Software and product teams
If there was genuine technological uncertainty, we can write it.
If you are actually inventing
R&D tax relief for companies that build things, not for companies that stretch stories.
A claim HMRC can read. Technical narrative, cost schedule, and a filing that matches the new regime.
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What R&D tax relief actually is.
Research and Development relief is still real money for companies that solve scientific or technological uncertainty. It is also an HMRC priority for challenge. We prepare claims for software, manufacturing, engineering and product firms that can stand the question ‘what was uncertain?’
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Confirmed in writing before we start. Cancel anytime.
With the CT return
In the number
- Eligibility workshop
- Technical narrative
- Cost schedule
- Additional information form
Quoted separately
- The scope, once we have seen the file
- Any catch-up sitting behind the last filed set
- Work that happens once, not every year
What is in the package.
Everything below is included in the quoted fee. Nothing here is billed twice.
4 lines, all included
- Eligibility workshop
- We interview the people who built it, not just the finance lead.
- Technical narrative
- Uncertainty, baseline, advance, written so an inspector does not bounce it.
- Cost schedule
- Qualifying staff, EPWs, consumables, software, mapped to the current rules.
- Additional information form
- The extra HMRC pack is not optional. We complete it properly.
You probably need this if
Signs you need R&D tax relief
- Someone promised you a percentage of a number they have not read
- The technical narrative does not sound like your engineers
- You have not filed the additional information form
- An enquiry letter has already arrived
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R&D Tax Relief
Who it is usually for
Manufacturing and engineering
A claim that matches the shop floor, not a brochure.
Companies already using a claims mill
A review before HMRC does one.
Three steps, start to finish.
No onboarding theatre. We scope it in writing, put a named accountant on it, and tell you the date it lands.
- 01
Qualify or walk away
If it is not R&D, we will not dress it up. That is how you stay un-enquired.
- 02
Build the file
Interviews, timesheets, invoices, narrative.
- 03
File with the CT return
Or amend, if the window is still open.
In plain English
R&D Tax Relief, written properly
If you cannot say what was uncertain, it is not R&D
Research and Development relief is still real money for companies that solve scientific or technological uncertainty. Building a normal app on known tools is not that. We interview the people who built it, write a narrative an inspector can follow, and map costs to the current merged regime. We will walk away if the project is not R&D. That is how you stay un-enquired.
The extra pack is not optional
HMRC’s additional information requirements and tighter scrutiny killed the old brochure claim. If a previous firm stretched the story, the kindest work is often an amendment. We would rather lose a fee than buy you an enquiry.
R&D Tax Relief FAQs
No. Building a normal app on known tools is not. Solving a genuine technological uncertainty can be. We are blunt about the line.
Yes, merged scheme, additional information, and tighter HMRC scrutiny. Old-style ‘brochure claims’ are how enquiries start.
We can review the file before HMRC does. Sometimes the kindest advice is to amend.
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One number. Whichever desk you land on.
01925 670289- Warrington
- Ragan House, 674 Knutsford Road, WA4 1JHMap
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