R&D Tax Consultants
Warner Robinson provides deep technical expertise in the area of R&D tax credits as our primary focus in assisting clients in documenting and supporting R&D tax benefits.
Warner Robinson LLC is led by Managing Director Bruce Warner and Managing Director Cedar Robinson who are personally involved with each project.
Bruce Warner
Bruce Warner’s career spans over fifteen years as Tax Counsel to a large corporation, and a former Principal with Deloitte Tax LLP in their R&D practice heading up the Mid-West Region and as a Deloitte national specialist in software R&D and IRS audit services.
Bruce was formerly a tax attorney with IRS District Counsel and co-counsel on the IRS Research Credit ISP team. Bruce worked full-time on R&D issues with the IRS Research Credit team and was on the government’s trial team on Norwest v. Commissioner and a key advisor on Wicor v. United States, both of which are important software R&D tax credit decisions.
Bruce also authored the IRS coordinated issue paper on internal-use software and the IRS field directive guidance on the use of sampling in R&D cases. Bruce assisted in training the IRS software consultants from the MITRE Corporation, as well as IRS agents and engineers throughout the country on the examination of R&D issues.
Bruce has also been involved with Section 199 Domestic Production Activities deduction issues since its inception in 2004 as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and more recently heading up the Section 199 project at a large Fortune 50 company.
Cedar Robinson
Cedar is one of the most experienced R&D professionals in the industry with 16 years of dedicated R&D tax credit experience. Cedar’s R&D credentials include 11 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and nearly 6 years as a Partner and R&D practice leader at Grant Thornton LLP. As a founding member and Managing Director of Warner Robinson LLC, Cedar is responsible for planning, implementing, defending, and assisting with FIN 48 and FAS 109 analysis, and ensuring the highest level of quality for his clients at Warner Robinson including significant involvement throughout each project.
Cedar’s experience includes nearly every industry group including many sectors of software development such as financial services, banking, legal services, security, imaging, claims processing, traffic control, resource management, travel reservation systems, and a variety of other software companies. In addition, Cedar has significant experience in manufacturing including high-tech, aerospace, medical device, oil & gas services, metal fabrication, industrial equipment, commercial equipment, consumer goods and equipment, and many other manufacturers. Cedar has significant experience with other specialty industries including mining, food and beverage processing, electric utilities, horizontal directional drilling, and other specialty industries.
Cedar also has 15 years of IRS and state examination experience including large case, mid-size and small business audits. Cedar’s experience includes over 100 IRS audits, plus many IRS appeals and litigation support projects. Recently, Cedar has worked on numerous IRS Tier I R&D credit examinations and appeals with numerous clients including successful resolution of key Tier I IRS issues. Cedar has spoken on R&D credit matters and recently worked with the IRS National Appeals office to review and coordinate a response to their R&D credit position paper.
Cedar also heads up Warner Robinson’s Cost Segregation services practice and has assisted numerous clients over many years with cost segregation studies and supporting documentation.
Bruce and Cedar have both lectured and taught various courses including IRS training sessions and CPE events. For more information about having Bruce or Cedar speak at your CPE event, please contact us to discuss your needs.
