The R&D tax credit aims at helping Irish research and development sector for continuous growth to become one of the global technology leaders, and creating new high-tech job opportunities in Ireland. For expenditure incurred in accounting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2009, the relief is calculated as 25% of qualifying expenditure. The credit…
What is the R&D Tax Credit Programme? An opportunity to return 25% of your Research and Development expenditure in a tax credit or as a cash refund. The R&D Tax Credit Programme was introduced in 2004 to encourage Irish-based companies to perform R&D and to promote investment in innovation. What type of R&D activities are…
Where a company is satisfied that it can comply with the requirements, a claim to relief may be made by completing the Research and Development section of the CT1 form. Any claim under s.766 must be made within 12 months of the end of the accounting period in which the expenditure on R&D giving rise…
Braithwaite recommends preparing the technical and financial costing information before an R&D claim is submitted to Revenue. When a claim is submitted, it is Revenue’s process to review the claim internally, which may result in request(s) for additional supporting information and/or an onsite audit. Taking a proactive approach in preparing the technical and financial costing…
Deadlines The R&D claim must be submitted no later than 12 months from the end of the accounting period to claim the R&D expenditure in that particular fiscal year period. For example, if an applicant has a December year end in 2016, the statutory filing deadline for the fiscal year 2016 is December 31, 2017.…