Executive Summary

Chris Bard is the practice leader for BDO’s Specialized Tax Services Research and Development (R&D) practice and chairman of BDO International’s Global R&D Center of Excellence.

Since 1993, Chris has worked full time in the area of U.S. federal, state, and non-U.S. R&D tax credit and incentives services, helping companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry identify more than $3 billion in R&D benefits and support over 90% of those benefits on exam or at appeals. In addition, he has:

• Increased his clients’ benefits by more than an average of 100%;
• Assisted scores of companies implement FIN 48 for R&D credits;
• Analyzed the R&D, manufacturing, software development, and other operations and documentation systems of 100s of businesses;
• Interviewed 100s of engineers, scientists, and software developers regarding their R&D and R&D-related activities;
• Worked closely with more than 100 IRS and state tax examiners, appeals officers, engineers, CAS, counsel, etc., across the U.S.;
• Designed software and procedures to optimize the process of identifying and documenting R&D activities and costs; and
• Been published in a variety of media, including The Wall Street Journal, Tax Executive, Washington Business Journal, and CFO Magazine.