Performs the study
Cost Segregation Specialist
Analyzes the property, its costs and its construction, and documents the classification in a report. Listed specialists are NBCSS Professional Members, admitted on proof of their practice.
National Board of Cost Segregation Specialist
Where Cost Segregation Expertise Meets Published Standards
NBCSS admits members by application and review, teaches the discipline through a member-only Practitioner Program and publishes the standards behind the Certified Cost Segregation Specialist (CCSS) credential. Use NBCSS to find a cost segregation specialist, a CPA or Tax Strategist who puts a study to work, or an investor-focused real estate professional.
Founding directory: listings are added as professionals are approved. Placement is never paid, and a listing is not a recommendation.
Your cost segregation team
A cost segregation study identifies parts of a building that may qualify for shorter depreciation lives than the building itself. Turning a study into a sound result usually takes three kinds of expertise. NBCSS helps you find each one.
Puts it to work
CPA or Tax Strategist
Brings the study onto the return: depreciation schedules, accounting-method changes (Form 3115) and planning around your wider tax position. NBCSS checks each partner’s license or credential.
Finds the property
Real Estate Professional
Helps you buy or sell with the tax picture in view — the property types you invest in and the timing around closing. NBCSS checks each partner’s real estate license.
Checking a professional yourself? Verify an NBCSS credential or look for the partner number on a Verified Partner’s listing.
Grow your practice with NBCSS
Four ways to join, each reviewed by people before anything is charged.
Professional Member
$395 per year
You already perform cost segregation studies.
- A public directory profile, published only with your consent
- Standards and ethics library, private community and jobs board
- The experienced route to the CCSS credential when you are eligible
Practitioner Candidate
$395 + $3,495 Program
You are a CPA, enrolled agent, engineer, appraiser, contractor or real estate professional learning the discipline.
- Membership plus the 14-course, member-only Practitioner Program
- Program completion opens the Candidate route to the credential
- Paid in full on approval; the Program fee never recurs
Verified Partner
$395 per year · firms $2,495
You are a CPA, Enrolled Agent, Tax Strategist or real estate professional who serves investors.
- Be found by property type, service and location
- A live Verified Partner badge for your website, plus LinkedIn
- Private contact requests and listing statistics
Organization
$2,495 per year
Your firm performs studies or employs practitioners.
- A verified organization listing in the directory
- Organization membership for firms, with staff sponsorship being introduced
- Includes no individual membership or credential
Nothing is charged for applying, for a declined application or for an appeal. Every fee is on the pricing page; refunds follow the Refund Policy.
Why the NBCSS name means something
Reviewed by people
Applications, exams and credentials are decided by people with recorded roles. Automated checks assist scoring; they never decide.
Published standards
The certification scheme, code of ethics, appeals process and retention rules are published in full. Read the standards.
Status, stated plainly
Payment, membership approval and course completion never award the Certified Cost Segregation Specialist (CCSS) credential. Certification is a separate, assessed decision under the published scheme. How certification works.
The Practitioner Program
14 courses of member-only instruction: evidence, reconciliation, allocation methods, report limitations and the professional judgement behind them. Completing the Program earns a certificate of completion; it is not the credential.
Founding cohort
NBCSS is admitting its founding members now. Applications are reviewed in the order received. Every approved member receives a one-time $50 gift credit to pass to a colleague who applies within 14 days — a credit on their first charge, never a discount on renewals.
Questions people ask first
Property owners and investors
Does NBCSS recommend or rank the professionals listed?
No. A listing is not a recommendation. Results are ordered by distance, with a daily rotation among professionals at a similar distance; placement is never paid.
What has NBCSS checked about a listing?
Listed specialists are Professional Members whose application, including proof of practice, was reviewed by NBCSS. For Verified Partners, NBCSS checks each license or credential in the public record (or with the issuer) and shows the date it was checked; anything self-reported is labeled as such.
Is a Verified Partner an NBCSS member?
No. Partners are licensed professionals with a paid, verified directory listing. They are not NBCSS members and hold no NBCSS credential.
Professionals
Does membership make me certified?
No. Membership is admission to the organization. Certification is a separate, assessed decision under the published scheme; membership never awards it.
Is this a CPE program or a school?
No. NBCSS is a closed professional membership organization. It does not offer CPE credit and makes no NASBA or state CPE claim, and it is not a career school; instruction is available to members only.
What does a Verified Partner get?
A listing in “Find an NBCSS Verified Partner” searchable by property type, service and location; a partner number, LinkedIn credential and live website badge; private contact requests; and listing statistics. Partners receive no referral fees and pay none. Partner details.
What if my application is declined?
Nothing is charged, your saved payment authorization ends, and you may appeal free of charge to an independent reviewer.