Rise in R&D tax relief claims
The East Midlands has seen another rise in research and development tax credit claims, according to statistics released by HMRC.
01 October 2020
The latest 2018-19 figures show the region’s companies made a total of 3,805 claims, up from 3,120 made that this time last year.
There were 3,340 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 £240m 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 East Midlands-based companies securing 5% 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.
East Midlands companies also secured £12m 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% of claims and 71% of the total amount claimed in 2018-19.
Article originally published on TheBusinessDesk
