Qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted research and developmentU.K.
6(1)Paragraphs 7 to 11 make provision for determining the qualifying expenditure of a company on sub-contracted research and development.
This is subject to sub-paragraph (3).
(2)For the purposes of those paragraphs a company (“the principal”) incurs expenditure on sub-contracted research and development if it makes a payment (a “sub-contractor payment”) to another person (“the sub-contractor”) in respect of research and development contracted out by the company to that person.
(3)Where the sub-contractor is—
(a)a charity (within the meaning of section 506(1) of the Taxes Act 1988),
(b)a university, or
(c)an Association of a description specified in section 508 of that Act (scientific research organisations),
paragraphs 7(1) and 8 to 11 do not apply and expenditure of the principal on sub-contracted expenditure is qualifying expenditure if it satisfies the conditions of paragraph 7(2) to (6).