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How will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act impact controls engineers?

Aug. 25, 2025
Wipfli's Mike Devereux and Tim Finerty explore the OBBB tax law and what it means for the automation sector

In this episode of Control Intelligence, editor in chief Mike Bacidore is joined by Mike Devereux and Tim Finerty from national accounting and consulting firm Wipfli.

Mike Devereux is a partner at Wipfli in the St. Louis area. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified manufacturing professional (CMP) and the author of "More cash, better machines: your guide to the new tax law". He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA) and the Associated Industries of Missouri. He is also a board member of the Manufacturers Association of Plastics Processors (MAPP), chairman of Allinial Global’s R&D Tax Credit Community of Practice, executive board member of the Manufacturing Services Association (MSA) and president of Manufacturing CPAs.

Tim Finerty is also a partner at Wipfli and has co-written "Money on the table: Taking advantage of the R&E tax credit" and "What comes after COVID-19?" Working in the Detroit area, Finerty is a board member & International Business Advisory Council member of Automation Alley, a nonprofit technology business association and Digital Transformation Insight Center. He's also an Affinity Program member of the Control System Integrators Association, a member of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants Task Force.

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