Membership

Four ways to work with NBCSS

NBCSS is a closed professional membership organization. Every membership is by application, decided by NBCSS on published, objective criteria; payment details are saved with the application and charged only if it is approved. Membership is not a credential: the CCSS is decided separately, through an independent assessment.

Professional Member

Who: experienced practitioners, admitted on a work-history review.

Dues: $395.00 a year, or sponsored by a member firm.

May pursue the experienced-practitioner assessment route to the CCSS when otherwise eligible.

Practitioner Candidate Member

Who: people preparing for professional practice through the member-only Practitioner Program.

Cost: $395.00 first-year dues plus $3,495.00 Program tuition, or sponsored and funded by a member firm.

Completing the Program earns a certificate of completion, not the CCSS.

Organization Member

Who: firms and practices.

Dues: $2,495.00 a year.

A verified organization listing and, through Enterprise, sponsored memberships and training seats for its people. The organization itself holds no credential, and its people are admitted individually.

Verified Partner (not a membership)

Who: real-estate professionals with a current license, CPAs, Enrolled Agents and tax strategists who work alongside cost segregation practitioners.

Listing: $395.00 a year for an individual, $2,495.00 for a firm.

A listing after NBCSS verifies the license or credential it lists. Partners are not members and hold no NBCSS designation.

How admission works

Apply on the path that fits you and save a payment method; nothing is charged on application.
NBCSS reviews the application against the published criteria and may ask for more information.
On approval, the dues (and Program tuition, for candidates) are charged and membership starts. If the application is not approved, nothing is charged.

What the directory labels mean

Organization Member — a member firm; not a certification of the firm or its work.
Professional Member and Practitioner Candidate Member — current individual members.
CCSS — holds the credential in current standing; confirm it at /verify.
A certificate of completion for the Practitioner Program is a completion, not a credential, and is not shown as a designation.

Apply for individual membership Membership for firms Verified Partner listings