Tax credits and incentives are program-, taxpayer-, activity-, jurisdiction-, record-, and deadline-specific. Tavella CPA Group reviews an accepted federal and state incentive inventory, coordinates calculations and return reporting, and works with independent qualified specialists when engineering, certification, legal, payroll, or program expertise is required.
Credits and incentives an accepted review may consider
Federal and state credit inventory
Relationship to Tavella CPA Group's separate R&D tax credit service
Hiring and payroll-related credits where current rules, certifications, and records support review
State and local incentive coordination
Section 179D, energy, and other certification-dependent incentives with independent qualified specialists
Calculation, documentation, original-return, and amended-return coordination when accepted
RECORDS AND FACTS
Inventory the taxpayer, activity, program, jurisdiction, records, and deadlines
A general list is not an eligibility determination. Each program requires current-law review and evidence tied to the taxpayer and qualifying activity.
Entity, owners, tax years, jurisdictions, activities, facilities, employees, and filing calendar
Prior returns, Forms 3800 or credit forms, elections, carryforwards, and prior claims
Payroll, hiring, certification, project, cost, property, utility, and placed-in-service records
State and local program applications, agreements, correspondence, and reporting obligations
R&D project and expense records for the separate R&D credit service when relevant
Engineering, energy-model, certification, legal, payroll-provider, or program-specialist inputs
BEFORE YOU REQUEST A CALL
See what fits this service and what is scoped separately
This service may be a fit when
A business wants a documented inventory of supportable federal and state incentives
Hiring, facility, energy, research, or investment activity has reliable contemporaneous records
A required certification or specialist deliverable can be obtained independently
Return, amendment, carryforward, or state-program coordination is needed
These items require separate scope or another professional
Each taxpayer, program, jurisdiction, tax year, certification, calculation, return, amendment, and compliance period
R&D tax-credit studies and Section 174A work under their separate services
Engineering certifications, energy models, legal opinions, grant writing, payroll processing, or program-specialist work
No government award, certification, credit amount, refund, processing time, or tax outcome is guaranteed
Screen broadly, then scope each program separately
Tavella CPA Group begins with a factual inventory and identifies programs that warrant current-rule and record review. Each potentially applicable incentive is then scoped by taxpayer, year, jurisdiction, calculation, certification, specialist dependency, return, amendment, and reporting obligation. A screening result does not promise eligibility or an award.
ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLE
What an accepted credits-and-incentives deliverable may include
The engagement lists each program and excludes unreviewed programs or jurisdictions.
Federal and state incentive inventory with review status
Eligibility-fact, documentation, certification, and deadline checklist
Supported calculation and tax-form schedules
Specialist responsibility and deliverable matrix
Original or amended return coordination when included
Carryforward, compliance, record-retention, and unresolved-item schedule
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions about tax credits and incentives review
Does this page replace the R&D tax credit service?
No. R&D credit eligibility, business-component analysis, qualified research expenses, Form 6765, and related documentation remain a separate service. A broader inventory may identify that service as a coordination item.
Who performs 179D engineering or energy certification work?
An independent qualified specialist performs required engineering, energy modeling, inspection, or certification work. Tavella CPA Group may coordinate tax facts, deduction calculations, Form 7205, return reporting, and records under an accepted CPA scope.
Does an incentive review guarantee a credit or government award?
No. Eligibility and benefit depend on current law, the taxpayer, activity, records, certification, jurisdiction, deadlines, agency review, and interaction with other tax provisions.
How should sensitive records be provided?
Do not send tax returns, taxpayer identification numbers, payroll files, bank records, ownership documents, or other sensitive information through the public contact form or ordinary email. Secure upload instructions are provided only after Tavella CPA Group accepts the engagement and opens the appropriate client workflow.
Does submitting a request create an engagement or reserve a deadline?
No. A request does not create a CPA-client relationship, start work, guarantee acceptance, or reserve a filing or response deadline. Work begins only after acceptance, conflict and capacity review where applicable, and a signed written engagement that identifies the scope, responsibilities, timing, and fee.
PRIMARY AUTHORITY
Government sources for the general rules
These sources support the general information on this page. The current instructions and the facts of a specific return, jurisdiction, or notice still control.
Use these source-backed guides to prepare for a conversation about this service. The guides provide general information, not advice for a specific situation.
Learn the qualified-small-business rules, timely Form 6765 election, Form 8974 process, payroll coordination, and documentation for the R&D payroll tax credit.
CPA-led review of R&D tax-credit eligibility, qualified research expenses, Form 6765, payroll-tax elections, documentation, and Section 174A treatment.
CPA-led comparison of sole proprietor, partnership, S corporation, and C corporation tax structures using ownership, income, payroll, state, and growth facts.