R&D Tax Credit
The R&D credit is one of the most valuable incentives in the tax code. Amadae identifies, documents, and claims every dollar you are entitled to.
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Qualified expenses
$997,200
3 projects qualified
Credit calculated
$104,200
ASC method
Payroll offset
$125,000
this quarter
Engineering wages
12 people, time-allocated
Cloud compute supplies
Dev and staging environments
Contract research (65%)
Outside firm, qualified share
Non-qualified time excluded
Maintenance and support
EVERYTHING INCLUDED
Every project evaluated against the IRS four-part test before you claim a dollar.
Wages, supplies, and contract research categorized and allocated automatically.
Contemporaneous records that meet IRS standards, built as the work happens.
Regular and alternative simplified credit calculated, and the better one recommended.
Qualifying startups apply up to $500,000 per year against payroll taxes.
Eligibility tracked in every state where your team does research.
Qualify with confidence
Technological in nature
Elimination of uncertainty
Process of experimentation
Qualified purpose
Evidence as you go
Git commits linked
Time allocations
Project narratives
Missing timesheet, June
Maximum benefit
Regular method
Alternative simplified
Recommended: ASC
Section 280C election
Qualifying startups can apply up to $500,000 of the credit against payroll taxes each year. Amadae checks eligibility and handles the election paperwork.
Eligibility check
Quarterly offset
Form 8974
Better Financial Tools
Projected savings
Effective rate
Year-round planning and scenario modeling on your live books.
ExploreFederal 1120-S
Q3 estimate
Every filing, deadline, and regulatory change tracked in every jurisdiction.
ExploreAccounts reconciled
Close status
The ledger that makes every credit claim traceable to source.
ExploreOperating
Yield account
Free checking and savings inside the system that runs your books.
ExploreCloud compute
Prototype materials
Supplies and contractor spend captured and categorized at the source.
ExploreCredits claimed
A live picture of your money, and an AI that answers questions about it.
ExploreWhat you get: a defensible claim for every dollar you are entitled to.
See pricingWe had written off the R&D credit as a big-company thing. Amadae qualified three of our projects in the first month and the payroll offset now covers a meaningful slice of every quarter.
Ava L.
CEO, developer tools startup
QUALIFICATION
Answer a few questions about your business and R&D activities. We will evaluate your eligibility and estimate your potential credit in under five minutes.
We will use this information to evaluate your R&D tax credit eligibility.
Turn the research you already do into credits you actually claim.