The IRS has issued final regulations largely adopting provisions in the January 2015 proposed regs on internal use software. These final R&D regulations on internal use software are effective prospectively for tax years ending after October 4, 2016. The new final...
The general rule for R&D tax credit documentation is found under IRC 6001 – a taxpayer must retain documentation in usable form to substantiate (in this case the R&D tax credit), and IRS typically wants to see evidence of the R&D in the form of...
These important new proposed regulations issued last week on the R&D tax credit affect what is known as internal use software or IUS which has been debated since Congress distinguished internal use software from other software back in 1986. Over many years, there...
Congress is expecting a vote on HR 5771, on Thursday which would extend the R&D tax credit and energy efficient tax credit under Section 45L for one year – meaning both tax credits would be retroactively enacted for 2014 (but would not cover 2015 under this...
The state of Texas has enacted a Research and Development Tax Credit. The law allows taxpayers to take a franchise tax credit for R&D expenditures or a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or lease of depreciable tangible personal property used in...
