{"id":13622,"date":"2026-03-21T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:10:26","slug":"short-term-rental-str-loophole","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_3","link":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-Term Rental (STR) Loophole"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table Of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#Short-Term_Rental_Tax_Code\" >Short-Term Rental Tax Code<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#30_Day_Short-Term_Rental\" >30 Day Short-Term Rental<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#30_Day_Versus_7_Day_Quickie_Comparison\" >30 Day Versus 7 Day Quickie Comparison<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#Forget_30_Days_Lets_Talk_7_Days\" >Forget 30 Days Let\u2019s Talk 7 Days<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#The_STR_Versus_REPS_Trap\" >The STR Versus REPS Trap<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#I_Just_Got_A_Rental_What_Do_I_Do_2026_Edition\" >I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2026 Edition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#Rental_Expert_Pod_the_REP\" >Rental Expert Pod (the REP)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#Talk_to_a_Real_Estate_CPA_About_Your_Rental_Property\" >Talk to a Real Estate CPA About Your Rental Property<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/short-term-rental-str-loophole\/#Schedule_Discovery_Meeting_Now\" >Schedule Discovery Meeting Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31589 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/110286_2111063612_short_term_rental_300-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>By <strong>Jason Watson, CPA<\/strong><br \/>\nPosted Sunday, March 22, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Everyone loves loopholes, right? The Hummer loophole was recently popular again with 100% bonus depreciation. The older kid on the block is the short-term rental (STR) tax loophole. What is a loophole anyway? Is it a close cousin to donut holes? Yum!<\/p>\n<p>Common convention suggests that a loophole allows you to get around some inherent rule or limitation by finding an escape. According to some historians and BackThenHistory.com,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The word loophole dates to the mid-1500s. It comes from a combination of the word hole and the Middle English word loupe, which refers to the \u201cnarrow window\u201d or \u201cslit-opening in a wall\u201d that archers used for protection while shooting. The figurative sense of the word loophole meaning \u201coutlet\u201d or \u201cmeans of escape\u201d didn\u2019t come into usage until the 1660s.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the word loophole is mostly used in legal applications, and to identify the inconsistency between parents when raising children where a child at the early age of 4 learns how to naturally manipulate. We digress.<\/p>\n<p>With respects to short-term rentals, people in the real estate CPA community consider it a loophole since the tax code was written with hotel operators in mind, and not the average real estate investor operating a single-family home as a hotel. Here is the short-term rental loophole elevator spiel-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your average guest stay is 7 days or fewer, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You materially participate in the rental activity, then<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your activity is nonpassive, and as such your rental property losses are not limited by passive activity loss limitations (please see our discussion on passive activity losses on page xx).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Short-Term_Rental_Tax_Code\"><\/span>Short-Term Rental Tax Code<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s review where this 7-day rule comes from. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/26\/1.469-1T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Regulations Section 1.469-1T(e)(3)(ii)(A)<\/a> reads-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(3) Rental activity\u2014(i) In general. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (e)(3), an activity is a rental activity for a taxable year if\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(A) During such taxable year, tangible property held in connection with the activity is used by customers or held for use by customers; and<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(B) The gross income attributable to the conduct of the activity during such taxable year represents (or, in the case of an activity in which property is held for use by customers, the expected gross income from the conduct of the activity will represent) amounts paid or to be paid principally for the use of such tangible property (without regard to whether the use of the property by customers is pursuant to a lease or pursuant to a service contract or other arrangement that is not denominated a lease).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(ii) Exceptions. For purposes of this paragraph (e)(3), an activity involving the use of tangible property is not a rental activity for a taxable year if for such taxable year\u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(A) The average period of customer use for such property is seven days or less;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(B) The average period of customer use for such property is 30 days or less, and significant personal services (within the meaning of paragraph (e)(3)(iv) of this section) are provided by or on behalf of the owner of the property in connection with making the property available for use by customers;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(C) Extraordinary personal services (within the meaning of paragraph (e)(3)(v) of this section) are provided by or on behalf of the owner of the property in connection with making such property available for use by customers (without regard to the average period of customer use);<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(D) The rental of such property is treated as incidental to a nonrental activity of the taxpayer under paragraph (e)(3)(vi) of this section;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(E) The taxpayer customarily makes the property available during defined business hours for nonexclusive use by various customers; or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(F) The provision of the property for use in an activity conducted by a partnership, S corporation, or joint venture in which the taxpayer owns an interest is not a rental activity under paragraph (e)(3)(vii) of this section.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the very first exception is \u201cthe average period of customer use for such property is seven days or less.