SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 31 Tax relief for expenditure on research and development

Part 1 Small and medium-sized enterprises: Schedule 20 to Finance Act 2000

Qualifying R&D expenditure: expenditure on externally provided workers

4 In paragraph 3 (qualifying R&D expenditure) for sub-paragraph (4) (the third condition, that the expenditure is incurred on staffing costs or consumable stores or is qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted research and development) substitute—

“(4) The third condition is that the expenditure—

(a) is incurred on staffing costs (see paragraph 5),

(b) is incurred on consumable stores (see paragraph 6),

(c) is qualifying expenditure on externally provided workers (see paragraphs 8A to 8E), or

(d) is qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted research and development (see paragraphs 9 to 12).”.