Wicor, Inc v United States (2001)
BACKGROUND Wicor, Inc. (“Wicor”) v. United States, 263 F.3d 659 (7th Cir. 2001) Wisconsin gas company Wicor sought to integrate a computer system, so that it could perform a number of [...]
United States v Beltecno Inc & Subs (2009)
BACKGROUND United States v. Beltecno Inc. & Subs. (“Beltecno”), 104 AFTR 2d 2009-5929 (WD WA 2009) Cabinet manufacturer Beltecno filed amended tax returns in 2005 and 2006, and [...]
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. v United States (2015)
BACKGROUND Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (“Geosyntec”) v. United States, 776 F.3d 1330 (11th Cir. 2015) Geosyntec is an engineering consultancy, specializing in environmental studies, [...]
Suder v Commissioner (2014)
BACKGROUND Suder v Commissioner T.C. Memo. 2014-201 In 1987, Eric Suder started Estech Systems, Inc (ESI), a tech company involved in developing telephone equipment and software. In 2004 to 2007 [...]
CRA Holdings U.S., Inc v U.S. (2019)
BACKGROUND CRA Holdings U.S., Inc (“CRA”) v. United States (No. 15-CV-239W(F)) (2019) Environmental engineering firm CRA claimed to have undertaken 6,100 research projects in 2002 and [...]
Populous Holdings, Inc v Commissioner (2019)
BACKGROUND Populous Holdings, Inc (“Populous”) v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Docket No. 405-17) (2019) Populous is an architecture firm, claimed R&D tax credit for [...]
Quebe v U.S. (2019)
BACKGROUND Quebe v U.S. (2019) Quebe Holdings, Inc (“QHI”) operates as three separate electrical companies: Chapel Electric, Romanoff Electric, and CRT Technologies. In 2013, QHI [...]
Siemer Milling Company v. Commissioner (2019)
BACKGROUND Siemer Milling Company (Siemer Milling) v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. no 37 (2019) Illinois based company Siemer Milling mills and sells wheat flour. In the tax years [...]
China’s Great Leap Forward in Research and Development
According to a report released by the U.S. National Science Board (NSB), the United States is still leading in the world in gross domestic expenditure on Research and Development (R&D). [...]
Introducing the Tinder of Dining: Chicago-based Sugr matches you with food places you’ll love
If you live in a metropolitan area, picking the next best place to have lunch or dinner can be rather difficult. Do you want spicy or sweet? Are you looking to eat earlier in the day or later? Do [...]
