Major Rise In Yorkshire And Humber R&D Tax Relief Claims
Yorkshire and Humber has seen another rise in R&D (research and development) tax credit claims, according to statistics released today by HMRC.
01 October 2020
The latest 2018-19 figures show companies in the region made a total of 4,285 claims, up from 3,350 made that this time last year. There were 3,815 successful R&D tax relief claims made by SMEs in the region as well as additional claims secured through the RDEC scheme. This amounted to a total of £215m in R&D tax relief being secured by businesses across the region.
Overall there were 59,265 R&D tax credit claims made across the UK in the 2018-19 period with Yorkshire and Humber-based companies securing four per cent of the £5.3bn of tax relief support that was claimed nationwide. This measure helped stimulate more than £35bn of R&D expenditure by British businesses.
Yorkshire and Humber companies also secured £42m in rebates for Patent Box claims, another tax relief incentive available to help firms develop intellectual property (IP) assets. Overall, companies across the UK secured a total of £992m in Patent Box tax breaks in 2018-19.
This year’s R&D tax credit statistics show manufacturing companies along with those in ‘Professional, Scientific and Technical’, and ‘Information and Communication’ sectors continuing to have the greatest volume of claims. The three categories account for a combined total of 66 per cent of claims and 71 per cent of the total amount claimed in 2018-19.
Scott Henderson, CEO of ABGI UK, said: “Yorkshire and Humber has seen a strong rise in R&D tax relief claims compared to the same period in 2017-18. While we are now facing some serious economic challenges this ongoing trend is welcome as it shows the region’s business community has continued to invest in innovation at a time when this will be more critical than ever.
Article originally published on Yorkshire Business Daily
