IRS Clarifies Income Tax Handling of ERC Refunds – Employee Retention Credit
Last week, the IRS has provided crucial guidance on how to properly handle ERC refunds and disallowances, especially for closed tax years, simplifying the process for affected taxpayers who claimed the ERC but were waiting for their refund prior to making adjustments...
IRS Revamps Form 6765, Bringing Significant Changes to R&D Credit Reporting Sec. 41 Research Credit Form
Research Credit changes with new IRS Form 6765 R&D Tax Credit
Preparing for New Form 6765 R&D Tax Credit
Although the new Form 6765 R&D tax credit/research credit form is technically not mandatory until tax year 2025, many of our clients are preparing for these changes which are summarized below In 2024, the IRS released a revised Form 6765, which introduces...
Sec. 174 R&D Amortization after the Election?
Likely no tax bill will be passed until after the 2024 Presidential election, but there is evidence that both parties support deferring or eliminating the amortization of R&D costs, currently 5 years for domestic R&D and 15 years for foreign research costs....
IRS Announces New R&D Tax Credit Form 6765
The IRS has released a revised draft of Form 6765, Credit for Increasing Research Activities for the R&D tax credit, incorporating feedback from external stakeholders to reduce taxpayer burden and improve tax administration of the R&D credit. Key changes...
New Bill would allow Deduction of 174 R&D Expenditures
Jan 2024 - In a new bi-partisan bill introduced this week, Congress would again allow immediate expensing of domestic R&D research and development costs, a change from last year’s requirement that 2022 costs must be amortized which kicked in as of 2022 as part of...
Section 174 Guidance for Upcoming Tax Returns
IRS Issues Guidance on Section 174 – No Form 3115 for 174 R&E Costs: Rev. Proc. 2023-11 has been issued by the IRS, offering simplified procedures for the first taxable year starting after December 31, 2021 (so calendar year taxpayers’ year 2022). Instead of...
IRS Proposes Changes to R&D Tax Credit Form 6765
The IRS recently proposed changes to the R&D tax credit form to better administer research credits going forward as of the 2023 tax year. These changes to Form 6765 Credit for Increasing Research Activities are still in the planning stages and IRS is seeking input...
Bill Introduced in Senate Will Extend 45L Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit for 10 Years
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 introduced in the Senate yesterday, July 28, 2022, will expand and extend the 45L Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit. The bill extends the 45L energy credit for 10 years, through 2032 and retroactively extends for this year 2022. The...
Congress Defers on 45L Energy Tax Credit in BBB Act until 2022
Congress has wrapped its 2021 session and will not resume again until January when the next Congressional session opens. This means no BBB Act (Build Back Better Act) which included a number of energy efficient tax incentives including a 10 year extension of the 45L...
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