by Bruce Warner | Sep 26, 2012 | Blog
In a ruling dated September 24, 2012, the Tax Court held in the HP (Hewlett Packard) R&D tax credit case that gross receipts for purposes of determining the average annual prior 4 year receipts is not limited to line 1 minus returns and allowances (line 1c)....
by Bruce Warner | Sep 9, 2012 | Blog
In a decision dated September 7, 2012 relating to the Union Carbide (UCC) case, the Appellate Court agreed with the Tax Court on the topic of R&D tax credit supply costs. UCC argued it should be entitled to R&D costs and the credit for both supplies purchased...
by Bruce Warner | Aug 24, 2012 | Blog
The IRS released a statement on August 17 that it is ending its tiered issue program which includes the R&D tax credit, and will turn over review of previously listed issues to the newly organized issue practice groups (IPGs) and international practice networks...
by Bruce Warner | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
On Thursday August 2, the Senate Finance Committee approved a tax extenders package including the R&D tax credit, wind energy credit and the AMT patch. This is a positive step towards addressing the R&D credit for 2012 and 2013 and the legislation is expected...
by Bruce Warner | Apr 24, 2012 | Blog
In a recent TC Memo case, the Tax Court determined that certain higher level individuals within a cosmetics company did not materially participate in the R&D process (or at least did not prove they participated) to substantiate their R&D claim. In Basim Shami...
