Talk:Cost segregation study
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[edit]I had to go to the IRS website to find out what this article is talking about. Apparently cost allocation studies are becoming an ever more popular tax-reduction tool in the United States. Fair enough. But that doesn't mean this article should assume a LOT of reader knowledge, then go smack into a sales pitch. I think there's some good information here, but it's definitely not presented in a neutral way. And if you look at the history of the article, it's been a battle of firms that perform cost segregation studies, with one professional organization thrown in to help market this group. I've rated it start-class for the Tax Project and put an Advertisement warning on the article. --SueHay 23:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Conflict of interest disclosure: three dead citations
[edit]I'm Steven Ellis, founder of Basis Property Group (basispropertygroup.com), a cost segregation firm. Per the conflict of interest guideline I'm not editing the article directly. Flagging three dead citations:
- Citation 2, "Cost Segregation Guide Chapter 7.2 Industry Specific Guidance Restaurants | Internal Revenue Service" (irs.gov/businesses/cost-segregation-guide-chapter-72-industry-specific-guidance-restaurants) returns 404.
- Citation 4, "Cost Segregation Applied," Journal of Accountancy (journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2004/Aug/CostSegregationApplied.htm) returns 404.
- The external link "IRS Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide" (irs.gov/businesses/article/0,,id=134180,00.html) returns 404.
The IRS has reorganized its Audit Techniques Guide URLs since these were added. I have a page explaining the current guide (basispropertygroup.com/irs-cost-segregation-audit-techniques-guide/) that could replace citation 3 and the external link, and a page on restaurant cost segregation (basispropertygroup.com/cost-segregation-restaurants/) that could replace citation 2. For citation 4, a general explainer (basispropertygroup.com/blog/what-is-cost-segregation.html) covers similar ground, though an uninvolved editor may prefer a non-commercial source for a general citation given the COI here. I'd appreciate an uninvolved editor reviewing these and deciding the best fix: my suggested pages, an archive.org snapshot of the original IRS pages, or another source entirely. Ecomrss (talk) 12:51, 14 September 2026 (UTC)