2006-2021

15 Years of Service to the Industry

  • About
    • Board of Directors & Committee Chairs
    • Bylaws
    • Code of Ethics
    • History
    • Honorary Members of the Society
    • Volunteers of the Year
  • Certification & Testing
    • Introduction
    • About the Exam
    • Advancement Testing Experience Report
    • Certification Matters…..
    • Ready to Test?
    • Pathway to Certification
      • Pathway to certification- calls recordings- 2019
  • Education & Technical Standards
    • Education Committee
    • Technical Standards Committee
    • Webinars
      • Webinars
      • Technical Webinar Recordings & Topics
  • Membership
    • Introduction
    • Membership Benefits
    • How to Join
    • 2021 Membership renewal
      • Pay 2021 dues
  • Member Directory
  • Links & Resources
    • ASCSP Member Articles
      • Proposed 1031 Regs Should Not Materially Impact Cost Segregation Benefits
      • CARES Act Provides Tax Benefits for Real Estate Investors: Fix for Qualified Improvement Property and Changes to Net Operating Loss Rules
      • An Unfortunate Article, Clarifying Misconceptions in the Cost Segregation Industry
      • Dispositions: IRS Increases Scrutiny for a Valuable Tax Strategy
      • Why Qualified Opportunity Funds Should Consider Cost Segregation
      • The Interplay of Cost Segregation with the Historic Tax Credit
      • Introduction to this new publication series.
      • Cost Segregation Articles from Member’s Firms
      • Court Cases
        • La Petite Academy vs. United States
        • Eastwood Mall
    • ASCSP Quarterly Blog – sign up
    • ASCSP Cost Segregation Dictionary
    • Career Center
    • Minimum Quality Standards publication
    • Presenters Proposal Form
    • Partnering Organizations
    • Conferences past
      • Conference 2019- New Orleans
        • 2019 Conference Agenda
        • Conference Map
        • 2019 Conference Presentations
        • 2019 Registration, CPE & Exam Info
        • Slido Information
        • CPE Credits FOR 2019
        • 2019 Conference – General Information
          • Conference 2019- memories
          • ASCSP Golf Outing
          • SPONSORS
            • 2019 Conference – SPONSOR- Quire
      • 2018 Conference – Nashville
        • 2018 CONFERENCE – SPONSORS
        • 2018 Conference Agenda
          • CPE Credits
          • 2018 Presenter’s Bios
          • 2018 Conference Backpack
          • 2018 Conference photos
          • 2018 Conference Presentations
      • Conference Topics By Year – 2008-2018
      • Learning Summit 2020
        • Agenda- Cost Segregation Learning Summit
          • Presenters Bios – CSLS
          • 2020 Registration
          • 2020 Guest Accommodations
          • Golf Outing
  • Conference
  • Home

Conference Topics

PLEASE FIND BELOW TOPICS FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCES & A LIST OF TOPICS FROM MEMBER SURVEYS.
———————————————————
TOPICS- 2014
Chicago

MQS-UPDATED

Repair Regulations – Christian Wood

Updates from the Department of Revenue

Estimating Civil & Site

Real Estate: A View from Washington – Ryan McCormick

International Panel – Capital Allowance Studies

PPI indices in cost segregation studies-Matthew Dianich SCSP

TOPICS 2013
Denver

Internal Revenue Code §1031 tax deferred exchanges

Repair Regulations

Green Zip drywall system

Fundamentals of Electricity

Adobe PDF – Measurement and takeoff tools

PECO Case update

Estimating- electrical

Estimating- mechanical

TOPICS 2012
Las Vegas

Recent court cases

Repair Regulations

BIM is it a game changer?

PECO Case

Legislative Update

Minimum Quality Standards

TOUR: Caesar’s Palace facilities, mechanical and boiler rooms

TOPICS 2011
Dallas

“IRS Audits – What To Expect”

IRS Agent

IRS Presentation / Report Review / Discussion

Real Estate & Economic Update
 Legislative Update to include 2011-26

Repairs & Maintenance

Case Discussion

TOPICS 2010
Orlando

Economic Update and Transaction Activity

State of the Cost Segregation Industry/Profession

discussions on standards, education,
and ethics within the cost segregation field
IDR’s – What and How to Respond?

Hot topics – Street Lighting Case, A Review

Minimum Quality Standards

Hot Topics (Cont.) – Repair & Maintenance, Small Business Jobs Ace, 179D, etc.

TOPICS 2009
Las Vegas
mock IRS Audit Examination

presentation on the Open Air Parking Structure Coordinated Issue Paper

Keynote Speaker Mark D. Ramos, IRS Lead General Engineer, who will be joined by IRS General
Engineer Greg S. Churchill

TOPICS 2008
Baltimore

ASCSP Leadership and structure
Building an Association
Texas Land Markets

From previous surveys [duplicates omitted]

1. A class on estimating- plumbing or HVAC
2. contractor / engineering presentation
3. court cases to support ASCSP and IRS for land improvements
4. Current/previous audits encountered & IRS arguments & results
5. Depreciation from a valuation perspective and best practices for addressing in cost seg of acquired properties.
6. Estimating on Structural Assets for new repair regs.
7. facility tour
8. HVAC education
9. Instructional session on allocating electrical distribution systems
10. Interplay between cost seg and like kind exchanges
11. IRS Rep from Cost Seg Engineering Dept Presentation
12. MQS session
13. New building materials and trends/green products
14. New functional allocation of electrical distribution systems now discussed in the ATG.
15. Open discussions on adjustments to element costs.
16. Passive Loss rules for pass-through entity owner occupied buildings
17. Repairs & Maintenance
18. TBD- Based on prior 12 months tax decisions
19. The future of Cost Seg. I fear if things keep going the way they are Cost Seg as we know it will be gone.
20. The TARS reg’s, by the 2013 conf. they should be set
21. Update on Tangible Property Regulations
22. What can we all agree on? Like taking utilities as 15 or 39 year property
23. Tax Reform – Is Depreciation Here to Stay?
24. New construction tax planning
25. Industry specific repair regs considerations. Shawn Santy did a good job in Vegas focusing on issues he faced in the casino industry.
26. TPR – Reasonable Methods Consistency
27. IRS agents are a MUST
28. Practical panel discussion/Q&A with leading cost seg providers regarding how facts & circumstances lead to conclusions in repair regs.
29. TPR – Method Changes
30. Commercial Real Estate Investment Groups
31. Cost Segregation and IRC Sec. 263A
32. CPA awareness as to how valuable cost seg is to their business
33. ASCSP By Laws and Ethics – High Points

Cost segregation

Definition

Copyright © 2021 · American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals ·

MWT