The Changing Landscape of Research & Development Tax Relief Up until recently, the position of claims for Research and Development Tax Relief was a bit like the wild west. There were lots of specialist businesses cold calling companies promising guaranteed cash repayments. These businesses were safe in the knowledge that HMRC only checked a tiny proportion of claims and most likely they would get away, initially at least, with putting in exaggerated claims, thereby boosting their sales.This led to a large amount of potential fraud within the R&D tax relief system. Something needed to change.
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