Crucial Real Estate Taxation Insights Part 1 (2 hours - late morning) - Webcast
Overview
Join Greg and George as they walk through strategies for purchasing real estate, including written allocation provisions. They’ll also discuss how to easily and inexpensively break out the purchase price apportioned to improvements into its components: Building, land improvements and personal property. They’ll take a deep dive into claiming bonus depreciation, section 179 and de minimis deductions on real estate. Additionally, how to deduct remodeling costs of rental properties and owner-occupied business real estate. You’ll get practical sample documents, including cost segregation information and de minimis policies. Apportionment of purchase price to land, building, personal property and land improvement. Bonus depreciation, section 179 and de minimis expensing for real estate. Financing considerations, including whether clients should make the real property election out of section 163(j).
OSCPA has partnered with the Washington Society of CPAs for this event.
Highlights
- Bonus Depreciation
- Section 179 de minimis deductions
Designed For
CPAs and Tax Practiioners
Objectives
- Recognize the mechanics of apportioning purchase price as part of a purchase and sales agreement.
- Identify property that qualifies for bonus depreciation, section 179 and de minimis expensing.
- Describe how to compute the allocation of purchase price to land, building, land improvements and personal property.
- Making the election out of section 163(j) for real property businesses.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios

George Koutelieris, Cutting Edge Tax Strategies LLC
George J. Koutelieris, CPA, MS-Tax, is a shareholder in the firm Johnson & Shute P.S. and a Member of Cutting Edge Tax Strategies, LLC. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University teaching various tax courses.
George's practice includes planning and consulting on complex transactions including formations, liquidations, mergers and acquisitions, purchase and sales, multi-state and international tax for closely held businesses and their owners, with a concentration on the real estate industry.
George is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, where he is a former chair of the WSCPA's Taxation Committee. George is also an active speaker on various tax topics, having presented in the past for all the State Societies on the west coast.
(3/19/21)

Gregory White, Cutting Edge Tax Strategies LLC
Greg White, CPA-WA, has practiced tax accounting for more than 35 years. He is founder, shareholder, and President of CPA firm WGN, P.S. in Seattle, Washington, which serves a successful entrepreneurial client base. He also owns and operates State of the Art Tax, LLC, a tax education company. Greg is in his tenth year as an adjunct professor at the Golden Gate University's Seattle Campus where he teaches capital assets, tax accounting, and individual taxation. Greg is licensed to practice in and has argued cases before the U.S. Tax Court. He has been named "Top 50" IRS Practitioner by CPA Magazine.
Greg has extensively presented tax CPE, predominantly on the west coast, over the last decade and has written and presented live courses and webinars for CCH and others nationally. He has presented tax topics in the Pacific Northwest on TV including spots on KOMO TV, King TV, and Northwest Cable News. He is frequently in contact with Treasury, IRS, and other top government officials in Washington, D.C. as to late breaking guidance from the government and has been involved in making recommendations to them to help practically shape federal tax legislation and administrative guidance.
(11/2/20)
Non-Member Price $120.00
Member Price $105.00