This week, the House released proposed legislation titled “Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018”, which seeks to extend several expired tax incentives including the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (§179D Deduction) and the §45L Energy Efficient Home Credit (§45L Credit)...

The September 2018 edition of the Journal of Taxation discusses the practice of cost segregation with a focus on IRS Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) 201805001. This CCA memorandum reasons that the preparers of overly aggressive cost segregation studies may be subject to penalties...

The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS has issued proposed regulations (REG-104397-18) providing guidance on Section 168(k), which was amended by P.L. 115-97, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The TCJA increased the allowable first-year depreciation deduction for qualified property from 50% to 100% for property acquired...

ICS Tax welcomes Travis Cansler as Government Relations Specialist based out of Spring, Texas. Cansler will focus on business development, as well as creating and maintaining healthy working relationships with government building owners...

Simply put, accounting methods are how income and expenses are reported for tax purposes. Changing a taxpayer’s accounting method may seem as easy as switching a setting in QuickBooks, but it’s actually a complex process that requires knowledgeable, experienced professionals to help organizations deal with the required IRS formalities...

While many deductions and credits were repealed by TCJA, the final law preserved the Research and Development (“R&D”) tax credit, which was previously made permanent in the Protecting Americans against Tax Hikes (“PATH”) Act of 2015...

Peter Reilly of Forbes Magazine recently interviewed Alex Bagne, the President of both ICS Tax, LLC as well as the  American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP). It provides great insight into the cost segregation industry as well as highlights the need to hire a competent Cost Segregation provider...

ICS Tax welcomes Andrew Archambeau as a Senior Engineer in our Columbus, Ohio practice office. After graduating in 2014 from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, Andrew began his career in specialized tax consulting...

On Friday, February 9, President Trump signed The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which is a massive budget package that lifts spending caps while funding the government through March 23, 2018. Part of the Act retroactively extends the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction as well as the §45L Energy...

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 may retroactively extend §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction as well as the §45L Energy Efficient Home Credit, and it might happen soon!!!...

With the signing into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), Congress has enacted the biggest tax reform law in thirty years, one that will make fundamental changes in the taxation of businesses, particularly those who own real estate. For real estate investors, there are numerous opportunities...

ICS Tax, LLC (ICS) congratulates Kevin Johnson and Thomas Fellure for passing exams administered by the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP)...

With the signing into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), Congress has enacted the biggest tax reform law in thirty years, one that will make fundamental changes in the taxation of businesses, particularly those who own real estate...

This week, the "Tax Extender Act of 2017" was filed in Senate, which extended several expired tax deductions including §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (§179D Deduction)...

Alex Bagne, the President of ICS Tax as well as the President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP), represented this vibrant trade organization at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) at their annual Real Estate and Construction Conference in Las Vegas, NV...