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Engineered Tax Services

Senators Young and Hassan Lead Bipartisan Push to Expand R&D Tax Credit

We’re happy to share with you that the R&D tax credit has friends in high places!  Major Congressional support is lining up to both strengthen, extend, and to expand R&D tax credit.  Recent Press Release About Legislative Package As reported in a March 4 Senate press release, U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN),

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accounting profession
Engineered Tax Services

How the Accounting Profession Is Attracting Young People

If you’re in the CPA profession, here’s the bad news: According to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, 95,654 candidates took the Uniform CPA Examination in 2017. Two years later, in 2019, that number shrank to 83,000; 2018 represented a 10-year low in new CPA candidates. This number are fueling the fear that in the future, there

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Kim lochridge
Engineered Tax Services

Kim’s Dedication, Drive, and Passion Leads to Tangible Growth for Engineered Advisory

You may know that Executive Vice President Kim Lochridge is one of ETS’ stellar performers, with national recognition as a cost segregation and R&D tax credit expert. But did you know that Kim is so solutions-driven, she’s formulated three significant initiatives to make ETS a better company? She’s always on the lookout for ways to improve business processes in

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R&D Tax Credit Requirements
Engineered Tax Services

Top Tax Attorney: Use Formal Regulations to Change R&D Tax Credit Requirements, Not Casual Legal Memos 

On February 4, a leading tax attorney—Robert J. Kovacev, a tax controversy partner in international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright's Washington, DC and San Francisco offices—argued that it was unfair of the IRS to change stipulations about submitting R&D tax credits via a legal memo, instead of codifying the regulatory change through formal, statutory regulations, calling it

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Cindy Blumenfeld

Leverage U.S. Tax Incentives to Maximize Energy and Cost Efficiency

International Journal of Energy Management Volume 4 | Issue 1 | 2022 Learn more about how to “Leverage U.S. Tax Incentives to Maximize Energy and Cost Efficiency” by Cindy Blumenfeld. Grab a copy of the New Edition of the International Journal of Energy Management, the Official Publication for the Association of Energy Engineers.  Download A Copy

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Daniel Plant

Six Behavior Patterns That Successful CPAs Exhibit Every Day

These days, CPAs, like members of every other profession during the pandemic, are struggling to keep up with social and work-life changes, while pushing profitability for their firms and trying to shine in front of both clients and colleagues. We’ve done some research, and for your information, here are six behavior patterns that successful CPAs

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