Audit support included on every completed study.
If the IRS or a tax advisor questions the study's classifications, methodology, cost allocations, or supporting documentation, BluePrint stands behind the study it delivered — the specialist team that prepared it provides the technical response, and BluePrint coordinates the process so clients and CPAs are never left chasing answers.
Your engagement letter is with BluePrint — one accountable platform. Standing behind the work they prepare is a requirement of network membership for every specialist.
Technical questions go to the specialist team that prepared the study — the people who made the classifications and built the allocations, not a support desk.
Network studies trace every classification to a legal basis and reconcile every dollar to total basis. The documentation is the defense.
BluePrint manages communication between the client, the CPA, and the specialist firm — so the response is organized, timely, and complete.
What's covered
Audit support applies to the cost segregation study itself:
Audit support covers the delivered study. It does not include unrelated tax return preparation, legal or Tax Court representation, penalty reimbursement, or defense of tax positions outside the delivered study unless separately agreed in your engagement letter.
Why this matters
Cost segregation studies are frequently examined — not because they're wrong, but because they move real money. The difference between a study that holds up and one that doesn't is usually documentation quality and the willingness of the preparing firm to stand behind it.
Some firms sell an “audit defense” add-on for $500–$2,000 per year. Others hand over a report, cash the check, and disappear if the IRS calls. Neither is acceptable in the BluePrint network.
Every specialist in the BluePrint network is required to stand behind the studies they complete. Firms that can't commit to that standard don't join the network.
How the process works
- 1A question comes in
The IRS sends a notice, or your CPA raises a technical question about the study. You or your CPA forward it through BluePrint.
- 2BluePrint routes it
We identify the specialist team that prepared the study, define the scope of the inquiry, and get the right people engaged.
- 3The specialist team responds
The preparing team drafts the technical response, grounded in the workpapers and documentation from the original study — and BluePrint stands behind it.
- 4Everyone stays in the loop
BluePrint coordinates between the client, the CPA, and the specialist until the inquiry is resolved — no one is left chasing answers.
Audit support is a condition of the network — not a separate product and not an upsell.