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How can you tell if your business is a good candidate for R&D tax credits?
 
Activities - a business that routinely or periodically engages in:
  • Developing new products or formulas
  • Functionally enhancing existing products or formulas
  • Improving production/fabrication processes (e.g., improving through-put, decreasing labor, increasing yield, improving quality)
  • Developing plans to manufacture engineered/designed products
  • Developing software applications
  • Designing & constructing tooling, molds, dies, & fixtures
  • Prototyping
Profitability - must have some level of taxable income during some (not all ) of the years of the study or anticipating income (from operations or a sale of business assets) in future years.
 
Time Period - prior 3 years, current year & all future years.
 
Entity Types - your business' entity classification (i.e., S-corp, C-corp, LLC) does not matter.
 
Taxes - taxpayer must have some level of regular tax liability (above minimum tax) during prior 3 years, current year or in future years.