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Taxpayers or CPAs that attempt
to perform a study are very
likely to misclassify assets
resulting in lower tax benefits
and/or much more exposure
during an audit. Additionally, an
engineer can provide
significantly greater tax benefits
by breaking down construction
costs even further through an
analysis of the blueprints, a
thorough facility inspection, and
the use of proprietary software
and tools.

“Therefore, it is proper for the
taxpayer to use a third party
cost analysis to allocate costs
to a building's structural
components” Private Letter
Ruling 7941002, 6/25/1979

WALKER BRYCE & ASSOCIATES
COST SEGREGATION & FIXED ASSET OPTIMIZATION SPECIALISTS

A good cost segregation firm
brings engineering, accounting
and tax expertise together in a
unique marriage to ensure
maximum benefit for the
property owner. This expertise
also ensures that the
engineering study will be
delivered in an understandable,
supportable and technically
sound format.

Walker Bryce & Associates was founded with a goal of bringing
quality cost segregation and depreciation optimization services
to companies of all sizes across the United States.

Walker Bryce has prepared studies for:

• Real estate investment firms
• Auto Dealerships
• Retail stores
• Commercial office spaces
• Restaurants and Restaurant Franchises
• Apartment and residential rental properties
• Manufacturing and industrial facilities... and many more.

Walker Bryce & Associates cost segregation studies are designed
to maximize your depreciation allowance, while minimizing
the risk of audit exposure. We accomplish this by doing more
than properly classifying an asset as real or personal property,
we also clearly demonstrate how that value was established.

This includes clearly identifying the improvements on the
building plans, quantifying the property using the most
detailed level of cost information available, and describing the
pricing method used. Whenever possible, we use actual
contractor costs to help make value a non-issue when dealing
with the IRS. If detailed costs are not available from a
contractor or subcontractor, we will use an alternative
approach that meets IRS recommendations for valuation.

The proper segregation of costs requires the knowledge of both
tax law and construction costs and techniques.

An Industrial Engineering background, with extensive
experience in both commercial and industrial construction;
gives Walker Bryce & Associates and our clients the upper hand
when performing Cost Segregation Studies. Add decades of Big 4
public accounting experience into the mix, making Walker
Bryce & Associates a very valuable asset to commercial
property owners, CPAs and other Real Estate related companies.

Walker Bryce is not a CPA firm. Bottom line, our company is
dedicated solely to cost segregation.

Walker Bryce brings experience to the table.

•Experience in conducting studies on nearly all building types
and sizes.
•Experience in conducting "look-back" studies on older
properties.
•Experience with IRS Guidelines and case history.
•Experience conducting studies using both an "accounting" and
"engineering" approach, ensuring the available depreciation
benefits are maximized.
•Experience at maximizing your annual depreciation expense
reducing your income tax costs and improving cash flow for
clients all across the United States.

You can't put a price on experience.

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Depreciation is a key non-cash
tax deduction. Increasing
depreciation generates federal
income tax reduction since
taxable income is reduced.
Cost segregation increases
depreciation by accurately
identifying the correct
deprecation life for many
components of the real estate.
Cost segregation is not a tax
shelter and is not tax evasion.
It is a legitimate, IRS-guided
method of accurately
depreciating real estate.

"Cost Segregation is a lucrative
tax strategy that should be used
in almost every major purchase
of Commercial Real Estate."

-Wall Street Journal
June 2003

Getting started

Ask yourself the following questions
when deciding whether you can
benefit from a cost segregation study:

1- Do you pay federal income
taxes?

2- Do you own investment real
estate?

3- Can you use additional
depreciation (a non-cash
tax deduction)?

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The Cost Segregation Study
allows corporations and
investors to reduce their
taxable income with
accelerated depreciation,
resulting in increased
after-tax cash flows.

*Thank you for taking the time to visit our web site. The material contained here is best read as an invitation to explore
what Walker Bryce & Associates can do for you and what we can do together. We hope you will review it in that spirit.

All properties constructed or
acquired since 1987, such as
car dealerships, fast food
restaurants, office buildings,
apartment buildings, and many
others qualify for cost
segregation and / or ‘catch-up’
depreciation.