Research and Development Tax Credit

The R&D Tax Credit, first enacted in 1981, has been one of the most valuable credits leveraged by companies. Every year, the R&D credit yields billions of dollars in federal and state benefits to companies engaged in qualifying research. Thousands of companies take advantage of the credit across several industries. Some of the common industries that qualify for the R&D tax credit include, but are not limited to:

  • Manufacturing & Fabrication
  • Software Development
  • Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Machining
  • Aerospace & Defense
  • Food Science
  • Tool & Die Casting
  • Foundries
  • Automobile
  • Chemical & Formula

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The Potential Benefits of the R&D Credit

There are several benefits to realizing the R&D tax credit.
These benefits can include the following:

  • Up to 13.5 cents of R&D tax credit for every qualified dollar
  • Dollar-for-dollar reduction in your federal and state income tax liability
  • Increased in earnings-per-share
  • Reduction of your effective tax rate
  • Improved cash flow
  • Credit carried forward up to 20 years
  • Recent regulatory developments make claiming the R&D tax credit for companies much more feasible
  • Look back studies can recognize unclaimed credits for open tax years
    (generally 3 or 4 years)

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State R&D Tax Benefits

Many states offer the R&D tax credit. 

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Qualifying Activities

Find out what qualifies for R&D.

Qualifying Activities

Four-Part Test

Qualified research activities are defined by the four-part test outlined below

Technological in Nature

Activities must fundamentally rely on the principles of physical or biological science, engineering, or computer science. 

Permitted Purpose

Activities must be performed in an attempt to improve the functionality, performance, reliability, or quality of a new or existing business component.

Eliminate Uncertainty

Activities intended to discover information that could eliminate technical uncertainty concerning the development or improvement of a product. 

Experimentation

All of the activities must include a process of experimentation including testing, modeling, simulating, systematic trial and error. 

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