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Steve Beaucaire, MST
Director - Tax
ASCSP Member #C0035-07
As tax director for Bedford Cost Segregation, LLC, Steve bears primary responsibility
for tax reviews and report certification, ensuring that Bedford’s cost segregation studies are based on an appropriate interpretation of tax law and current legislation.
Over the course of three decades in the field of taxation, Steve has seen cost segregation
become a widely-accepted, valuable tax planning strategy for commercial
real estate owners and investors. His expertise in cost segregation
ranges from IRS appeals, during the era of investment tax credits, to recent IRS
pronouncements, and includes the review of thousands of cost segregation studies,
encompassing a wide variety or property types and sizes. Steve also leads
Bedford’s tax research and professional development committees, ensuring that
Bedford’s educon and tax-related training, both internal and external, are the best
in the industry and up to the Bedford standard.
Steve joined Bedford in 2005, after serving as tax manager for a regional public
accounting firm with nearly 100 certified public accountants. Specializing in cost
segregation, Steve enabled clients to accelerate depreciation deductions on
commercial real estate properties and realize substantial tax benefits. Working in
private industry and public accounting, and involved in fixed asset issues for more
than 30 years, Steve has the experience to examine matters involving taxation from
both corporate and individual perspectives. Bedford clients and the company’s
strategic partners benefit from Steve’s historical understanding of cost segregation,
as well as his strong commitment to delivering cost segregation studies that will
withstand any IRS examination.
Steve is a certified member of the American Society of Cost Segregation Professionals
(ASCSP) where he serves on the Technical Standards Committee and as co-chair of
the IRS Liaison Committee. Steve is a member and past president of
the International Tax Executives Institute New England Chapter. He has taught on
topics related to cost segregation and tax as a faculty member of the International
Council of Shopping Centers (ISCS) University of Shopping Centers School of
Finance, Accounting and Lease Administration.
Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island; M.S., Taxation
Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts; B.S., Accounting
Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts; B.A., Sociology
