Estimate how much you can save using a short-term rental (STR) tax strategy designed for high-income earners. This calculator helps you understand how the STR tax loophole, combined with cost segregation and bonus depreciation, can significantly reduce your taxable income.
Tax strategy guidance for short-term rental investors and high-income taxpayers.
Engineering-based studies may help support accelerated depreciation deductions.
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This calculator uses simplified assumptions to show how cost segregation may create accelerated depreciation and possible tax savings.
Land value is removed from purchase price because land is not depreciable.
Building Value = Purchase Price − Land Value
A percentage of building value is estimated as eligible for accelerated depreciation.
Accelerated Depreciation = Building Value × Cost Seg %
Accelerated depreciation is multiplied by the selected marginal tax rate.
Tax Savings ≈ Accelerated Depreciation × Tax Rate
This is an educational estimate and not tax advice. Actual results depend on property facts, ownership structure, participation level, income type, and applicable tax law.
Common questions investors ask before using STR tax planning and cost segregation strategies.
Properties with an average guest stay of 7 days or less may be evaluated differently from traditional rental activities under the passive activity rules.
A cost segregation study identifies building components that may qualify for shorter depreciation lives, which may accelerate deductions into earlier years.
Potentially, but only if the taxpayer meets the required STR and material participation rules.
Not always. Higher-value properties usually have greater potential benefit.
No. This calculator is only an educational estimate.
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