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How U.S. Congress is helping manufacturers survive the pandemic
- By Dean Zerbe and Tracy Lustyan
- May 29, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The CARES Act is just one piece of legislation that helps businesses get some relief from the economic disaster of the COVID-19 epidemic. Other grants, loans, and tax relief programs exist and are available to businesses willing to do some investigation and, in some cases, innovation.
How planning a processing system qualifies for a tax credit
- By Jacob Wood and Tracy Lustyan
- Mar 31, 2020
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
If your company works at developing new industrial processes, or upgrading existing processes, you should know that these activities qualify as research and development and can lead to a tax break.
How industry 4.0 is transforming the modern workplace with the R&D Tax Credit
- By Dean Zerbe and Tracy Lustyan
- Mar 17, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Industry 4.0, digitization, networks, industrial internet of things, and connectivity—these are still somewhat new, but they already are staking out an important place in U.S. industry. Adopting these technologies isn’t inexpensive, but in the 1980s Congress realized that U.S. businesses could use some help and it enacted the R&D Tax Credit to help offset the costs of such investments.
How the R&D tax credit rewards job shops and contract manufacturers
- By Tracy Lustyan
- Oct 25, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Enacted in the 1980s, the R&D tax credit is an incentive created by Congress to help U.S. industry where it needed help the most: where innovation happens. This isn’t just for Fortune 500 companies or other big businesses, but small companies like yours as well. The real action in innovation and job expansion happens among the countless small companies that have just dozens of employees, so why not take advantage of this tax break?
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- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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