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Venture Philanthropy More Important Than Ever for Rare Disease Care

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Private foundations providing support, resources, and advocacy for individuals and families affected by rare diseases have played an important role for more than 30 years in the advancement of treatments for rare diseases....more

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Federal Income Taxation of Intellectual Property Development and Cost Recovery

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Intellectual property (“IP”) development can cost millions of dollars so cost recovery timing can be financially material. General tax principles typically require that expenses associated with creating assets having useful...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Fenwick Writes Comment Letter on Notice 2023-63 on Amortization of Specified Research or Experimental Expenditures under Section...

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Following the IRS’s issuance of guidance in Notice 2023-63 regarding R&D capitalization under Section 174, a working group of several Fenwick tax group attorneys commented to the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department on...more

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IRS Publishes Guidance on Tax Rules for Software Development, Research Expenses

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) introduced significant changes to the tax treatment of specified research and experimentation (SRE) expenditures. Historically, companies were able to immediately deduct all costs...more

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Maximizing What You Already Do: The Value of the Research and Development Tax Credit for Startups and Small Businesses

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The Research and Development Tax Credit, formally known as the Credit for Increasing Research Activities under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code, has been in existence for many years to encourage companies to conduct...more

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The Government's Use of Procedural Hurdles to Disallow Research Credit Refund Claims

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In two recent cases, the IRS has tried to defeat research credit refund claims on procedural grounds, rather than simply litigating whether the substantive nature of the asserted research meets the requirements of section 41...more

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IRS Studying Active Trade or Business Requirement for Tax-Free Spin-Offs

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The IRS is considering future guidance that could present opportunities for R&D phase businesses. In a statement issued on September 25, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it is studying the active...more

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