The R&D tax credit lives in one of the most technical corners of the tax code. That's what makes a consultant so important. RK Partners has a team of engineers, CPAs, tax attorneys, and consultants who only focus on one thing: R&D tax credits.
Your CPA’s job is to get your return filed accurately, on time, across every part of your business. That is a different discipline from R&D credit work, which requires reading IRS guidance and Tax Court precedent on a single code section, running technical interviews with engineers and product teams to identify qualifying activity, and building documentation that can withstand an audit years later.
This is not a knock on generalist CPAs. It is the same reason a family physician refers a patient to a specialist, or a company hires outside counsel for a single complex matter. Depth in a narrow area is its own skill set, built through repetition that a general practice doesn't have the exposure to. Their expertise in your business is what will make them an invaluable partner to us while we complete a comprehensive study and deliver them a document to file.
We meet with your key staff to identify every qualifying project and disqualify any that don’t meet IRS criteria.
Our team reviews payroll records, general ledger, and tax returns to calculate the full credit.
A dedicated team with an impeccable IRS defense record reviews everything through our QA process.
You receive a complete, audit-ready report that your CPA will file alongside your taxes or amends for prior years.
