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Credit EstimatorUpcoming EventsNEWS & BLOGFOR CPAsCONTACT US 2015 Massachusetts Research Tax Credit ProblemDon’t make this mistake…If you are claiming the Massachusetts R&D credit for 2015 on Schedule RC error calculation physics and planning to use the new “alternative simplified” credit calculation,
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beware that the Commonwealth’s online instructions for Line 14 contains a significant error.The online instructions for Line
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14 of Schedule RC incorrectly states, “select the 5% oval and enter the average of the qualified research expenses for the last 3 taxable years.”The Correct Instruction
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for Line 14: If claiming the “alternative simplified” credit calculation on Schedule RC for tax year 2015, select the 5% oval (on Line 16) and then enter the “base amount” value by computing the figure as follows: Multiply the average of the qualified research expenses for the prior 3 taxable years by 50%.Contact Us for error calculation division a No-Cost Assessment and a Credit EstimateWe'd enjoy speaking with you about your company's development activities and eligibility.Contact Us Contact Us To Request More Information CONTACT USFind us elsewhereAbout UsIntrepid Advisors is a team of technological specialists consisting of highly educated and qualified engineers, scientists, and accountants with broad industrial experience. For the past 25 years, we’ve been offering consulting services relating to federal and state Research & Development Tax Credits.Our News R&D Tax Credits Now Provide Payroll Tax Relief Significant Error Discovered in the Instructions for the Newly Revised Massachusetts R&D Tax Credit for 2015 The Revised Massachusetts Research Tax Credit Regulations – How Will the New Rules Affect Your Business? Congress Makes the Research Tax Credit Permanent The Senate Finance Committee Approves an Enhanced Research Tax CreditSign up for our newsletter Your Name (required) Company Name Your Email (required) About UsThe Intrepid AdvantageOur ServicesSuccess StoriesTax FormsPartner With UsContact Us Copyright © 2016 - Intrepid Advisors LLC - All Rights Reserved
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Tax Health Social Security Economy Poverty and Inequality Food Assistance Family Income Support Housing Climate Change View all EXPERTS BLOG DONATE Press Careers Contact http://www.cbpp.org/research/earned-income-tax-credit-overpayment-and-error-issues Search You are hereHome / RESEARCH / Earned Income Tax... Earned Income Tax Credit Overpayment and Error Issues UPDATED April 19, 2011 by Robert Greenstein John Wancheck Summary The federal Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax credit for low- and moderate-income working families, has been widely hailed for its success in error calculation increasing work and lowering welfare receipt, reducing poverty, and making the tax code fairer. (See the box below.) Census data indicate that the credit lifted 6.6 million individuals out of poverty in 2009, including more than 3 million children. The EITC lifts more children out of poverty than any other program. The EITC is sometimes criticized, error calculation research however, for having a high rate of overpayments. And the EITC does have a significant error rate that needs to be reduced. But in discussions of issues related to the error rate, several important points often are missed. First, the commonly cited EITC error rate — 23 to 28 percent of EITC payments are said to represent overpayments — is likely to overstate the actual level of overpayments (although the overpayment level is clearly substantial). This is true for several reasons. First, as explained below, the 23 percent to 28 percent figure is based on IRS studies of tax data from 2001 and 2006 that suffer from some significant methodological problems. (The IRS is scheduled to complete and issue a new study of EITC overpayments in 2012, although the key methodological problem will remain.) Second, as also described below, the IRS has instituted various new enforcement actions and error-reduction techniques in the last several years that may be helping to reduce overpayments. Of particular note, t