SERVING SMALL BUSINESSES IN ALL 50 STATES
The credits you’ve earned. The expertise to claim them.
Cost segregation, R&D tax credits and year-round tax planning for small businesses. Over three billion dollars recovered since 2018 — and not one dollar of it guessed at.
- No-cost analysis
- Refundable credits — not a loan
- Audit defense included
STEP 1 OF 3
60 seconds
Does your team design, build, test or improve anything?
Products, processes, formulas, software, tooling — internal counts.
$3B+
RECOVERED FOR CLIENTS
2018
SERVING SMALL BUSINESS SINCE
50
STATES COVERED
3
CORE CREDIT PROGRAMS
★ OUR CORE SOLUTIONS
Three programs that move real money back to you.
Most small businesses qualify for more than they claim — usually because nobody ever ran the analysis. These are the three we build our practice around.
R&D Tax Credits
If your team designs, builds, tests or improves products, processes, formulas or software, that work may qualify for a federal credit — and often a state one on top of it.
- Dollar-for-dollar federal credit
- Payroll offset for qualified startups
- Three open tax years of look-back
Cost Segregation
An engineering-based study that reclassifies the components of a building into shorter recovery periods, moving deductions forward instead of spreading them across 27½ or 39 years.
- Commercial & rental property
- Renovations and build-outs
- Pairs with bonus depreciation
Advanced Tax Planning Strategies
A year-round relationship instead of an annual scramble: entity structure, tax-efficient benefits, accumulation strategy, and filings that hold up.
- Entity & structure review
- Tax preparation and filings
- Audit readiness and IRS compliance
★ CLOSING WINDOW
179D & 45L Energy Deductions — look-back claims
Both provisions have sunset for new work, but projects that began construction on or before June 30, 2026 — and homes acquired by that date — may still be claimed, often through an amended return.
★ WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Tax isn’t user-friendly. That’s the job.
The tax code contains genuine, deliberate incentives for businesses that build things, improve things and invest in property. The problem has never been that the money isn’t there — it’s that claiming it correctly takes engineers, CPAs and documentation most small businesses don’t keep on staff.
That’s what we keep on staff. We evaluate the opportunity, build the substantiation, and hand your CPA a package they can file from — while you get on with running the business.
★ NATIONWIDE COVERAGE
Maximizing and recovering tax credits in all 50 states.
American Incentive Advisors has secured over three billion dollars in tax credits for small businesses since 2018. Wherever your business operates — one location or forty — the federal programs are the same, and we know how the state layers stack on top of them.
- $3B+
- Recovered since 2018
- 50
- States served
- 1,000s
- Businesses, CPAs & partners
A SEAMLESS PROCESS
Four steps, and we carry most of them.
You will not be handed a portal and left to work it out. Every stage has a named person on our side and a clear next action on yours.
- 01
Free Consultation
We learn how your business operates, determine which programs you may qualify for, and tell you exactly what documentation we would need. No cost, no obligation.
- 02
Review & Analysis
Our advisors run a no-cost analysis of your records to identify every credit and deduction available to you, and to size the opportunity honestly before you commit.
- 03
Processing Your Claim
We prepare the study, the supporting documentation and the tax forms, and we coordinate directly with your CPA and payroll provider so nothing falls between the two.
- 04
Receive Your Funds
Your refund comes from the IRS directly to you. We stay on file and stand behind the work if the return is ever examined.
★ WHY AMERICAN INCENTIVE ADVISORS
Four reasons clients stay with us.
We have been doing this since 2018 for businesses in every state. The work is methodical and unglamorous, and that is exactly the point.
The full case for AIAOur team handles the analysis, the documentation and the filing coordination. Your involvement is measured in hours, not weeks — and we work around your schedule, not ours.
We play by the rules and we document like the return will be examined, because sometimes it is. Contemporaneous substantiation, defensible methodology, and a file your CPA can stand behind.
We are not here to replace your tax preparer. We handle every touchpoint with your CPA, your payroll provider and the IRS, and we hand your preparer a package they can file from.
CPAs, engineers, technologists and entrepreneurs on one team asking the right questions. If the opportunity is small, we will tell you that too — before you spend anything.
★ WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
Our clients are the lifeblood of our company.
We firmly believe long-term customer satisfaction is the cornerstone of our success.
Highly effective, efficient and thorough. They were able to help our business recover the maximum credits allowed. Great company!!!
Elena Martin
An absolute pleasure to work with. Top professionals, got our company huge credits with a quick turn around. Amazing customer support, highly recommended!
Allen Bostic
Don’t hesitate to work with AIA. Their team was amazing and a pleasure to work with. If you are as confused as we were, you need AIA!!!
Victor Williams
What a great company! Every step of the way they helped us get through this complex process and their client service is exceptional. Everyone was quick to respond and helpful. We recommend them to others.
Julie Herrington
It was a great experience working with AIA. They helped me file all of the required forms and documents and kept me updated throughout the entire process. Definitely recommend their service.
Amelia Daniel
They are fantastic and will go the extra mile for you. I was clueless about this program but AIA was patient and informative. It is very clear they care about their clients. Highly recommend AIA!
Michael James
Trusted by founders, companies, CPAs and referral partners nationwide
- IRC §41 R&D CREDITS
- ENGINEERING-BASED COST SEG
- AUDIT DEFENSE INCLUDED
- WORKS WITH YOUR CPA
★ LATEST FROM AIA
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No Tax Bill? The R&D Credit Can Still Pay You
A qualified small business can apply up to $500,000 of research credit per year against payroll taxes — turning a credit into cash for a company with no income tax liability.
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§174A Is Law: Domestic R&D Expensing Is Permanent Again
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act restored immediate expensing for domestic research costs — permanently. Here is what actually changed, what did not, and the deadline that has already passed.
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