International R&D Tax Incentives – Get Ready for the Global Innovation-Based Economy
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Section 179D
Section 179D tax deductions are available for commercial building owners and design firms to incentivize U.S. building energy eficiency. The 179D tax deduction is now a permanent incentive program. Federal tax deductions up to $5.81 per square foot are available for energy efficient building design.
R&D Tax Credits
The Research & Development tax credit is a federal incentive aimed to stimulate U.S. innovation. The R&D Credit program is now a permanent tax incentive and can be used to offset annual research and development expenses in a variety of industries.
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides various incentives to encourage clean energy in the U.S. Tax credits are available for commercial taxpayers and tax-exempt entities completing clean energy projects such as solar, wind, geothermal heat pumps, and thermal energy storage. Federal tax credits up to 70% of the energy project cost.
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Miles To Go…Inside the R&D Tax Credit
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Charles R. Goulding is an Attorney/CPA, President and founder of Energy Tax Savers/R&D Tax Savers, two divisions of a national tax consulting firm. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Cooper Industries Inc. (now Eaton) in Houston, Texas. Before joining Cooper, Mr. Goulding was a vice president of Dover Corporation, an eight billion dollar sales NYSE diversified industrial manufacturer. At both companies, Mr. Goulding created and administered company-wide R&D Tax Credit programs. These programs encompassed both domestic and international business operations and have helped generate over $600 million in tax savings for their respective firms. Mr. Goulding has been at the forefront of R&D Tax Credit work since the credit’s inception in 1981.
Mr. Goulding has a law degree from Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor) and an MBA from Adelphi University. Mr. Goulding also participated in Pace University’s Doctor of Business Administration Program. His undergraduate degree is from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he was a double major in Political Science and Economics. He spent his junior year abroad at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mr. Goulding is a former President of the New York Chapter of the Tax Executives Institute and also participated in Pace University’s Doctor of Business Administration Program. He has served as the co-chairman of the Taxation of Mergers and Acquisition conferences in Chicago, Houston, New York City, San Francisco and Paris, France. He recently chaired New York’s Solar Investment Conference.
He has authored over 800 articles for numerous tax publications including International Business, International Tax Journal, Euromoney, Taxation for Accountants, The Practical Accountant, The CPA Journal, and Corporate Business Taxation Monthly.
Mr. Goulding successfully litigated the Dover Corporation case in U.S. Tax Court (the first check the box case) and the Pulsar International case on reasonable compensation. He is also the Mayor of the Village of Oyster Bay Cove, New York
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