Results
Numbers worth defending.
Real credits, real companies, real documentation. Every dollar identified ships with an audit-ready record.
By the numbers
Practice metrics across Strata and the Elite legacy engagements now consolidated under the Strata brand.
Results vary based on company size, qualifying activity, and prior credit history. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
Featured Work
Real credits. Real companies.
Innovators across the country have recovered credits they didn't know they had earned.
Supply chain software company. Credits identified across multiple qualifying research activities.
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3-year lookback. 15 employees surveyed. $3,720 per qualifying employee per year.
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Premium center-console boat manufacturer. Credits recovered for custom hull and electronics R&D.
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The shape of a Strata engagement.
Every vertical has its own qualifying-activity profile. The examples below are the work most engagements lean on.
AV & Systems Integration
Custom rack design, control system programming, and room-specific commissioning often involve the kind of technical uncertainty and experimentation the R&D credit is designed to reward.
SaaS & Software
Architecture, algorithm development, performance engineering, and novel integrations can involve qualifying research. Routine maintenance does not qualify; engineering that resolves genuine technical uncertainty may.
Marine & Boat Manufacturing
Vessel systems engineering, custom electronics, and propulsion or hull work that did not exist before you built it often qualifies when properly documented against the four-part test.
Automation & Robotics
Cell design, end-effector engineering, vision systems, and custom programming that required iteration to get right frequently meet the IRS criteria for qualifying research.
Water & Wastewater
Site-specific treatment design, pilot studies, and SCADA development often involve the technical uncertainty and process of experimentation that qualify for the R&D credit when supported by proper documentation.
Security & Access Control
Custom system architecture, building-system integration, and protocol work often involve qualifying research. Off-the-shelf installs generally do not.
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