- Subcontracted R&D, which can affect eligibility for R&D tax credits and the scheme which applies.
- Funded R&D activities, which affect the schemes of R&D tax incentives which apply.
- R&D Expenditure Credits, which are reported differently in the financial statements and can affect the timing as well as the amount of tax payable.
- Corporate groups, where arrangements between companies can affect the R&D tax credits and also the Patent Box relief.
- ‘Capitalisation’ of development costs, where a company’s decision to report R&D expenditure as an asset, rather than as a cost in the year creates much greater complexity in the overall tax treatment of the costs and eligibility for R&D tax incentives.
- Interaction between R&D tax incentives and Patent Box, which will require companies to ‘track and trace’ their qualifying R&D expenditure in an appropriate way.
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