Mississippi Skills Training / R&D Tax Credit
Provides Mississippi businesses tax credits for research employees and qualified innovation spending.
Mississippi offers two complementary research and development incentives administered through the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) ecosystem. The Research and Development Skills Tax Credit provides a $1,000 state income tax credit per qualifying R&D employee per year for a five-year period, giving businesses a predictable, headcount-based credit for building and retaining research workforce…
Mississippi state income tax credit of $1,000 per R&D employee per year (up to five years) plus a 25% rebate on qualified research costs through the SMART Business Act, available to for-profit businesses conducting R&D in Mississippi.
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