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Engineered Tax Services

What Does Section 174’s New Amortization Rule Mean for R&D Credits?

Future changes to the way companies can take deductions from research and development expenses may make investing in innovation more difficult, particularly for small businesses and startups. Furthermore, these new regulations may have a negative impact on U.S. national security. Business owners should have long-term strategy in mind when determining how to properly classify expenses.

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Lexi Ecker

Establishing Your Accounting Firm On Social Media

Establishing your accounting firm’s voice on social media should be a top priority. If your firm doesn’t have a brand guide that includes its tone of voice, now is the perfect time to create one. It doesn’t have to be a full-blown brand guide⁠—just something that helps to establish and maintain a consistent brand voice.

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Lexi Ecker

Tips for Accounting Firms looking to get started on Social Media

Getting started on social media can be confusing and hard to understand. Especially for accounting firms that keep putting it off. Yet it truly is not as bad as it seems. Trust me. I manage over 20 social accounts, many of which I created from scratch. With the busy season behind us, now is the

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Lexi Ecker

Why the accounting community needs to participate in social media!

As an accountant, social media marketing isn’t inherently one of your many skills. A poll we ran earlier this year shows that perfectly. We asked other accountants what marketing aspect they believe their firm struggles with the most. Social media was top of the list, with 37% of accounting firms stating it is their #1

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Engineered Tax Services

TAX ALERT: IRS may extend the transition period for compliance regarding research credit refund claims

  IRS Update *** The IRS is extending for another year (through January 10, 2024) the transition period during which taxpayers are provided 45 days to perfect a research credit claim for refund prior to IRS’s final determination on the claim. A recent comment by an IRS official indicating that the agency may extend the … Read more

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Engineered Tax Services

Magic in Milwaukee: a Cost Segregation Possibilities Story

I’m a woman who’s a restaurant owner. Last year I purchased a Japanese restaurant in, of all places, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I really wanted to renovate it, but I was concerned about the construction cost. With a startup business, how could I afford the renovations? Then last year, I was reading Forbes online when I came

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Engineered Tax Services

Customer Relationship Management Is Vital to a CPA Firm’s Success

A recent CPA Practice Advisor article entitled How Accounting Firms Can Prioritize Client Relations uncovered a surprising truth—the main reason new clients part ways with their accounting firm is because the firm isn’t responsive enough, particularly when it comes to emails. With a possible recession on the horizon, it’s more important than ever for CPA

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new state life sciences r&d tax credit program
Engineered Tax Services

New York State Offers a Life Sciences Research and Development Tax Credit

You may know that life sciences are eligible for federal research and development (R&D) tax credits nationwide—but did you know that New York State offers a life sciences research and development tax credit? New York State Eligibility It’s true. Businesses undertaking life sciences research and development are eligible if they meet all three of these

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U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski
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Rep. Jackie Walorski Introduces Legislation to Double R&D Tax Credits and Their Benefits

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, showed herself to be possibly the biggest champion of R&D tax credits on Capitol Hill. She’s doubling down on them. Recently she introduced H.R. 8253, the Fostering Innovation and Research to Strengthen Tomorrow (FIRST) Act, which would double the tax credit and

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