Gatlinburg cost segregation examples

5 representative Gatlinburg-area properties run through the Cost Seg Smart engine. These aren't hypothetical, every number below comes from the same engine that produces real customer studies.

Summary table

Example Price Reclass % Y1 fed savings @ 37% Land % Recon band
Downtown Gatlinburg Cabin STR
Downtown Gatlinburg · SFR · STR
$625,000 30.7% $56,496 20.4% A
Wears Valley New-Build Cabin
Wears Valley · SFR · STR
$595,000 33.3% $58,685 20.0% A
Cobbly Nob Luxury Chalet
Cobbly Nob / Chalet Village · SFR · STR
$1,100,000 27.1% $87,812 20.4% A
Sevierville Family Cabin
Sevierville (Pigeon Forge corridor) · SFR · STR
$485,000 32.4% $46,500 20.0% A
Cosby LTR Cabin
Cosby / Newport (east of Gatlinburg) · SFR
$385,000 16.7% $18,978 20.0% A

"Recon band" reflects the engine's reconciliation factor (rf_raw): A = clean fit between component-bottom-up sum and depreciable basis; D = high cost-of-construction-vs-purchase ratio, premium land floor applied.

Downtown Gatlinburg Cabin STR

Downtown Gatlinburg · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2018 · 1900 sqft

$56,496
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
30.7%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$497,500
Depreciable basis (20.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$116,22823.4%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,7230.5%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$33,7426.8%
Total accelerated$152,69330.7%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$344,80769.3%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.4% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.0458 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.89 (state resolver).

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Wears Valley New-Build Cabin

Wears Valley · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2021 · 2100 sqft

$58,685
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
33.3%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$476,000
Depreciable basis (20.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$124,39426.1%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$3,3760.7%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$30,8376.5%
Total accelerated$158,60733.3%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$317,39366.7%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.9108 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.89 (state resolver).

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Cobbly Nob Luxury Chalet

Cobbly Nob / Chalet Village · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2015 · 3200 sqft

$87,812
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
27.1%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$875,600
Depreciable basis (20.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$176,36020.1%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$3,2430.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$57,7266.6%
Total accelerated$237,32927.1%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$638,27172.9%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.4% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.0997 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.89 (state resolver).

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Sevierville Family Cabin

Sevierville (Pigeon Forge corridor) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2019 · 1800 sqft

$46,500
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
32.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$388,000
Depreciable basis (20.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$103,93626.8%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,0860.5%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$19,6535.1%
Total accelerated$125,67532.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$262,32567.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8568 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.89 (state resolver).

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Cosby LTR Cabin

Cosby / Newport (east of Gatlinburg) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 2010 · 1600 sqft

$18,978
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.7%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$308,000
Depreciable basis (20.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$22,1757.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$29,1179.5%
Total accelerated$51,29216.7%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$256,70883.3%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.0752 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.89 (state resolver).

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