California Provides Guidance on R&D Credit Gross Receipts

New IRS Final Regs on the ASC Calc

The IRS last week published new final regulations relating to the Alternative Simplified Credit or ASC under Section 41(c)(5) which has been around since 2006. This calculation avoids having to go back to the 1980s base years and instead uses a rolling prior 3 year...
California Provides Guidance on R&D Credit Gross Receipts

R&D Tax Credit – Extender Bill Update

The tax extenders have still not been acted upon by Congress as of October 2010 – extender bills are a recurring legislative issue because of their temporary nature. Each time an extender’s expiration approaches, Congress faces the choice to extend the tax...
California Provides Guidance on R&D Credit Gross Receipts

New Research Credit Case: Trinity Industries

The latest in a series of recent research credit (R&D tax credit) cases, the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion on January 29, 2010 relating to the research credit for developing certain types of ships by Trinity Marine Group (TMG), a subsidiary of...
California Provides Guidance on R&D Credit Gross Receipts

New IRS Rules on Disclosure of Uncertain Tax Positions

Disclosure of Uncertain Tax Positions – New IRS Guidance Forthcoming In a speech before the New York Bar Association on January 26th, 2010, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman announced that for certain corporations and other business taxpayers who have assets of...