Part 13Additional relief for expenditure on research and development

Chapter 4Relief for SMEs: subsidised and capped expenditure on R&D

Relief

1068Additional deduction in calculating profits of trade

(1)

A company is entitled to corporation tax relief for an accounting period if it meets conditions A, B and C.

(2)

Condition A is that the company is a small or medium-sized enterprise in the period.

(3)

Condition B is that the company meets the R&D threshold in the period (see section 1069).

(4)

Condition C is that the company has expenditure within subsection (5) which is allowable as a deduction in calculating for corporation tax purposes the profits for the period of a trade carried on by the company.

(5)

The expenditure within this subsection is—

(a)

qualifying Chapter 4 expenditure (see section 1070), and

(b)

capped R&D expenditure (see section 1073).

(6)

For the company to obtain the relief it must make a claim.

(7)

The relief is an additional deduction in calculating the profits of the trade for the period.

(8)

The amount of the additional deduction is 30% of the expenditure mentioned in subsection (4).

(9)

See section 1083 for provision about refunds of qualifying Chapter 4 expenditure and capped R&D expenditure.