- Florida Department of Revenue (DOR)
- Research and Development Tax Credit Program
- Florida Statutes (F.S.) $\S 220.196$
- Florida Corporate Income Tax
- Qualified Research Expenses (QREs)
- Base Amount
- Average of Qualified Research Expenses (4 Preceding Tax Years)
- Excess Qualified Research Expenses over Base Amount
- 10% Credit Rate
- Corporate Income Tax Liability (CI Tax)
- 50% CI Tax Liability Limit
- Remaining Net Income Tax Liability (after other credits)
- Carryforward Period (5 Years)
- Annual Credit Cap ($\$9$ Million Total)
- Prorated Allocation
- Application for Allocation of Credit
- Application Window (March 20 – March 26)
- Business Enterprise
- Corporation (Defined in $\S 220.03$, F.S.)
- Qualified Target Industry Business (QTIB)
- QTIB Definition ($\S 288.106(2)(n)$, F.S.)
- Florida Department of Commerce (Certification Letter)
- Manufacturing Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Life Sciences Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Information Technology Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Aviation and Aerospace Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Homeland Security and Defense Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Cloud Information Technology Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Marine Sciences Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Materials Science Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Nanotechnology Industry (Eligible QTIB)
- Internal Revenue Code (IRC) $\S 41$
- Claim and be Allowed a Federal Research Credit
- Federal Form 6765 (Required Attachment)
- In-House Research Expenses Incurred
- Contract Research Expenses Incurred
- Research Conducted Outside Florida (Exclusion)
- Predecessor Corporation (Base Amount Adjustment)
- Reduced Credit (for Less than 4 Years in Existence)
- 25% Reduction (for Each Missing Taxable Year)
- Disregarded Single Member Limited Liability Company (Exclusion)
- Partnership/LLC Taxed as Partnership (Exclusion)
- Corporate Partner (Separate Application)
- Allocated Partnership Research Expenses
- Recalculation of Credit Amount (Federal Audit)
- Amended Florida Returns (Federal Audit Adjustment)
- Addition to Taxable Income (Credit Amount)
- Rule 12C-1.0196, F.A.C. (Administrative Code)
- Sales Tax Exemption ($\S 212.052$, F.S.)