R & D Tax Credit Explained

If you’ve invested in R&D, or if you aren’t sure if what you’ve done is R&D, we can identify whether you’re entitled to tax relief. We are experts in R&D tax claims, with over 13 years’ experience in submitting successful claims.

For many businesses, R&D is a big financial commitment with potentially huge rewards – giving a valuable advantage over your competitors. In many cases, businesses don’t realise they are doing R&D; they just see it as improving the way they work.

R & D tax relief: What you need to know

Gathering the evidence for a claim

Essentially, your claim needs to demonstrate to HMRC that your research is not only technologically innovative, but also ahead of other options currently available.

That’s where our experts here at Cowgills come in. We take full responsibility from beginning to end; visiting you, gathering evidence, putting your claim together and answering any questions raised by HMRC.

All whilst making the process simple, minimising disruption so that you can concentrate on running your business.

We have a wealth of experience in dealing with R&D tax claims, with many of our team having worked in the field since the inception of R & D claims in the early 2000s.

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Which businesses can claim for R&D?

Any business in the UK can potentially make an R&D tax relief claim, but 71% of claims currently come from businesses in three sectors:

Manufacturing
Information & Communication
Professional, Scientific & Technical

The average R&D tax relief claim is £53,876.

In the previous three years, Cowgills have saved our clients over £6m; that’s an average of £88,000 per client!

How would an R&D claim work for my business?

SME

Fewer than 500 staff and either less than:
£100 million turnover or £86 million gross assets.

Large Company

Greater than 500 staff and either more than:
£100 million turnover or £86 million gross assets.

If you’re an SME with;

less than 500 employees,
annual turnover of less than £100million, and,
balance sheet assets of less than £86million,

You can claim back up to 33% of your costs.

£3.5bn was claimed in R&D tax relief in 2017 (25% increase from the previous year)
Only £350m of this was claimed by companies in the North of England
85% of claims came from SME’s

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If you’re a large company with;

more than 500 employees, and
annual turnover of more than £100million, or
balance sheet assets of less than £86million.

You can claim back up to 10% of your costs.

£3.5bn was claimed in R&D tax relief in 2017 (25% increase from the previous year)
Only £350m of this was claimed by companies in the North of England
15% of claims came from large companies

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