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179D Rant: Why Are We Still Letting the Wrong People Sign the Certification?!

Let’s just get this out of the way: if your 179D provider is asking you—the designer—to do all the field work and then asking the contractors to sign the inspection and certification statements… you’ve got a problem. And not just a small problem. A full-blown, out-of-compliance, IRS-audit-triggering kind of problem. Yet somehow, this is becoming […]

179D Certification Case Study: Church HVAC Upgrade Yields Major Tax Deduction

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Introduction Walker Reid Strategies (WRS) recently partnered with an Energy Services Company (ESCO) to complete a Section 179D certification for a large church’s energy efficiency retrofit in 2024. The project focused on significant HVAC upgrades at the church campus in Alpharetta, GA, resulting in improved energy performance and comfort. Beyond the technical success, the project […]