\u201d However, there is a 30-day consideration outside of the second exception as well. Since some readers enter into our book at different places, we repeat ourselves at times. This is one of those times.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"30_Day_Short-Term_Rental\"><\/span>30 Day Short-Term Rental<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The 30-day thing is a bit nuanced and takes a bit of time to sort through. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/26\/168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRC Section 168(e)(2)<\/a> reads-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(2) Residential rental or nonresidential real property<br \/>\n(A) Residential rental property<br \/>\n(i) Residential rental property<br \/>\nThe term \u201cresidential rental property\u201d means any building or structure if 80 percent or more of the gross rental income from such building or structure for the taxable year is rental income from dwelling units.<\/p>\n<p>Ok. What is a dwelling unit? IRC Section 168(e)(2)(a)(ii)(I) reads-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(ii) Definitions. For purposes of clause (i)-<br \/>\n(I) the term \u201cdwelling unit\u201d means a house or apartment used to provide living accommodations in a building or structure, but does not include a unit in a hotel, motel, or other establishment more than one-half of the units in which are used on a transient basis<\/p>\n<p>Great. What is transient basis? In <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/documents\/tax\/IRS_PLR_139827-07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Letter Ruling 139827-07<\/a>, the IRS stated-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cLodging facility\u201d is defined in section 856(d)(9)(D)(ii) as a (l) hotel, (ll) motel, or (lll) other establishment more than one-half of the dwelling units in which are used on a transient basis. The term \u201ctransient\u201d is not defined in section 856 or the regulations thereunder. However, for other purposes of the Code, a renter has generally been treated as \u201ctransient\u201d if the rental period is less than 30 days. See section 1.48-1(h)(2)(ii) (which concerned definitions under old section 48 for purposes of the investment credit under former section 38); Shirley v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2004-188.<\/p>\n<p>If your rental property has tenants or guests who stay 30 days or less, then they are considered transient. Subsequently, the rental property is nonresidential. However, when people toss around short-term rental or STR, they are commonly referring to the loophole or 7-day version.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #a08750;\">Sidebar:<\/span><\/strong> As we discussed in our <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/regulations-1-469-9g-election\/\">Election 1.469-9(g) section<\/a>, short-term rentals with an average guest stay of 7 days or less or short-term rentals where you provide hotel-like services are not considered rental activities and cannot be grouped with other rental activities. Yes, STRs can be grouped together just not with other rentals. This is a big deal for material participation testing.<\/p>\n<p>Why did the IRS, Treasury, Congress and everyone define it this way? The original intent was to prevent real estate investors from using 27.5 years of depreciation versus 39.0 years. In other words, by calling a rental property a residential property, they were able to shrink the depreciation schedule (and increase current year depreciation deductions).<\/p>\n<p>As such, if your rental property has tenants who stay 30 days or less, it is considered nonresidential and is depreciated over 39.0 years versus 27.5 years. Many rental property owners are unaware including several tax professionals.<\/p>\n<p>However, we can use this spat to our advantage. How? See our section on <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/qualified-improvement-property-qip\/\">qualified improvement property<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/accelerated-depreciation-and-section-179-deduction\/\">additional accelerated depreciation<\/a> and Section 179 expensing.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"30_Day_Versus_7_Day_Quickie_Comparison\"><\/span>30 Day Versus 7 Day Quickie Comparison<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We touch on personal services in other sections, but to reiterate- personal services are hotel-like services such as daily housekeeping, meals (bed and breakfast), access to fitness or spa amenities managed by you, concierge services, tours, etc. These are things that most rental property owners or short-term rental hosts generally do not provide.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary table-<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%; vertical-align: bottom;\"><strong>Average<br \/>\nGuest Stay<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%; vertical-align: bottom;\"><strong>Personal<br \/>\nServices<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%; vertical-align: bottom;\"><strong>Tax Treatment<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%; vertical-align: bottom;\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%; vertical-align: bottom;\"><strong>Self<br \/>\nEmployment Tax<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Any<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Business (hotel-like)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Nonresidential<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">&gt;30 days<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Traditional Rental<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Residential<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Nope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">8-30 days<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Short-term<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Nonresidential<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Nope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">0-7 days<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Loophole eligible<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Nonresidential<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 20%;\">Nope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Note that once you are considered providing personal services, the average guest stay doesn\u2019t matter. You are a business, and material participation stuff gets tossed out in favor of basic business thresholds- regular and continuous with profit motive for your loss deduction ability. Activities are reported on Schedule C of your individual tax return (Form 1040) or business entity tax returns such as partnerships and corporations.