Construction Tax Strategy

Your Company Did $4M Last Year.
You Kept $2.5M.
You Should Have Kept $3.7M.

The average construction company overpays by $100K–$300K+ every year because their CPA treats job costing like bookkeeping instead of strategy. We don't do tax prep. We build tax intelligence systems that turn your equipment, your crews, and your job sites into tax advantages that compound every quarter.

$74.2M
Client Tax Savings
37%
Avg. Tax Reduction
600+
Business Owners
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Tax Season 2026: Amended returns for 2023–2025 are still available. Don't leave money on the table—deadlines are approaching.
What's Costing You

Three Ways Your Current CPA Is
Quietly Costing You Six Figures

You're Buying Equipment Without a Depreciation Strategy

Your CPA takes Section 179 deductions when you buy a truck or excavator — but there's no master plan. No bonus depreciation timing. No analysis of whether to buy, lease, or finance based on your bracket. A $250K equipment purchase could save you $95K or $35K depending on when and how it's structured.

$167Kavg. first-year tax savings from equipment strategy

Your Job Costing Doesn't Talk to Your Tax Strategy

You track costs per job for estimating and profit. But does your CPA use that data to optimize income recognition? The completed contract method vs. percentage-of-completion method can shift hundreds of thousands in taxable income between years — legally. Most CPAs file whichever way their software defaults.

$124K/yravg. savings from income timing optimization

You're Paying Your Subs and Missing the R&D Credit

If you're developing new construction methods, designing custom solutions, or solving engineering challenges on job sites — that's R&D. The federal R&D tax credit pays 6–8% of qualifying expenses as a dollar-for-dollar tax credit. Most contractors have no idea they qualify.

$89Kavg. R&D credits captured annually
Real Client Results

Commercial GC. $6M Revenue.
One Strategy Session Changed Everything.

A general contractor doing $6M in commercial projects came to us paying $312K in annual taxes. Their CPA had been filing returns the same way for 5 years. Here's what happened in the first 90 days.

Previous Tax Bill
$312K
Filed by their previous CPA for 5 years straight
After Crane Financial
$47K
First year with our Tax Intelligence Framework
5-Year Projected Savings
$1.1M+
Reinvested into equipment and new projects
"We were buying equipment every year and our CPA just checked a box. Turns out we'd been leaving six figures on the table every single year."
— General Contractor, Southeast US
How It Works

From Overpaying to Optimized in 3 Steps

Tax Intelligence Review

We analyze your returns, entity structure, and depreciation schedules. You'll see exactly where you're leaving money and how much you can recover.

30 min • virtual or in-person

Custom Strategy Blueprint

Your dedicated strategist builds a multi-year plan: cost segregation, entity restructuring, retirement funding, credit capture — all mapped to your project pipeline.

Delivered within 2 weeks

Implementation & Compound

We execute the plan, file amended returns where applicable, and meet quarterly to adjust as your portfolio grows. Every new project launches with tax-optimized structuring from day one.

Ongoing partnership
Common Questions

Before You Decide

Your CPA files returns. We engineer tax outcomes. Most CPAs are compliance-focused — they record what happened. We build a proactive strategy that determines what should happen: entity restructuring, cost segregation, credit capture, and retirement funding — all coordinated into a multi-year plan. We work alongside your CPA, not against them.

We'll analyze your current returns, entity structure, and depreciation schedules and show you exactly where you're leaving money. You'll walk away with a clear picture of your savings opportunities.

Everything we recommend is fully IRS-compliant and well-documented. Cost segregation, WOTC credits, entity structuring, and retirement funding strategies are all explicitly sanctioned by the tax code. We build defensible positions with complete paper trails. In fact, having a proactive strategy often reduces audit risk because your filings are more precise and better supported.

Most clients see meaningful impact within 90 days. Amended returns for prior years (2022–2024) can unlock immediate refunds, and structural changes like entity restructuring and cost segregation typically produce results in the first tax cycle. Our blueprint is delivered within 2 weeks of your review.

No. We complement your existing CPA — we focus on strategy while they handle compliance and filing. Many of our clients keep their current CPA for day-to-day bookkeeping and returns while we handle the strategic layer. If you don't have a CPA, we can handle that too.

You Didn't Build a Construction Company to Watch the IRS Take 40%

Your next big project won't fix your tax problem. Your next CPA won't either. You need a system that turns every piece of equipment, every job, every crew member into a strategic tax advantage. That's what we build.

✓ $74.2M Client Savings ✓ 600+ Business Owners ✓ Results in 90 Days
Savings identified in 48 hours Results in 90 days 600+ owners trust Crane
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