The federal government took significant steps to improve funding for technical development to domestic companies. A major part of this effort involved the federal Research Credit, which is intended to encourage manufacturing companies, software developers and laboratories to keep engineering, manufacturing and other science-based jobs in the United States. The popular Research Credit program (authorized […]
On May 20, 2015, the House of Representatives passed a measure that would extend the IRC Section 41 Research Credit. The bipartisan vote totalled 274 to 145. The measure aims to make the credit a permanent feature of the tax code. In order for this bill to pass the Senate, however, some means will have […]
UPDATE: President Obama has signed the bill. Good News! The federal Research Credit has been extended through 2014! As one of its final acts, the 113th Congress passed the “Extenders Bill”, providing continuing support for the federal Investment Tax Credit for Increasing Research Activities (the §41 Research Credit) through the end of this year on […]
The Senate is due to vote on the “Extenders Bill” which would provide continuing support for specific programs that expired at the beginning of the year, including the IRC Section 41 Research Credit. As of 10am EST on Monday, December 15, 2014, the vote was anticipated on or before Thursday, December 18th. The enabling house […]
On October 1 and 2, Tax Credit Advisors attended the 2014 Northeast Lean Conference in Springfield. It was truly a pleasure to gather again with out friends at GBMP for their annual conference celebrating Lean Manufacturing and related process technology development. We saw some old friends and made some new ones. Maybe we’ll see you […]
If your business regularly files for research and development tax credits, you may already be aware that the federal credit expired yet again at the end of 2013. We at TCA anticipate that the federal credit will be renewed for 2015 and will also be extended retroactively for 2014, as has always happened in the […]
As part of the “fiscal cliff” legislation passed in January, the federal Research Credit was extended through December 31, 2013. The bill also extended several other expiring provisions of the tax code. This is the 15th time that the Research and Development tax credit has been renewed since its inception in 1981. President Barack Obama […]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a ruling on June 9, 2009 that directs a lower court to ease interpretation of IRS rules on research credit calculation, and particularly endorses the use of reasonable estimates when precise cost figures are not available. In USA v. McFerrin, the IRS claimed that […]