If your company is in the software development industry and you’ve recently introduced new or improved products or processes, you may be eligible for the R&D Tax Credit study.

• Developing new or improved technologies
• Developing code for new software architecture or algorithms
• Conducting requirements, domain, software elements, or scope analysis for a new functional software enhancement designed to create a competitive advantage
• Evaluating and establishing functional specifications
• Designing and developing the structural software architecture
• Establishing electronic interfaces and functional relationships between various software modules
• Programming software source code
• Compiling and testing source code
• Conducting unit, integration, functional, performance, and regression testing
• Developing intranet and Internet software in which scale and complexity present technological challenges
• Developing flexible, high-quality, and scalable rule engines to manage and automate complex business structures and models
• Developing software to better manage customer relationships through improved collection, storage, and analysis techniques
• Developing specialized technologies, such as artificial intelligence or voice recognition applications
• Developing interactive software to support the delivery of multimedia entertainment, such as streaming music or video or Internet video games
• Development of new software applications to use internally, or to interact with customers and/or vendors