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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering a new method for start-up businesses to claim the research tax credit. Small businesses with gross receipts under $5 million are now able to apply [...]

The Empire State Boosts Life Science With the aim of becoming a top tier biocluster state, New York has announced an initiative to increase the state’s ability to commercialize research by [...]

Predicted Spending  At a time when aging populations and the environmental challenges of climate change are in need of innovative solutions the decline in public-backed science and technology [...]

The Nebraska Advantage Act A recent report on the business tax incentive programs in Nebraska suggest that in the past eight years, the program has not been as effective as desired in attracting [...]

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has reported the net loss of 10,000 jobs during 2016. While the month of October saw a net gain of 1,600 jobs the majority of impact has been [...]

A report focused on federal R&D funding for higher education, published by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), shows that 2016 is the fourth consecutive year [...]

This week a large majority of the US Congress voted in favor of two bills which will benefit US-Israel cybersecurity research and development. The bills were introduced by John Ratcliffe, from [...]

R&D Spending Allocation Trends Strategy & Business conducted a study, Global Innovation 1000, of the top public companies spending the most on R&D to strengthen their brand from 2010 [...]

After a dramatic election season the proposed tax reforms of US President Elect, Donald Trump, are currently a topic of great interest for businesses. While pre-election reform plans may not [...]

Should the United States Enact a Patent Box? Swanson Reed has recently written an article for the Tax Advisor outlining the facts surrounding the U.S enacting a Patent Box. Many countries have [...]