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Claimship vs TaxTaker
TaxTaker is a specialty tax firm, not software. Its accountants and engineers interview your team, build a conservative study, and charge a success fee only if you qualify. Like Claimship, it works alongside the CPA you already have.
The differences are evidence and price. Claimship builds the study from your commits, pull requests, and tickets instead of interviews, and charges a flat $1,500 to $3,000 per year instead of an unpublished percentage of the credit.
| Claimship | TaxTaker | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat fee. $1,500 to $3,000 per year, published on the pricing page. You keep 100% of the credit. | Success fee, charged only if you qualify. The percentage is not published as of July 2026. Payment plans run 6 or 12 months. The initial assessment is free. |
| Who gathers the evidence | Software reads your GitHub, Linear, Jira, and Slack with read-only access. You confirm edge cases in a short weekly review. No interviews or timesheets. | TaxTaker's accounting and engineering team interviews your engineers and technical leads, then documents qualified activities and expenses. |
| Audit support | Every qualified dollar links to the commit, PR, or ticket that earned it. Primary evidence, not reconstructed interviews. | Its FAQ says TaxTaker will defend you in the event of an audit, and it markets conservative, audit-ready documentation. |
| What your CPA gets | A finished study and Form 6765 package. Your CPA reviews it and files it with your return. Claimship never files taxes. | A study and substantiation package. Your CPA files it with your return. TaxTaker also says you should keep your existing accountant. |
| Integrations | GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Notion, Rippling, Gusto. All read-only. | A payroll integration is mentioned by customers, but no named dev-tool or accounting integrations are advertised. |
| Time from the founder | About 15 minutes to connect your tools, then a short weekly review. | Customers describe it as low maintenance. Interview time for your technical team is not published. |
Claims about TaxTaker were checked against taxtaker.com in July 2026. TaxTaker also offers other incentives, including the 179D deduction, the 45L credit, and cost segregation, which this page does not compare.
Sources: TaxTaker FAQ · TaxTaker R&D tax credits · TaxTaker on G2
How Claimship works
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Pricing is a flat fee of $1,500 to $3,000 per year based on team size. You keep 100% of the credit. Estimate yours with the credit calculator.
When TaxTaker is a better fit
TaxTaker is a small, well-reviewed team with a consultative model. It is the better choice when:
- Your R&D is not software. Hardware, biotech, and other lab or shop work needs judgment calls that interviews with licensed engineers handle well. Claimship is built for software teams whose work lives in git and tickets.
- You want more than the R&D credit. TaxTaker also handles 179D, 45L, the investment tax credit, EV charging credits, and cost segregation. One vendor can cover all of them.
- You want a human walking you through it. Reviewers praise the team for explaining the process live and being responsive. If you want a person, not a product, that service is real.