FICS
ERC
Section 174
Section 41
NFTS History
100

If you hire employees with certain backgrounds you may be eligible for this federal tax incentive

What is...

Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)

100

Companies must have fewer than this many employees in 2021 to be a small employer

What is...

500

100

If you're this type of product cost, then you can be included as a 174 expenditure.

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All costs incident to the development or improvement of a product.

100

2021 IRS document that outlines the requirements for a valid research credit refund claim.

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Chief Counsel Memo (20214101F)

100

Before I became NFTS, I was called by these three names.

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The Predators, Creative Tax Services, Comprehensive Tax Services

200

If you are a landlord that develops affordable rental housing, you should consider applying for this

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Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

200

You can't double count wages in this year for this short list of credits: WOTC, FMLA, FFCRA.

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2020

200

Effective date for mandatory 174 capitalization.

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Tax years starting after 12/31/2021

200

% of activities that must constitute elements of a process of experimentation for a business component to qualify.

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80% or Substantially All

200

My hallmark phrase was "Fire in the Belly"

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Ron Mangiacapra

300

A tax incentive conveyed in the form of a forgivable loan

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New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC)

300

Maximum credit available per employee in 2021

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$21,000

300

Software development costs that generally do not meet the Section 41 criteria but are now treated as 174 expenditures

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IUS software development

300

Percentage of common ownership that results in a controlled group

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>50%

300

I can't get enough of Piano Bars

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Mike Dello Stritto

400

Invest in renewable energy or fuel efficient technologies for your operations, and you may benefit from me

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Investment Tax Credit (ITC)

400

I am the year in which the ERC must be added back under 280C.

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Year the credit eligible wages and expenses were paid.

400

Number of distinct taxable years over which foreign research must be amortized.

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16 years

400

Types of qualified expenses considered "in-house" research expenditures.

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Wages and Supplies

400

I've slept on the hood of a Hum-V in Iraq, but now I get my thrills simply by saying Intela 

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Chuck Kosal

500

Build some windmills and sell their electricity, and you may benefit from me

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Production Tax Credit (PTC)

500

The two tests which demonstrate a "more than nominal" impact.

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Size and effect

500

The three ways to treat R&D expenses prior to the mandatory 174 capitalization rules.

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Immediately deduct, amortize over 5+ years, amortize over 10 years.

500

Gross credit percentage under ASC if a Taxpayer has no in-house QREs in the three base years.

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6%

500

The Triumvirate

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Gi3 co-service line leaders - Gogerty, Goldbas, Kane

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