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R&D TAX CREDIT
Architecture & Engineering
Industry Insight
The architecture and engineering (A&E) sector presents excellent opportunities for R&D Tax Credits. A&E companies play a key role in driving U.S. innovation. A&E firms typically have a strong staff of technical employees which is a large driver of the R&D Tax Credit.
Firms often overlook the R&D Tax Credit and its benefits. A common misconception is that to qualify, a company has to be developing something revolutionary to their industry. However, qualifying activities do not have to be new to the world, just new to YOUR company.
Qualified Research Activities Typically Include:
- Modeling and/or Simulations
- CAD / REVIT / BIM Design
- Programming / Schematic Development
- LEED & Sustainable Designs
- Project Design Iterations
- HVAC, Lighting, or Plumbing Design
- Structural Analysis
- Integration of New Materials
Our A&E Industry Expertise
R&D Tax Savers specializes in identifying eligible R&D Credit activities and quantifying the eligible costs associated with those activities.
Our subject matter experts work directly with you and your tax professionals to quantify and substantiate R&D Tax Credits. The R&D Tax Savers team includes Engineers from a variety of disciplines, Tax Attorneys, CPAs, and IRS Enrolled Agents.
The R&D Tax Savers team includes Engineers from a variety of disciplines, Tax Attorneys, CPAs, and IRS Enrolled Agents.
Our focus on the quantitative and qualitative aspects of your R&D will improve your company’s internal procedures, resulting in simpler, stronger R&D claims in the future.
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Charles R. Goulding
President
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