This page provides data on the number of returns filing Form 6765, Credit for Increasing Research Activities. The tables listed below show the number of returns claiming the regular credit and alternative credit, as well as amounts reported for most line items of the tax form. The tables listed below also show the data grouped by both industrial sectors and manufacturing sub-sectors. All tables show returns of active corporations, other than Forms 1120S, 1120-REIT and 1120-RIC. For further information on the data, table names, or the research credit itself, please refer to the Summer 2008 SOI Bulletin Article:The Credit for Increasing Research Activities: Statistics from Tax Years 2004–2005PDF The tables are available as Microsoft Excel® files. A free Excel viewer is available for download, if needed. Table 1: Corporations Claiming a Credit, by Industrial Sector Tax Years: 2014XLSX 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 1a: Corporations Claiming a Regular Credit Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 1b: Corporations Claiming an Alternative Incremental Credit Tax Years: 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 1c: Corporations Claiming an Alternative Simplified Credit Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS Table 2: Corporations Claiming a Credit, by Manufacturing Subsector Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 2a: Corporations Claiming a Regular Credit Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 2b: Corporations Claiming an Alternative Incremental Credit Tax Years: 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 2c: Corporations Claiming an Alternative Simplified Credit Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS Table 3: Returns Claiming a Regular Credit and Subject to Excess Base Limitation (Excess Base was Less Than the 50% Limitation for Research Expenses) Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Table 4: Returns Claiming a Section A - Regular Credit and Subject to 50% Limitation (50% Limitation for Research Expenses was Less Than the Excess Base) Tax Years: 2013XLS 2012XLS 2011XLS 2010XLS 2009XLS 2008XLS 2007XLS 2006XLS 2005XLS 2004XLS 2003XLS 2002XLS 2001XLS Figures: Figure A: Annual Percentage Changes in Research Credit Claimants and Amounts for Tax Years 1990–2013XLS Figure B: Number of Research Credit Claimants, by Size of Business Receipts for Tax Years 1990–2013XLS Figure C: Totals of Research Credit Amounts, by Size of Business Receipts for Tax Years 1990–2013XLS
