On January 21, 2022, Hawaii State Senator Jarrett Keohokalole introduced Senate Bill (SB) 2599, revising the certification requirements and increasing the annual aggregate cap for the State of Hawaii’s tax credit for research activities (“Hawaii R&D tax credit”). The proposed Section 235-110.91 revisions would first and foremost triple the aggregate cap of research credits available … Read More
Earlier this month, Nebraska State Senator Brett Lindstrom introduced Legislative Bill 827 allowing taxpayers to fully deduct research or experimental (R&E) expenditures in the year in which they were paid or incurred. Beginning January 1, 2022, federal law under IRC Section 174 requires federal taxpayers to charge these expenses to a capital account and amortize … Read More
On January 18th, Illinois State Senator, Donald DeWitte introduced a proposed amendment to the Illinois Income Tax Act to base the incremental qualified research expenditures (QREs) on an increase over 50% of the average QREs incurred within the state of Illinois. This would bring the state’s credit calculation more in line with the federal Alternative … Read More
The American Bar Association (ABA) is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue regulations regarding new tax filing procedures required by taxpayers to comply with a Chief Counsel Memorandum issued by the IRS on October 15, 2021. Effective January 10, 2022, these new procedures significantly expand the documentation required to accompany the filing … Read More
Back on June 17, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB2017, the state’s FY 2022 budget legislation. Among many other noteworthy items within that piece of legislation, Illinois officially decouples from federal bonus depreciation for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2021. Historically, the State of Illinois has decoupled from bonus depreciation … Read More
![[Updated] KBKG Tax Insight: R&D Tax Credits – Protective 280C(c)(3) Elections](https://www.kbkg.com/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of-A-Taxpayers-Property-Purchase-Land-vs-Building-Allocation.jpg "[Updated] KBKG Tax Insight: R&D Tax Credits – Protective 280C(c)(3) Elections")
Updated January 7, 2022 The Section 41 Research Credit was enacted in 1981 as a temporary code section and made permanent with the passage of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (“PATH”) Act of 2015. The research credit is an incentive providing taxpayers across all industries, performing qualified activities, the opportunity to reduce their tax … Read More
Michigan taxpayers may soon be able to significantly reduce their Michigan state tax liability due to a bill introduced by Rep. Matt Hall. House Bill 5601 provides a state research and development tax credit equal to 15% of the qualified research expenditures (QREs) incurred by Michigan companies within the state. The QREs incurred must meet … Read More
The Infrastructure Bill (H.R. 3684) was passed by the House on November 5, 2021, and is expected to be signed into law by President Biden. As part of the Bill, the employee retention credit (with the exception of the recovery startup business credit) is no longer in effect for the fourth quarter of 2021. A … Read More
![[PRESS RELEASE] KBKG Named One of the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Practice by International Tax Review](https://www.kbkg.com/wp-content/uploads/Transfer-Pricing-Press-Release-International-Tax-Review2.png "[PRESS RELEASE] KBKG Named One of the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Practice by International Tax Review")
Chicago, Illinois—November 4, 2021—KBKG, a nationwide tax specialty firm, was named one of the world’s leading transfer pricing firms by International Tax Review for 2021-2022. International Tax Review surveyed over 13,000 clients and 2,700 practitioners to identify the most effective transfer pricing advisors across 84 countries. KBKG’s transfer pricing practice is led by Alex Martin, … Read More
Medical providers that perform elective procedures could have an opportunity to claim the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC). While most medical offices had to make a variety of operational changes to adapt to a safe environment during COVID, many of those operational changes do not meet the definition of a government shutdown for ERTC. However, … Read More