Research & Development Tax Credits
Thinking Beyond the Tech World
Legislation has substantially broadened the number of taxpayers eligible to benefit from the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Credit. Companies engaged in development, improvement or refinement of products, processes, formulas, and computer software may qualify.
What is the Research and Development Tax Credit?
The R&D Tax Credit is a federal tax incentive (also available in many states) designed to promote innovation. It allows companies to receive tax credits for expenses incurred for research and development, thereby lowering their tax obligation and increasing funds for future innovation. Primarily a labor based incentive, the R&D Tax Credit applies to activities undertaken to develop new, improved and more reliable products, processes and formulas such as:
- Developing or testing new products or materials
- Developing new or enhanced formulations
- Testing new concepts
- Improving existing products
- Trial and error experimentation
- Designing tools, jigs, molds and dies
- Design and analysis of prototypes or models
- Developing or improving production or manufacturing processes
- Developing, implementing or upgrading systems/software
- Paying outside consultants/contractors to perform any of these activities
- And more…
Why Now and Not Before?
The R&D Tax Credit is an overlooked and misunderstood tax benefit that most taxpayers and many tax preparers associate only with technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Regulations made final in December 2003, substantially broadened the number of eligible taxpayers benefiting from the credit. Based on this guidance, qualified activities no longer need to result in new technological knowledge; they only need to involve the use of technological principles to develop new or improved products, processes, software, etc. As a result, more companies then ever before can take advantage of these benefits.
Aerospace
Agriculture
Automotive
Chemicals
Electronics
Engineering
Food Science
Forestry
General Manufacturing
Hardware Development
Pharmaceuticals
Semiconductors
Software Development
Telecommunications
And more…
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Bruce L. Stubbs, JD, LL.M.
Director / Practice Leader, Research & Development Tax Credit Services
877-525-4462 x202 / bruce.stubbs@kbkg.com / Biography
Luis (Lou) Guerrero, MBT
Shareholder. Tax Practice Leader
877-525-4462 x141 / lou@kbkg.com / Biography
