Proposed Startup Innovation Credit Act Would Allow R&D Credit to Offset Payroll Tax Liability
On January 31, 2013, United States Senator Christopher Coons (D) introduced bill S. 193, which would amend Sections 41 and 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow startup businesses to use a portion of the credit for increasing research activities to offset payroll taxes. Under the proposed bill, a startup business is…