diff --git a/contracts/Ibc.sol b/contracts/Ibc.sol
index 7ea4800c..ae30736b 100644
--- a/contracts/Ibc.sol
+++ b/contracts/Ibc.sol
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ struct AckPacket {
     bytes data;
 }
 
+struct IncentivizedAckPacket {
+    bool success;
+    string relayer;
+    bytes data;
+}
+
 enum ChannelOrder {
     NONE,
     UNORDERED,
diff --git a/test/payload/ack.t.sol b/test/payload/ack.t.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd800e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/payload/ack.t.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
+pragma solidity ^0.8.13;
+
+import 'forge-std/Test.sol';
+
+import '../../contracts/Ibc.sol';
+
+// import '../../contracts/payload/hash.sol';
+
+contract AckContract {
+    // getAckPacketBytes returns the bytes representation of the AckPacket
+    function getAckPacketBytes(AckPacket calldata ack) external pure returns (bytes memory) {
+        return abi.encodePacked(ack.success, ack.data);
+    }
+
+    // getIncentivizedAckPacketBytes returns the bytes representation of the IncentivizedAckPacket
+    function getIncentivizedAckPacketBytes(IncentivizedAckPacket calldata ack) external pure returns (bytes memory) {
+        bytes memory relayerBytes = bytes(ack.relayer);
+        return abi.encodePacked(ack.success, uint32(relayerBytes.length), relayerBytes, ack.data);
+    }
+}
+
+contract AckTest is Test {
+    AckContract ackContract = new AckContract();
+
+    bytes ackPayload1 = hex'0161636b2d64617461';
+    AckPacket ackPacket1 = AckPacket({success: true, data: bytes('ack-data')});
+    bytes32 ackPacket1Hash = hex'863b46bf0508a780d8954b8f22b37e91a76c6427a2dcdff98076f977adda55b7';
+
+    bytes ackPayload2 =
+        hex'00000000283030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303061636b2d64617461';
+    IncentivizedAckPacket ackPacket2 =
+        IncentivizedAckPacket({
+            success: false,
+            relayer: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+            data: bytes('ack-data')
+        });
+    bytes32 ackPacket2Hash = hex'7d0c7d92ef6e1eb1a3c6689239871e8683b6d7a24a630bb8288227316d12afca';
+
+    function setUp() public {}
+
+    // testAckPacketBytes tests the bytes representation of AckPacket
+    function testAckPacketBytes() public {
+        bytes memory ackPacketBytes = ackContract.getAckPacketBytes(ackPacket1);
+        assertEq(ackPacketBytes, ackPayload1, 'ackPacketBytes should be equal to ackPayload1');
+        assertEq(ackPacket1Hash, sha256(ackPacketBytes), 'ackPacket1Hash should be equal to keccak256(ackPacketBytes)');
+    }
+
+    // testIncentivizedAckPacketBytes tests the bytes representation of IncentivizedAckPacket
+    function testIncentivizedAckPacketBytes() public {
+        bytes memory ackPacketBytes = ackContract.getIncentivizedAckPacketBytes(ackPacket2);
+        assertEq(ackPacketBytes, ackPayload2, 'ackPacketBytes should be equal to ackPayload2');
+        assertEq(ackPacket2Hash, sha256(ackPacketBytes), 'ackPacket2Hash should be equal to keccak256(ackPacketBytes)');
+    }
+}