R&D Tax Credit Insights from Former IRS Executives – Videos by Jack Jolly, Director and Mark Bodenstab, Director | KBKG, 6/14/2022 Jack Jolly is a Director of R&D Credit at KBKG. He worked 20 years for the IRS managing a team of IRS engineers who spent most of their time auditing R&D tax credit claims. … 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
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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
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Many companies are hesitant to take advantage of the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Credit for fear of a possible IRS audit. In our video series, former IRS engineering officials discuss how many companies can avoid IRS scrutiny by properly describing their research activities. KBKG’s IRS Audit Defense videos give a better understanding of how … Read More
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Many companies are hesitant to take advantage of the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Credit for fear of a possible IRS audit. In our video series, former IRS engineering officials discuss how many companies can avoid IRS scrutiny by properly describing their research activities. KBKG’s IRS Audit Defense videos give a better understanding of how … Read More
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Many companies are hesitant to take advantage of the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Credit for fear of a possible IRS audit. In our video series, former IRS engineering officials discuss how many companies can avoid IRS scrutiny by properly describing their research activities. KBKG’s IRS Audit Defense videos give a better understanding of how … Read More
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Many companies are hesitant to take advantage of the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Credit for fear of a possible IRS audit. In our video series, former IRS engineering officials discuss how many companies can avoid IRS scrutiny by properly describing their research activities. KBKG’s IRS Audit Defense videos give a better understanding of how … Read More