David Seibel is an engineering manager for the R&D Tax Credit Practice. He combines his knowledge of tax law with his engineering expertise to maximize companies’ research credits and reduce their overall tax burdens.
Seibel ensures clients are receiving studies that meet the highest level of quality. He conducts fieldwork, produces detailed technical calculations, and builds narratives that accurately reflect each company’s research and experimentation activity. Seibel is an Enrolled Agent (EA), which enables him to represent clients in audit defense cases with the Internal Revenue Service.
Prior to joining McGuire Sponsel, Seibel worked with an industrial furnace company and an electro-mechanical company designing prototype power converters for coal haulers in the mining industry. He earned a degree in the mechanical engineering program at the University of Notre Dame.
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Recent Resources
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Alliance NetworkApril 30, 2020
CARES Act and IRS Notices Provide Additional Tax Savings Opportunities
by David SeibelThe CARES Act contains a variety of advantageous tax provisions to aid taxpayers affected by COVID-19. One of the lesser...
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R&D TaxMarch 29, 2019
Taxpayer eligibility regarding start-up methodology
by David SeibelOn January 17, 2019, a district court ruled that a taxpayer was not entitled to the R&D Credits claimed in...
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R&D TaxJanuary 29, 2019
2018 PA R&D Tax Credits Awarded
by David SeibelOn December 15, 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue issued letters to the taxpayers that applied for the tax year...
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R&D TaxJanuary 19, 2019
R&D Expenses/Credit Changes Under the New Tax Law
by David SeibelThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law on 12/22/2017 creates a significant change for research expenditures defined under...