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A Swanson Reed R&D tax credit platform

Pass your R&D tax audit before it happens.

creditARMOR runs a mock R&D tax audit on your federal and state research credit claim: the examiner’s questions, your evidence scored, and a fix plan, so the claim is examination-ready.

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Free R&D mock audit: completely free, no card, no subscription.

The creditARMOR risk report for a sample company: federal and Texas risk scores for two projects and company-wide, with an export button

creditARMOR in numbers

Federal and state programs tracked
37
Test applied to every project
4-part
Annual payroll tax offset available
$500k
Federal credit carryforward
20 yrs

How the mock audit works

From your Form 6765 to a risk report per project

Four steps on your own claim. No description of the work: you upload the forms you filed, and the mock audit reads the projects out of them.

  1. Step 3 of the mock audit: upload your claim forms, with three sample files and a checklist of the forms received

    Step 01

    Upload your claim forms

    Form 6765, your state claim form and the prior-year forms. Section G lists the business components you claimed; the mock audit reads them out as your QRAs for you to confirm.

  2. Step 5 of the mock audit: documents for QRA 1, with uploaded files and a checklist showing 10 of 11 evidence categories

    Step 02

    Add the evidence behind each project

    Payroll and time, tickets and commits, specifications, test results, contracts. Each of the eleven evidence categories ticks off as its file arrives. TaxTrex subscribers add the position paper too.

  3. Step 8 of the mock audit: a draft examiner response to question F1, rated Strong, with Word, PDF and Google Docs downloads

    Step 03

    Read the examiner's questions, answered

    One draft IDR response per project, a page or two per answer, each question rated Strong, Weak or Missing against your documents. Download as Word, PDF or Google Docs.

  4. Step 10 of the mock audit: the fix plan for a project with checkboxes and projected scores

    Step 04

    Fix the gaps before the audit does

    A risk score per project and company-wide, red flags, and a fix plan ordered by what matters most. Tick a fix as done and watch the score move.

Free R&D mock audit · Completely free

A free R&D mock audit: see your claim the way the examiner will

Run a mock R&D tax audit before anyone else does. For each project it drafts the IRS and state examiner questions, scores the evidence behind every answer, measures the audit risk and turns each gap into a fix.

Completely freeThe R&D mock audit is completely free. To get access, book a call or email hello@creditarmor.ai.

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What the free R&D mock audit includesRead the R&D tax audit guide

  1. Select state step with Texas chosen

    State check

    The federal and state programs that apply, and the rules that need verifying.

  2. Draft IDR screen with an open examiner response

    Draft IDR

    The questions an examiner is likely to ask, answered from your file, per project.

  3. Hallucination control screen listing checks and a flagged item

    Hallucination control

    Every answer checked against its evidence; disagreements flagged for human review.

  4. Risk report for QRA 2 showing red flags

    Risk report and fix plan

    Scores per project and company-wide, red flags, and the fixes that move them.

Simple process

See how it works

A short walkthrough of the platform, from the first review to the mock audit.

What we do

A complete research credit function, without building one in-house

Eight service lines that cover the full lifecycle of a claim: finding it, calculating it, documenting it and defending it.

All services
  1. AI-Powered R&D Tax Credit ReviewMachine-assisted analysis of your projects, payroll and ledgers to size a defensible credit before you file. — Learn more
  2. Audit ReadinessStress-test an existing or planned claim against the evidence standards examiners actually apply. — Learn more
  3. Compliance ReviewAn independent second opinion on methodology, base period calculations and multi-state apportionment. — Learn more
  4. Documentation BuilderTurn engineering activity into contemporaneous, examination-ready project narratives — continuously, not annually. — Learn more
  5. Audit Defense SupportFacing an R&D tax credit examination? We help assess your claim, organize supporting evidence and prepare for the examiner's questions. — Learn more
  6. Risk AssessmentQuantify exposure across open tax years before a lender, acquirer or examiner does it for you. — Learn more
  7. Professional TrainingPractical R&D credit training for CPA firms, in-house tax teams and finance functions. — Learn more
  8. WorkshopsFacilitated working sessions that produce a documented credit position in a single day. — Learn more

Credit database

Federal and 36 state R&D credit programs, in one searchable place

Rates, refundability, carryforward periods, application deadlines and official links — kept in a structure designed to grow into new states and countries.

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Find out what your research actually qualifies for

A scoping conversation takes thirty minutes and costs nothing. You leave with a view on eligibility, likely credit range and the documentation you would need.

Free R&D mock audit: completely free. Book a call or email hello@creditarmor.ai for a login.

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