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Using Your R&D Tax Credit Against Payroll Taxes

Shay CPA

As you wrapped up the 2023 books for your startup, you probably did some high-level financial review and analysis. For most companies, payroll makes up a huge category in the latter. It’s the R&D credit that the IRS will let you apply toward payroll taxes. In other words, you can’t make this election retroactively.

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How the Evolution of the 2023 R&D Tax Credit Impacts Your Dealership Technology Services Company

Withum

With its passage, R&D tax credits in the form of payroll tax offsets have effectively doubled for qualified small businesses. The payroll tax offset cap is increasing from $250,000 for the 2022 tax year to $500,000 for tax years starting after December 31, 2022.

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Advising clients to file Form 941-X for missed COVID-19 relief credits.

ThomsonReuters

Looking back at the last two years and the sprinter’s pace at which COVID-19 payroll tax credit relief was enacted, payroll accountants have earned a well-deserved pat on the back! But as the dust settles on those prior 2020–2021 Form 941 payroll tax returns, undoubtedly credits were missed, and mistakes were made.

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AICPA News – Oct. 2023

CPA Practice

Among the warning signs, businesses should be wary of vendors that require large, contingency fees and those who fail to sign the amended payroll tax returns. In the House of Representatives, H.R. 1705, the STEM Education in Accounting Act.

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AICPA News – Oct. 2023

CPA Practice

Among the warning signs, businesses should be wary of vendors that require large, contingency fees and those who fail to sign the amended payroll tax returns. In the House of Representatives, H.R. 1705, the STEM Education in Accounting Act.

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IRS Appeals 2022 Ruling in $11.5 Million Tax Dispute with Mayo Clinic

CPA Practice

million tax legal battle is going into its seventh year, because the IRS is appealing the 2022 ruling that Mayo Clinic “operated exclusively for educational purposes.” 1, 2023, the IRS submitted an appeal of U.S. million of taxes Mayo Clinic paid on revenue generated by “debt-financed real-estate investment” over seven years.

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AICPA Pushes for Tougher Action on ERC Cheats

CPA Practice

These claims, when audited by the IRS, could result in drastic reductions of the improperly obtained credits, costing the business significantly. A hearing convened by the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways & Means Committee on July 27, 2023, addressed the persistent fraud and backlog of the ERC.

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