by admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog
In a recent Tax Court case, Tangel v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2021-1 (Jan 2021), the Tax Court concluded that the taxpayer who claimed the R&D tax credit did not retain substantial rights and thus the R&D work was ‘funded’ and the R&D tax...
by admin | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog
In a recent Appellate decision in Audio Technica v. U.S.[1], the Appellate court overturned a district court decision on defining the fixed base percentage for the taxpayer Audio Technica and its R&D tax credit claim. Audio Technica claimed the R&D tax credit...
by admin | Jan 26, 2020 | Blog
In a December 2019 motion, the taxpayer Populous Holdings, an architectural design firm, won the motion allowing them to claim the R&D tax credit on its contracts with clients. Populous claimed the R&D tax credit for architectural work it does for clients and...
by admin | Dec 27, 2017 | Blog
The R&D tax credit was preserved in the final tax bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, thus retaining this important tax credit for businesses to continue to incentivize retaining R&D and tech jobs in the U.S. The Conference Committee also eliminated the...
by admin | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog
Although the R&D tax credit has been retained in the 2017 tax bills (both versions), in Conference Committee, the Congress will have to work out what to do with AMT. The House bill repealed the corporate AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax that corporations must pay)...
