Everything your R&D tax credit needs. Nothing it doesn’t.
From the first eligibility conversation to the final schedule, we focus on one thing: documenting and supporting your IRS R&D tax credit claim.
R&D credit studies
A complete review of your research activities and costs, tested against the four-part test.
- ✓Project interviews with your technical leads
- ✓Business component identification
- ✓Qualified research expense (QRE) calculation
- ✓A written study you and your CPA can rely on
Contemporaneous documentation
Records captured while the work happens are the strongest support a claim can have. We help you set that up.
- ✓Simple templates that fit how your teams already work
- ✓Guidance on tickets, test logs and design records
- ✓Periodic check-ins during the year
- ✓Less scrambling at year end
Form 6765 preparation, including Section G
Accurate figures and project-level detail prepared for your return, coordinated with your tax preparer.
- ✓Section G business component information
- ✓Regular credit or Alternative Simplified Credit calculations
- ✓Clear support schedules for each line
- ✓Coordination with your CPA
Amended returns for prior years
If you did qualifying work in past years and didn’t claim it, it may not be too late.
- ✓Review of open tax years
- ✓Reconstruction of documentation from existing records
- ✓Support for amended return filings
- ✓Refund claim requirements addressed
Startup payroll tax offset
Qualified small businesses may be able to apply part of the credit against payroll taxes, even before they have income tax liability.
- ✓Eligibility review for the payroll election
- ✓Election support on Form 6765
- ✓Guidance on timing with Form 8974
- ✓Built for early-stage teams
State R&D credits
Many states offer their own research credits on top of the federal credit.
- ✓State-by-state eligibility review
- ✓State-specific calculations and forms
- ✓Coordination with your federal study
- ✓Multi-state companies supported
Plus: audit defense support
Every engagement is built with examination in mind. If the IRS sends questions, we help you answer them. Learn about audit defense.
Working with your CPA
We work alongside your tax preparer, supplying the study, schedules and Section G detail they need.
Not sure which services you need? Start with a free review.
Start with a free eligibility review. We’ll look at your projects and tell you plainly what may qualify.