<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 12:37 PM Varun Adibhatla (ARGO) &lt;<a href="mailto:varun@argolabs.org">varun@argolabs.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">In 2014, the <span>IRS</span> introduced a <b>&quot;<span>routine</span> <span>maintenance</span> safe harbor!&quot;</b> for owners of real estate and other assets to allow them to deduct expenses from <span>routine</span> <span>maintenance</span>!<div><div><i>(I do not know and would love to know the origins of the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/tangible-property-final-regulations" target="_blank"><span>IRS</span> Repair Regulations</a>!)</i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Great example!<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>What is your friend working to push!?<br></div><div>I&#39;m trying to make a case for state legislatures to create liability shields for organizations from tort litigation on the condition that they follow a specific regime of <span>routine</span> <span>maintenance</span>.</div><div>These legal nudges if available would incentivize organizations to perform <span>routine</span> <span>maintenance</span>.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It&#39;s not something I can share yet (if at all) but suffice to say it&#39;s an area that should have liability but doesn&#39;t. Still, that would be a great idea more broadly! <br></div><div> <br></div><div>Luis<br></div></div></div>