<\/p>\n<p>We digress\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forget_30_Days_Lets_Talk_7_Days\"><\/span>Forget 30 Days Let\u2019s Talk 7 Days<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Many cities and various municipalities are cracking down on 7-day short-term rentals. Sure, people complain about the additional cars, noise, and shenanigans associated with the inherent turnover of guests at a rental property. The hotel industry seems to enjoy this turnover since it typically means higher rents (short rent periods = higher daily rates), but they don\u2019t like competition. As such, they leverage busy body Betty, take her complaints to local governments and influence code changes.<\/p>\n<p>Some kidding aside, the other reason for these ordinance changes is a deemed housing shortage. Some governments believe that a bunch of typical homes are being pulled out of the market as a residence and re-deployed as a short-term rental (a long-term rental can be viewed as a net-zero or neutral within this argument). However, in glamorous cities such a New York City and San Francisco, short-term rentals help long-term renters with high rent costs by augmenting their household income with sporadic rental income. For example, a NYC long-term renter might sublet his Manhattan pad when they travel overseas for 10 days. Not anymore.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_STR_Versus_REPS_Trap\"><\/span>The STR Versus REPS Trap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a massive point of confusion here for rental property owns and real estate investors trying to qualify for Real Estate Professional Status (REPS). Because short-term rentals are not technically rental activities under the tax code, many tax professionals and even Tax Court judges (e.g., Bailey cases, yes, plural) mistakenly assume your STR hours cannot count toward your 750-hour REPS threshold.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is a very strong argument that these hours absolutely do count as a broader &#8220;real property trade or business,&#8221; and we break down exactly how to leverage this logical tax position. 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Advisors,<\/strong> a boutique yet progressive tax, accounting and <\/em><em>rental property consultation and real estate CPA firm with over 90 team members and 7 partners headquartered in Colorado serving real estate investors worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jason-watson-cpa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17327 entered lazyloaded\" style=\"height: 35px!important; width: auto!important;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/linkedin-150x150-1.png.webp\" alt=\"Jason Watson CPA LinkedIn\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jason@wcginc.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17334 entered lazyloaded\" style=\"height: 35px!important; width: auto!important;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mail-150x150-1.png.webp\" alt=\"Jason Watson CPA Email\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-69d3e2e584de8\" class=\" wd-rs-69d3e2e584de8 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right kb \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_Just_Got_A_Rental_What_Do_I_Do_2026_Edition\"><\/span>I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2026 Edition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-100749 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Web-and-Social-GFX-2026_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" \/>This KB article is an excerpt from our 530+ page book (yeah, thick, there are some picture pages, but no scratch and sniff) which was <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>updated April 5, 2026<\/strong><\/span>, and is available in paperback from <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/amazon-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, as an eBook for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kindle-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle<\/a>\u00a0and as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/pdf-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>\u00a0from ClickBank. We used to publish with iTunes and Nook, but keeping up with two different formats was brutal. You can cruise through these KB articles online, click on the fancy buttons below or\u00a0<a href=\"\/business-services\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit our webpage<\/a>\u00a0which provides more information.<\/p>\n<table class=\"purchase-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/amazon-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6657 aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-imageresized.png.webp\" alt=\"I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2025 Edition | Amazon version\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/kindle-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6658\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kindle-imageresized.png.webp\" alt=\"I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2025 Edition | Kindle Version\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/pdf-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6659 aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PDFresized.png.webp\" alt=\"I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2025 Edition | PDF version\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$32.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$21.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$18.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68e97e561482c\" class=\" wd-rs-68e97e561482c wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right kb \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rental_Expert_Pod_the_REP\"><\/span>Rental Expert Pod (the REP)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>WCG's tax team structure is built around Pods \u2014 small, agile groups of tax professionals (4-6 total) who embrace team camaraderie while achieving client intimacy. 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Our job remains being professionally detached, giving you information and letting you decide within our ethical guidelines and your risk profiles.<\/p>\n<p>We see far too many crazy schemes and half-baked ideas from attorneys and wealth managers. In some cases, they are good ideas. In most cases, all the entities, layering and mixed ownership is only the illusion of precision. As Chris Rock says, just because you can drive your car with your feet doesn\u2019t make it a good idea. In other words, let\u2019s not automatically convert \u201cyou can\u201d into \u201cyou must.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s chat so you can be smart about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We typically schedule a 20-minute complimentary quick chat with one of our Partners or our amazing Senior Tax Professionals to determine if we are a good fit for each other, and how an engagement with our team looks. Tax returns only? Business advisory? Tax strategy and planning? 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