# Tax Optimization for M&D Plant, Property and Equipment

By Business Services · Published 2024-02-13 · Updated 2026-03-12 · Engineering & Construction on MarketScale
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> Manufacturers can unlock significant tax savings by aligning asset accounting methods with strategic depreciation approaches

## Key points

- Manufacturers can unlock significant tax savings by aligning asset accounting methods with strategic depreciation approaches

In the latest episode of *On the Shop Floor*, hosts [Colby Horn](https://weaver.com/about/people/c-colby-horn) and [Kurtis Dixon](https://weaver.com/about/people/kurtis-dixon) discuss the challenges, issues and questions that arise when optimizing your approach to specialty tax services in the manufacturing and distribution (M&D) industry. Joined by [Rafael Ferrales](https://weaver.com/about/people/rafael-ferrales), managing director of tax services and a leader of **Weaver's** fixed asset advisory group, this conversation centers around tax strategies for plant, property and equipment that maximize [tax benefits](https://marketscale.com/industries/business-services/maximizing-the-r-d-tax-credit-expert-tips-and-strategies-for-businesses/).

**Key Points:** 

- Identify opportunities in GAAP vs. tax reporting
- Implement the 'acquired to retire' method for asset management
- Utilize cost segregation for real property investments
- Explore energy efficient building deductions (§179D)

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This episode provides a deep dive into the role of fixed asset advisory services within the strategic tax services group, focusing on tangible property, capitalization and cost recovery. The conversation highlights the critical differences between GAAP and tax reporting, emphasizing the need for businesses to understand these distinctions to maximize tax benefits proactively.

> Our manufacturing and distribution clients have a lot of assets, they're capital intensive. So that management of fixed assets is very important. How are you managing that? What system are you using? What platform are you using to do that?
> *— Rafael Ferrales, Managing Director of Tax Services at Weaver*

This episode focuses on the nuanced decisions businesses must make in asset management and tax optimization.

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Tags: asset management, Colby Horn, Fixed Asset Advisory, GAAP, Kurtis Dixon, Manufacturing Tax, Rafael Ferrales, Tax Reporting, Weaver Podcast

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