Capture federal (and where applicable, state) credits for qualified research — with documentation built to survive examination, led by the partner who signs your return.
R&D credit claims fail when activity is not tied to technical uncertainty, permitted purpose, and process of experimentation — or when wage and supply allocations cannot be reconstructed. Spreadsheet guesses do not hold up under IRS scrutiny.
We interview the people doing the work, map projects to Section 41 tests, and build contemporaneous support — not retroactive narratives at filing time. Credits are coordinated with §174A R&E treatment and your overall tax position.
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Best fit: Manufacturers, contractors with process innovation, and product- or software-driven firms
Partners and managers walk through product, process, and software development activities to identify potentially qualifying work.
Each project is evaluated against permitted purpose, technological uncertainty, process of experimentation, and technological in nature requirements.
Qualified research expenses — wages, supplies, contract research — are allocated with defensible methods and payroll tie-out.
Regular vs. ASC method, payroll tax offset for qualified small businesses, and state conformity are modeled before filing.
Manufacturers, contractors with process innovation, and product-driven firms often under-claim because nobody documented development work as it happened. A disciplined study surfaces credit without inventing projects — and protects the position if examined.