The IRS arms its auditors with a Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide. (You can read it at the "Businesses" section of IRS.gov.) As the guide notes, there have been many (and sometimes conflicting) court decisions on the classification of property.

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If a couple chooses to use any of these techniques, the most likely way they would fail on audit is through poor execution.

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