Finance Act 2002 (c. 23)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 U.K. Tax relief for expenditure on research and development

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 12 modified (with effect as specified in art. 2 of the commencing S.I. of the commencing S.I.) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 53(2)(6); S.I. 2004/3268, art. 2

Part 1 U.K. Entitlement to relief for R&D expenditure: large companies

Qualifying R&D expenditure U.K.

3 For the purposes of this Schedule the company’s “qualifying R&D expenditure” is—

(a) its qualifying expenditure on direct research and development (see paragraph 4),

(b) its qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted research and development (see paragraph 5), and

(c) its qualifying expenditure on contributions to independent research and development (see paragraph 6).