alliantgroup

alliantgroup was founded in 2002 by Dhaval Jadav{{Cite web|url=https://www.alliantgroup.com/index.php/about-us/management-team/dhaval-jadav/|title=Dhaval Jadav, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) {{!}} alliantgroup|website=www.alliantgroup.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=222507622&privcapId=30674529|title=Dhaval Jadav: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-08-24}} and Shane Frank. Prior to alliantgroup, Jadav was an employee of Deloitte & Touche {{Cite news|url=http://ww2.cfo.com/tax/2013/06/sica-credits-encourage-jobs-and-innovation/|title=SICA Credits Encourage Jobs and Innovation -|last=Jadav|first=Dean Zerbe, Dhaval|date=2013-06-03|work=CFO|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713134758/http://ww2.cfo.com/tax/2013/06/sica-credits-encourage-jobs-and-innovation/ |archive-date=2016-07-13}} and the Internal Revenue Service. Frank is a former lawyer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alliantgroup.com/index.php/about-us/management-team/shane-t-frank/|title=Shane T. Frank - Chief Operating Office|website=www.alliantgroup.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-24}} alliantgroup's founders noticed the lack of small and midsize businesses that were applying for the R&D tax credit that had been around since 1981, and began the firm in part to help more businesses take advantage of this type of credit.{{Cite news|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/When-building-green-works-to-your-tax-advantage-6377785.php|title=When building green works to your (tax) advantage|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2017-08-24}}

In 2014, alliantgroup moved its headquarters to a LEED Platinum certified building in Houston, Texas that was designed by Kirksey Architecture. As of 2015, the company had over 600 employees in total. In 2016, roughly 460 employees were working at its Houston branch. The firm has employed people of varying roles and responsibilities including CPAs, engineers, chemists, biologists PhD's and specialists in information technology.{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/job-search-tips-new-graduates-607539|title=New grads should look for their first jobs in NYC, San Fran and D.C.|date=2017-05-11|work=Newsweek|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en}}

On June 19, 2012, Bloomberg published an article stating that two whistleblowers had filed a claim with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), alleging that alliantgroup had helped clients evade taxes. The claim was filed as part of the IRS's whistleblower program, in which informers could potentially earn a portion of the recovered funds if their claims are deemed to be true. In 2013, the IRS rejected the claim against alliantgroup.{{cite web|url=http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=ABT:AR&sid=a_fFWuTP6b40 |title=Bloomberg - IRS Resists Whistle-Blowers Despite Wide U.S. Tax Gap |accessdate=2012-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929135351/http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=ABT%3AAR&sid=a_fFWuTP6b40 |archivedate=2015-09-29 }}

As of 2017, alliantgroup had branches in New York, Chicago, Irvine, Boston, Sacramento, Indianapolis, Orlando and Washington, D.C.{{Cite news|url=http://www.kctv5.com/story/36020085/alliantgroup-to-host-webinar-on-tax-credits-for-sdlc-projects|title=alliantgroup to Host Webinar on Tax Credits for SDLC Projects|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en}}

alliantgroup assists companies in obtaining tax incentives for specific activities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30674529|title=alliantgroup, LP: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-08-24}} According to their website, their core services have included:{{Cite web|url=https://www.alliantgroup.com/index.php/services/|title=alliantgroup Services: R&D Tax Credit, 179D, IC-DISC|website=www.alliantgroup.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-24}}

• Employee Retention Credit (ERC){{Cite web | url=https://www.831b.com/blog/irs-issues-a-hard-stop-to-erc-payouts/| title=ERC Payouts| accessdate=2018-02-12}}
• Research and Development Tax credit{{Cite news|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Congress-made-R-D-tax-credit-permanent-but-30-6762610.php|title=Congress made R&D tax credit permanent, but 30 years too late|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2017-08-24}}
• Energy-efficient commercial building deduction - 179D
• Export incentives {{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/deanzerbe/2011/03/29/ic-disc-the-big-tax-break-for-exporters/#67258c8a3f09|title=IC-DISC: The Big Tax-Break for Exporters|last=Zerbe|first=Dean|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en}}
• Hiring credits
• Government relations and tax advisory services

alliantgroup directors and board members have included individuals whose backgrounds include former congressmen and women, IRS and business executives:

