President Signs Two-Year Extension of
the R&D Credit
CLEVELAND (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) October 3, 2008 --
The Tax Projects Group, LLP (“TPG”)
announces the extension of the R&D Credit and applauds the White House
and Congress. Today, President Bush signed into law H.R. 1424. After
months of negotiations, Democrats, Republicans and the White House came
together to pass an increase and extension of the R&D Tax Credit as part
of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
The Federal Research & Development Tax Credit has been extended two
years through December 31, 2009. As part of the extension, the
Alternative Simplified Credit was increased from 12 percent to 14
percent. Additionally, the extension terminated the Alternative
Incremental Credit.
The federal R&D Credit continues to provide companies an opportunity to
claim an income tax credit for activities centered on the development or
improvement of products, processes, software, techniques or formulas.
This credit generates significant tax savings for US companies in the
manufacturing, technology, software, engineering, aerospace/defense
industries and other industries.
“At a time when the economy is struggling and
international competition continues to battle U.S. companies, the R&D
Credit is a critical part of the solution for success. While we would
like to see the R&D Credit become permanent part of the tax law, we
applaud Congress and the White House for extending this important tax
incentive,” mentioned Michael Krajcer, TPG
partner and firm’s Technical Director. Michael
Krajcer is an attorney, former E&Y national tax practice member, and
spent 13 years with the IRS auditing large-case R&D Credit claims. Mike
continued, “This extension of the R&D Credit
is another strong Congressional indicator for taxpayers to continue
taking advantage of this incentive.”
About Tax Projects Group (“TPG”)
With offices across the country, TPG consists of former “Big
Four” national office tax partners, CPAs,
former IRS agents, and engineers. The company teams with Fortune 5000
companies, regional CPA firms and their clients, in substantiating and
defending R&D Credit claims. TPG offers a host of other tax services.
Please visit our website at www.TaxProjectsGroup.com
to view our service offerings. Aligned with the clients’
trusted business advisors, our tax projects are imperative for
maximizing and sustaining significant tax savings for past, present and
future qualifying expenditures.
For more information, please contact TPG at (216) 393-2200 or visit www.TaxProjectsGroup.com.
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