New Bill would allow Deduction of 174 R&D Expenditures

Jan 2024 – In a new bi-partisan bill introduced this week, Congress would again allow immediate expensing of domestic R&D research and development costs, a change from last year’s requirement that 2022 costs must be amortized which kicked in as of 2022 as...
Settling R&D Tax Credit Base Period Issues with IRS – Audio Technica Case 2020

Populous Contracts are Not Funded R&D for R&D Tax Credit

In a December 2019 motion, the taxpayer Populous Holdings, an architectural design firm, won the motion allowing them to claim the R&D tax credit on its contracts with clients. Populous claimed the R&D tax credit for architectural work it does for clients and...
Settling R&D Tax Credit Base Period Issues with IRS – Audio Technica Case 2020

R&D Credit – New IRS Safe Harbor for R&D Costs

On September 11, 2017, the commissioner of the Large Business & International (LB&I) Division of the IRS issued new guidance for taxpayers using ASC 730 to expense research and development costs on their financial statements. This directive...
Settling R&D Tax Credit Base Period Issues with IRS – Audio Technica Case 2020

R&D Tax Credit Payroll Tax Offset – Starting in 2017!

The new Path Act which was passed in Congress December 2015 kicks in effective for tax year 2016.  One significant new provision is that start up companies can use up to $250,000 in R&D credits against their 2017 quarterly payoll tax liabilities. Do you Qualify?...