FREE TOOL · R&D TAX CREDITS

R&D Tax Credit Calculator

See the federal credit a business like yours typically recovers — in about 30 seconds. No obligation, and $0 unless we recover.

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Estimate your R&D tax credit.

Plug in your rough numbers. We'll show the federal credit range a business like yours typically lands in — then send a detailed breakdown to your inbox.

Annual payroll for technical / engineering staff
Salaries for the people who build, design, test, or engineer.
Contractor & outside dev costs / yr
Counted at 65% per IRS rules for contract research.
Supplies, cloud & software used in development / yr
Materials, prototyping supplies, compute, and dev tooling.
Estimated federal R&D credit
$46,500$72,000
per year, based on $718,000 in qualified research expenses

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Estimate only — not a guarantee. Your actual credit depends on a formal study of your activities, payroll, and tax position. This is a simplified federal estimate and excludes state credits. Bridge works on contingency: $0 unless we recover.

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