Several activities, including the ones listed below may qualify for the R&D credit.
- Adding new equipment
- Automating internal processes
- Beta testing
- CAD or 3D Modeling
- Certification testing
- Creating more efficient and environmentally friendly designs
- Compiling research data
- Designing tools, jigs, molds, and dies
- Developing new, improved, or more reliable products / processes / formulas
- Developing, implementing or upgrading systems and/or software
- Developing new technology
- Developing or improving production and/or manufacturing processes
- Developing production control software
- Environmental testing
- Improving processes or the manufacturability of a product
- Interaction between sales personnel and engineering
- Maintenance on manufacturing and production equipment
- Maintaining research equipment
- Manufacturing products
- Improving used or existing equipment
- Participating in technical meetings
- Pre-production feasibility analysis
- Pre-production test runs
- Preparation of technical details of Requests for Proposal quotes
- Prototype Development
- Raw material yield maximization analysis
- Technical design reviews
- Testing new product concepts
- Testing new manufacturing concepts
- Trying new or different raw materials