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Reverse Audit

Getting you IRS ready.

Overview

MASSIE’s 64-Point Reverse Audit helps ensure that your R&D tax credit claim is strong, accurate, and aligned with IRS expectations. The program provides a clear step-by-step guide and a focused SCOT analysis that show where to correct errors, strengthen your claim, and gain confidence in your R&D tax credit reporting.

Managing the credit in-house can be challenging. Tax teams must interpret changing legislation, track evolving guidelines, and locate pockets of innovation across complex organizations. With our modern tools designed to increase SME engagement, we help you gather the technical details and documentation needed to stay audit-ready. Stronger records begin with understanding why the IRS looks for more than interview-based documentation.

A Clear View of Your Risk

We look at your claim the same way the IRS does. Our review highlights areas most likely to create exposure during an exam, including:

  • Incorrect calculation of base periods
  • Inadequate or inconsistent documentation
  • Overlooked innovation and qualifying activity

Strengthen Your Claim with Confidence

MASSIE gives you the tools and insight you need to correct and strengthen your R&D credit claim and prepare for a smoother audit experience.

“My Company has been working with MASSIE R&D for the last 4 years. Given the technical nature to support our R&D tax credit calculations, we needed to use an external firm to assist us in maximizing our credits, both for US federal and the State of Georgia purposes. There are many accounting and specialty tax firms out there to choose from but making the decision to work working with MASSIE has been the right choice for us.”

Judd Schmid
Vice President – Corporate Controller
Vecima

"This is our second year with MASSIE We've worked with other firms in the past, but our first year with MASSIE made a tremendous change in the process improvement of how we gather R&D data and support to sustain in the audit. This year we added the use of Microsoft Teams, which in combination with MASSIE process made this year's R&D study even more efficient and smooth to the point that we were a few months before the schedule of completing the study."

Yana Brez
Sr. Manager Tax
Rehrig Pacific Company
2020 - 2025
Repeat Honoree
Financial Times
America's Fastest Growing Companies
2019 - 2025
Repeat Honoree
Inc. 5000
America's Fastest Growing Private Companies
National Sponsor
TEI
Tax Executives Institute

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