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Los Angeles CPA for Real Estate Investors | LaviCPA

Los Angeles CPA for Real Estate Investors

1031 without the scramble.

1031 timeline control, cost segregation, assessment appeals, and S-Corp salary that holds up under exam.

Book Consultation
Elias Lavi and Shawn Lavi, LaviCPA
Elias Lavi — PrincipalShawn Lavi — Co-owner
Key Dates

Important Upcoming Dates

Stay ahead of critical federal tax deadlines. Mark your calendar or reach out to schedule a planning session ahead of each date.

15Sep 2026
Approaching

Q3 Estimated Tax Payment

Form 1040-ES Q3 installment due

15Sep 2026
Approaching

S-Corp & Partnership Extended Filing

Extended Form 1065 / 1120-S returns due

15Oct 2026
Filing

Extension Filing Deadline

Extended Form 1040 returns due

15Jan 2027
Estimated

Q4 Estimated Tax Payment

Form 1040-ES Q4 installment due

Practice Areas

Seven practice areas. One firm.

Each area connects to the others — so your returns, your deals, and your exit plan line up.

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Tax & Accounting

Full-Service

Every return. Every strategy. Every entity.

Comprehensive tax planning, preparation, and filing across all entity types — from individuals and partnerships to complex real estate structures and multi-state operations.

Tax planning & strategyTax prep & filingRE Professional StatusSyndication TaxesCost SegregationSTR LoopholeMultiState Taxes1031 ExchangeCreative Financing TaxBusiness Taxes
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02

1031 Exchanges

Like-Kind

The 45-day clock, under control.

A 1031 exchange with the 45-day clock under control — identification, the intermediary, DST and TIC, reverse and improvement deals.

Identification & timeline managementQualified intermediary coordinationDST & TIC structuringReverse & improvement exchanges
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03

Real Estate Tax

Full-Cycle Optimization

Acquisition to exit, optimized.

Entity choice at purchase, a cost segregation study when it pays, depreciation at hold, and the exit planned before you list.

Cost segregation studiesDepreciation recapture planningInstallment sale structuringEntity selection & structuring
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04

OBBBA

One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Plan for the law in front of you.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — signed 2025 — permanently extends bonus depreciation, modifies SALT, and expands QBI deductions. We reposition your structure to capture what the current code allows.

Bonus depreciation maximizationQBI deduction optimizationSALT cap workaroundsPass-through entity elections
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05

Property Tax Appeals

Assessment Challenges

Challenge assessments. Win.

Assessors over-value. We challenge. Our systematic appeal process leverages market data, comparable analysis, and administrative expertise to reduce your tax burden.

Assessment valuation analysisComparable property benchmarkingAppeal filing & representationPortfolio-wide audit programs
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06

AI Consulting

Where it helps

Where it actually saves time.

Help using automation on tax and planning work where it actually saves time.

AI-powered document processingAutomated tax position analysisWorkflow automation designData pipeline architecture
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07

Virtual CFO

Embedded Strategy

CFO-level strategy. Without the overhead.

We act as your embedded CFO year-round — driving financial strategy, scenario modeling, and investor reporting without the cost of a full-time hire.

Financial strategy & planningBudgeting & forecastingCash flow managementEntity structuring for tax efficiencyInvestor & board reporting
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AI IntelligenceBETA

Real estate tax questions,
answered in plain English.

Select a topic

Select a topic for your intelligence brief

Success Stories

Results that
speak for themselves.

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LaviCPA identified a $340,000 over-assessment on our industrial portfolio that we had no idea existed. The appeal process was seamless — we didn't attend a single hearing.

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Marcus T.
Private Equity Principal
Engagement
Property Tax Appeal · Los Angeles
Outcome
$47,200 annual savings
Virtual CFO

CFO-level strategy.
Without the overhead.

Every engagement begins with a complimentary evaluation to understand your financial architecture. We then act as your embedded CFO — driving strategy, not just compliance.

Common focus areas we address from day one:

  • Financial Strategy & Long-Range Planning
  • Budgeting, Forecasting & Scenario Modeling
  • Cash Flow Management & Optimization
  • Financial Reporting & KPI Dashboards
  • Capital Structure & Debt Advisory
  • Entity Structuring for Tax Efficiency
  • Investor Reporting & Board Presentations
Book a Free Evaluation →
CL
We're closing on a $4M acquisition next month — can you model the tax impact across three entity structures before we sign?
CFO
Absolutely. I'll have a comparative analysis ready by Thursday, including depreciation schedules and projected cash-on-cash returns for each.
Real-time strategic access, year-round
Year-round
CFO Access
< 24 hours
Response
minimums
No retainer
The Firm

Built for investors
who think in decades.

We work with real estate developers, syndicators, family offices, and portfolio holders — people whose tax position is too involved for a generalist and too important to leave until April.

Each area of the practice connects to the others, so the return, the deal, and the exit plan line up.

Philosophy

Plan first. Returns that hold up — not year-end paperwork.

Approach

Every engagement begins with the exit in mind and works backward.

Edge

Cost segregation, 1031 timelines, assessment appeals, and S-Corp salary reviewed against the code and the case law.

A recent engagement

A 14-property multifamily operator came to us after their prior CPA missed a cost segregation opportunity. A study on their 2022 acquisition accelerated $900,000 in depreciation — eliminating roughly $315,000 in tax liability that year.

Elias Lavi and Shawn Lavi, LaviCPA
Elias Lavi — PrincipalShawn Lavi — Co-owner
Licensed CPA, California Board of Accountancy7707 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046323-463-2600
The Principal

You work with Elias.
Not a call center.

Elias Lavi began as a chartered accountant in England. He is a licensed California CPA and the principal of LaviCPA, with more than 40 years building the Los Angeles practice. No account managers, no hand-offs — if the question is your 1031 window or your cost seg study, you call Elias.

His son Shawn works alongside him as co-owner and partner.

A recent engagement

A 14-property multifamily operator came to us after their prior CPA missed a cost segregation opportunity. A study on their 2022 acquisition accelerated $900,000 in depreciation — eliminating roughly $315,000 in tax liability that year.

Engage

The first conversation
is always without obligation.

Complimentary 30-minute consult. We take a limited number of investors each year — we will tell you if the fit is right.

Response TimeWithin one business day
ConsultationComplimentary, 30 minutes
CoverageNationwide
LaviCPA office at 7707 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles

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