STR Tax Savings Calculator

Just one of the Kleer Quadrants.

Estimate the Year-1 tax impact of a short-term rental using cost segregation and bonus depreciation. Every figure below is an estimate for illustration — your own CPA validates the real numbers.

Cabin dining room with a long set table, stone fireplace, and vaulted wood ceilings

Property

Purchase Price

Total Depreciable Basis building + improvements, excludes land

Accelerated Depreciation % typical cost seg: 20–30%

Marginal Tax Rate

Placed in Service

Bonus Depreciation Modifier

Property Design & Setup

Design & Setup Cost furnishings, design, and improvements

Estimated Total Year-1 Tax Savings

Estimate only — actual results depend on your cost segregation study, material participation, and full tax picture.

Year-1 Bonus Depreciation$0

Remaining Straight-Line Depreciation (Yr 1)$0

Design & Setup Expensing (Yr 1)$0

Total Income Protected (Yr 1)$0

Tax Savings — Property$0

Tax Savings — Design & Setup$0

Year-1 Benefit: Tax Optimized vs. Regular

Tax Optimized (cost seg + bonus)$0

Regular (straight-line only)$0

Additional Year-1 benefit from optimization: $0

This chart is for illustrative purposes only and is not a projection or promise of results.

Tax savings are one quadrant of four

This calculator estimates the tax quadrant only. Kleer Circle underwrites every deal on the combined return across all four Kleer Quadrants — never on tax savings alone.

Cash Flow

Net rental income after operating costs and debt service.

Appreciation

Long-term growth in the property's market value.

Loan Paydown

Equity built as guests effectively pay down your mortgage.

This calculator

Tax Savings

Accelerated depreciation that can offset a significant portion of active income.

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Kleer Circle finds, negotiates, and launches a profitable, tax-advantaged short-term rental for you — fully underwritten across all four Kleer Quadrants.

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