
White Paper No. 01
Contingent fees in R&D tax credit claims
White paper No. 01
Contingent fees in R&D tax credit claims
- 21 min read
IRS examiner guidance has described research credit refund claims as usually based on a study by an outside consultant, and some advisers are paid a share of the credit they calculate. This paper explains how such fees work, what the official record says about them, the incentives they create, and the case made for them.


