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BUSINESS Laws & Regulations
increase their cybersecurity, it's still up to
integrators to make sure systems they install
have a low chance of being breached.
" Our mantra there is if you sell it you have
to secure it, and we're trying to get our
industry to rally around that thought, " says
Wilson.
More Taxes
Not all tax news is bad for integrators,
Zerbe points out.
" There's actually a lot of great news for
businesses and particularly for systems integrators
in terms of sharpening your pencil
and taking advantage of what's there in the
tax code, " says Zerbe.
The R&D tax credit, which is the most
robust credit in the federal tax code for
businesses, is of particular interest to integrators.
While it may not seem like it at fi rst,
Zerbe assures integrators they are prime
candidates for such credits.
" It's something that we've worked closely
with NSCA and helped a host of systems
integrators do wonders in terms of keeping
dollars in their pockets, " says Zerbe. The
R&D tax credit is focused on applied
research to the project at hand, something
Zerbe says is a common act by integrators.
The employee retention credit is also
of great potential help to integrators. First
introduced in the initial COVID relief bill,
this credit has since been expanded both
in terms of actual dollars and length of time
for which the credit applies. " It's thousands
of dollars per employee, and it's something
that systems integrators need to take a strong
look at to see if they qualify, " says Zerbe.
179D, the energy effi cient commercial
buildings deduction, applies to integrators
that are implementing heating, lighting,
HVAC, and other energy effi cient technologies.
" It's a perfect fi t for integrators
working on government buildings, " says
Zerbe. " The government can transfer that
deduction to the company. Think of public
schools and universities - those are terrifi c
candidates for it. "
Basically, if the building being put in
place will have energy standards above a
certain level, then the integrators working
on those types of building can fi nd deductions
for helping them reach that level.
" There's a lot of provisions in the tax
code that don't make the headlines, " says
Zerbe. Integrators need to dig in and reach
out to organizations like Alliantgroup to
fi nd out what they're leaving on the table in
terms of tax deductions.
Paying Attention
The biggest thing integrators can do to
avoid potential fallout from tangential legislation
is to pay attention to what is happening
at a local, state and federal level.
Wilson notes that NSCA has an interactive
legislation tracker that allows users to
drill down into legislation that might aff ect
them. Associations like NSCA pay attention
to these things, and members should heed
warnings of what may yet be to come.
Darren Reaman, director of government
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