Alex Bagne and Steve Ruda exhibited as well as presented on Often Missed and Underutilized Tax Strategies at the Be Worth It conference in Omaha, Nebraska. This was followed by a very moving speech by renowned environmental activist and consumer advocate, Erin Brockovich...

Alex Bagne, the President of ICS Tax, LLC as well as a former President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP), co-authored an article on the interplay between Qualified Opportunity Funds and Cost Segregation for the ASCSP Summer 2019 Quarterly Newsletter...

Some promising news for responsible building owners, home builders, and those who design energy efficient public buildings...the "Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019" seeks to extend the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (§179D Deduction) and the §45L Energy Efficient Home Credit (§45L Credit) through December 31...

While many manufacturing tax breaks have been reduced or have expired, one tax incentive has been in existence for over 30 years and recently made permanent. The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit, a dollar-for-dollar tax reduction, has generated over $12 billion dollars annually for companies engaging in research activities...

The Senate Finance Committee has established bipartisan task forces to evaluate tax provisions that expired or expire between December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2019. Chairman Chuck Grassley said on the Senate floor that their work would begin immediately and wrap up by the end of June. Among other provision...

Alex Bagne, the President of both ICS Tax, LLC as well as the President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP), co-authored an article on the interplay between Cost Segregation and the Historic Tax Credit for the ASCSP Spring 2019 Quarterly Newsletter...

Today, the “Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019” was introduced by Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Wydenhis, 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)...

A recent court case denied a taxpayer the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction under IRC §179D since it could not substantiate that it was the “Designer” under the incentive’s allocation rule...

A recent court case denied a taxpayer the Research Credit under IRC §41 since it could not substantiate proper use of the “start-up” base period to calculate its credit rather than use of the 1984-1988 base period. IRC §41 permits a taxpayer to use a base period of either 1984-1988...

On December 7, 2018, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel released AM 2018-005, which is a memorandum explaining the eligibility for allocation of the §179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Property Deduction (§179D Deduction) for “designers” of public projects...

Alex Bagne, President of ICS Tax, LLC as well as the President of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals (ASCSP), had the honor of representing the ASCSP at the 2018 Real Estate and Construction Conference hosted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)...

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...