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R&D Tax Credit Automation

Cut down R&D tax credit processing from weeks to just hours. Let AI Agents handle document extraction, QRE calculations, and IRS form generation, so you can focus on strategic business decisions.

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The Problem CPAs Face
Manual Processing Bottlenecks

Processing R&D tax credits typically requires 1 to 40 hours per client. CPAs must extract W-2 data from various formats, and much of this work is repetitive and straightforward.

Scaling Constraints

As companies grow, training new CPAs can take months, but clients expect faster results. Keeping up is challenging, and manual reviews are unfeasible.

Multiple Data Formats

Some clients send clean Excel files, while others send scanned PDFs from various sources. W-2s vary in format, and time-tracking data is scattered across systems, making a custom approach necessary and making automation seem difficult.

Audit Trail Requirements

Every calculation must be documented with case law, regulations, and client details to pass IRS review. However, manual records are hard to keep consistent.

How Adopt AI Solves It
Extract W2 Data Automatically

Intelligent OCR Pipeline processes W2s (scanned or digital), Excel sheets, call transcripts, and time exports in minutes. Low-confidence items are flagged for review.

Build Ledgers Automatically

Structured data from documents becomes a queryable database tracking employees by name, title, wages, and state. It automatically flags wage mismatches and suspicious allocations before CPAs review.

Calculate QRE Without Guessing

Bulk aggregations use natural language, and complex queries go through an RAG framework. Pre-approved formulas avoid any unsupervised AI math.

Generate Technical Documentation

Draft technical memorandums with proper citations. Each answer cites source documents with inline references and maintains an IRS-ready audit trail.

Populate Forms Automatically

AI agents automatically fill out credit forms and generate a complete RTC workbook in your current Excel template format, eliminating the need for reformatting or manual data transfer.

Human-in-the-Loop Dashboard

CPA’s are always in control. AI summaries show context and reasoning for escalations. Free-form chat popup to handle edge cases. All decisions are logged for compliance.

Integrations

Connect with your existing tech stack within minutes!

Data Sources We Handle

W2 forms (scanned PDFs, digital, any format)

Excel spreadsheets (payroll, time tracking, allocations)

Call transcripts

Time tracking systems

Historical tax year data (for YoY comparisons)

Third-party R&D contractor data

Manufacturing supply cost records and more!

Why Adopt AI
Audit-Ready Accuracy

Our platform catches discrepancies humans often miss. Every data point includes complete provenance and auto-generated case law citations.

Built for Professional Services

Adopt AI is purpose-built for R&D tax credit workflows. It understands the seven-step QRE analysis, knows IRS Form requirements, handles state-specific logic, and more.

Deployment Flexibility

Cloud-First

On-Premise

Hybrid

Impact Customers have Achieved

Time Savings: 1-40 hours to 5-10 minutes per client

Capacity: Handle 2X client volume without proportional headcount increase

Business Impact
Time Efficiency

Over 50% reduction in CPA hours per client. What took multiple hours now takes 5-10 minutes. CPAs can focus on strategic work and client advisory, not data entry.

Error Detection

Automated anomaly flagging on wage data, allocation percentages, and missing fields. The system catches mismatches that humans often miss.

Talent Retention

CPAs can focus on strategic decisions that actually matter. Knowledge capture: SOPs codified in agent workflows instead of tribal knowledge. New hires ramp faster.

Revenue Growth

Handle 2x client volume without proportional hiring. Achieve more without burnout.

Enterprise governance without slowing teams
Stop spending weeks extracting  data. Let Adopt AI do the heavy lifting for you.

If manual processing caps how many R&D credits you can deliver, our platform removes that ceiling entirely.