• Mark W. Everson joined alliantgroup as vice chairman after serving as Commissioner of the IRS under George W. Bush from 2003 to 2007.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2015/03/05/former-irs-commissioner-mark-everson-to-run-for-president-yes-of-the-united-states/#43001be55b26|title=Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson To Run For President. Yes, Of The United States|last=Nitti|first=Tony|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bna.com/irs-chiefs-fate-n57982082568/|title=IRS Chief's Fate Foggy After Trump Victory|website=www.bna.com|access-date=2017-08-24}}
• Prior to joining alliantgroup as national managing director, Dean Zerbe served as senior tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee from 2001 to 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bna.com/mnuchin-expect-senate-n73014448472/|title=What Mnuchin Should Expect From Senate Vetting: Tax Primer|website=www.bna.com|access-date=2017-08-24}} Zerbe has been profiled on Keith Olbermann’s MSNBC show for his comments on Wyclef Jean’s Haitian relief fund.{{Cite episode |series=Countdown with Keith Olbermann|title='Worse, Worser, Worst' segment |url=https://www.msnbc.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123173533/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/34927873#34927873 |url-status=live |archive-date=2010-01-23 |network=MSNBC |airdate=January 15, 2011 |language=English}}
• In 2010, alliantgroup announced that Jim Ramstad, former U.S. Congressman (Minnesota) would join the firm as a senior advisor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/ramstad-joins-alliantgroup|title=Ramstad Joins alliantgroup|work=Accounting Today|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/09/17/ramstad|title=Ramstad announces his retirement from Congress|last=Scheck|first=Tom|access-date=2017-08-24}}
• In August 2011, former U.S. Senator Kit Bond announced that he would be joining alliantgroup’s advisory board.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2011/08/25/kit-bond-joins-alliantgroup-as-adviser.html|title=Kit Bond joins alliantgroup as adviser|last=|first=|date=25 August 2011|website=|access-date=}}
• In 2012, Bob Riley, former governor and U.S. Congressman (Alabama) joined alliantgroup as a director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/govs_list/riley.html|title=Alabama Department of Archives and History: Alabama Governors--Bob Riley|website=www.archives.alabama.gov|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=241119478&privcapId=253785839&previousCapId=30674529&previousTitle=alliantgroup,%20LP|title=Bob Riley: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alliantgroup-continues-its-commitment-to-strengthening-the-economy-by-adding-another-pro-business-champion-former-alabama-governor-bob-riley-148654365.html|title=alliantgroup Continues Its Commitment to Strengthening the Economy by Adding Another Pro-business Champion, Former Alabama Governor Bob Riley|last=alliantgroup|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-24}}
• In January 2014, it was announced that Steven T. Miller, former acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue would join alliantgroup as national director of tax issues. Miller resigned from the IRS in 2013.{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/195026-ex-irs-acting-head-to-alliantgroup/|title=Ousted IRS head lands at tax firm|last=Becker|first=Bernie|date=2014-01-09|work=TheHill|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irs.gov/uac/remarks-of-steven-t-miller-irs-deputy-commissioner-service-and-enforcement-before-the-tax-executives-institute-mid-year-conference|title=Remarks of Steven T. Miller, IRS Deputy Commissioner, Service and Enforcement, Before the Tax Executives Institute, Mid-Year Conference|website=www.irs.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2017-08-24}}
• In May 2016, alliantgroup announced that former U.S. Congressman of New York, Rick Lazio was appointed as senior director of the firm.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/26/senate.2000/lazio.senate/|title=Long Island congressman to enter New York Senate race - July 26, 1999|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/former-us-congressman-rick-lazio-appointed-alliantgroup-senior-director-300266125.html|title=Former U.S. Congressman Rick Lazio Appointed alliantgroup Senior Director|last=alliantgroup|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-24}}
• In June 2017, alliantgroup added former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns as a chairman of agriculture.{{Cite news|url=http://www.omaha.com/money/former-agriculture-secretary-mike-johanns-tapped-by-tax-consultant-for/article_44abf624-0534-5d2d-a483-a898a60d03da.html|title=Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns tapped by tax consultant for his Washington experience|last=writer|first=Barbara Soderlin / World-Herald staff|work=Omaha.com|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en}}

In 2017 the University of Texas and University of Houston systems sued alliantgroup for racketeering. The suit alleged that Alliantgroup and an architectural firm hired by the universities, WHR Architects, Inc., conspired to reap more than $1.6 million in unauthorized tax benefits from the 2007 construction of the $5.5 million University of Houston Center, and the construction of an MD Anderson parking garage and a UT-Health Science Center project.{{cite court |litigants=The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM and the University of Houston System, Plaintiffs, v. ALLIANTGROUP LP and WHRA Merger Sub II Inc. n/k/a WHRA Architects Inc., Defendants. |vol=400 |reporter=F. Supp. 3d |opinion=610 |pinpoint= |court=United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. |date=2019 |url=https://casetext.com/case/univ-of-tex-sys-v-alliantgroup-lp |access-date= |quote= |postscript= }} United States District Judge David Hittner dismissed all claims against alliantgroup writing in his opinion, "Plaintiffs fail to sufficiently allege a concrete, definite, and tangible injury..."{{Cite web|title=Univ. of Tex. Sys. v. Alliantgroup LP, 400 F. Supp. 3d 610 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator|url=https://casetext.com/case/univ-of-tex-sys-v-alliantgroup-lp|access-date=2021-10-14|website=casetext.com}} The University of Texas was also ordered to remit litigation costs to alliantgroup.

In May 2022, authorities from the IRS conducted an investigation at the building where alliantgroup is located.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=IRS agents swarm Galleria-area office building |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/IRS-investigation-causing-a-stir-in-the-Galleria-17187496.php |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=www.houstonchronicle.com |language=en}}

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• [https://www.alliantgroup.com Official web site]
• [http://www.alliantgroupnews.com alliantgroup News]

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