost segregation professional, and cost...
ASCSP Conference 2021
ASCSP completed its annual meeting in Austin, Texas. Travis Mlodzik, the ICS Central Practice Leader and the current ASCSP President, acted as host for the annual conference. Alex Bagne, the President of ICS and former ASCSP President, presented on the Asset Classes of Rev. Proc. 87-56, which details class lives...
The Proposed ‘Build Back Better Act’ Makes Significant Changes to the 45L and 179D Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives
The Build Back Better Act, if passed, has some significant changes to the 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit (45L Credit) and the 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (179D Deduction)...
Enhancing Opportunity Zone Tax Savings with Cost Segregation
"Maximizing Tax Benefits with Opportunity Zones and Cost Segregation" coauthored by Alex Bagne was recently published by Bloomberg Tax Management Real Estate Journal. Combined, these two tax planning ideas can tremendously increase investment profitability...
How developers and building owners can decrease their tax liabilities
Alex Bagne recently spoke at a real estate conference on how developers and building owners can decrease their tax liabilities by utilizing several often-overlooked tax planning strategies including 179D and 45L energy efficiency incentives...
Maximizing Tax Benefits with Opportunity Zones and Cost Segregation
Bloomberg Tax published an article written by ICS President, Alex Bagne and two fellow Certified Cost Segregation Professionals titled Maximizing Tax Benefits with Opportunity Zones and Cost Segregation...
ICS Welcomes Adam Finesilver, CPA to the New Alabama Office
ICS Tax, LLC is excited to announce its regional expansion with a new office in Montgomery, Alabama and welcomes Adam Finesilver, CPA,who will lead the new Southeast Office as its Regional Director...
A New Look…The American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals Updates Logo and Stamps
The American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP) has recently updated its logo as well as the stamps used by Certified Cost Segregation Professionals (CCSPs)...
Ivan Tan Joins the ICS Tax Team
ICS Tax welcomes Ivan Tan as the Director of Technology and Marketing. His primary focus is business process improvement and market expansion...
Biden’s 2022 Tax Proposals Bolster the 45L and 179D Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives
The Department of the Treasury has issued detailed information about the Biden Administration's tax proposals for fiscal-year 2022. If passed, the legislation would make both the 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit and the 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction more advantageous...
Proposed Legislation Would Bolster the 45L and 179D Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives
The ‘Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now’ (GREEN) Act, aims to extend and boost tax incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy. If passed, the GREEN Act would make both the 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit (45L Credit) and the 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (179D Deduction) more advantageous...
Brew Up Tax Savings with the R&D Tax Credit
While the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 clarified that expenditures paid with forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loan proceeds are deductible for federal income tax, the relief may be short-lived for state income tax depending upon that state's conformity with the federal tax code and as such, may also reduce R&D Tax...
Despite PPP Loan Forgiveness, State Tax Conformity Rules May Reduce R&D Tax Credits
While the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 clarified that expenditures paid with forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loan proceeds are deductible for federal income tax, the relief may be short-lived for state income tax depending upon that state's conformity with the federal tax code and as such, may also reduce R&D Tax...
179D and 45L Energy Efficiency Incentives Extended
The passing of the latest coronavirus relief bill titled the 'Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021' ("CAA 2021") made permanent the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (§179D Deduction) and extended the §45L Energy Efficient Home Credit (§45L Credit) through December 31, 2021...













