Part 13Additional relief for expenditure on research and development
Chapter 8Cap on aid for R&D
1114Total R&D aid
For the purposes of section 1113 the total R&D aid, in respect of expenditure by a company (“the claimant”) attributable to a research and development project, is calculated as follows—
where—
A is the total R&D aid,
TC is the tax credits (see section 1115),
R is the actual reduction in tax liability (see section 1116),
P is the potential relief (see section 1117),
CT is the main rate of corporation tax at the time when the total R&D aid is calculated F1(or, in the case of a ring fence trade (within the meaning of section 277 of CTA 2010) the main ring fence profits rate at that time), and
N is the notional relief (see section 1118).