Built by CPAs — for the companies doing the work
Ricerca began with a simple conviction: an R&D tax credit study should be both fast and defensible. We pair modern AI with the judgment of licensed CPAs so you don’t have to choose.
Two bad options
Traditional consultants
Deep expertise, but often slow, costly, and opaque — months of back-and-forth and a bill to match.
Automation-only software
Fast and cheap, but shallow — prone to missing eligible activities and producing thin documentation with no professional sign-off.
AI speed. CPA rigor. No compromise.
We use AI to compress the busywork — intake, parsing, drafting, computation — and put a licensed CPA in charge of every decision that matters. Each study is reviewed and signed, with audit-ready substantiation mapped to business components and the four-part test. And because the rules changed in 2025, we make sure you capture both the §174A deduction and the §41 credit.
What sets a Ricerca study apart
CPA-signed studies
A licensed CPA reviews and signs every study — real accountability, not just software output.
Human-in-the-loop
AI accelerates the work; people make every qualification and amount decision.
Audit-defense-grade docs
Substantiation mapped to the four-part test and each business component.
Serious data security
Encryption, least-privilege access, and a promise never to train public AI on your data.
Transparency
Every figure is sourced and explainable — no black boxes.
Current §174A/OBBBA expertise
We capture the deduction and the credit, correctly, under the new rules.
The company behind Ricerca
Ricerca is owned and operated by Francette, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company. Questions, partnerships, or press? Reach us at info@ricercacredit.com.