R&D Tax Credits – Client Success Story

Industry Sector: Engineering

A successful R&D Tax Credit claim outcome, despite the need for a quick turn-around.

Client Profile: £700k turnover & 14 employees

Background: A family-owned business who were previously unaware of the R&D Tax Credit scheme and whose year-end was imminent when engaging with Innovation Tax. With just nine days available to submit a claim before the legal deadline, we worked with the client to assess and complete the claim with four days to spare, including helping their accountant file an amended tax return incorporating the benefit.

R&D Tax Credit received:  £26,000
Client Feedback:

“As a company, we are involved in developing projects and products for handling refrigerants. We had previously considered claiming for Government-backed R&D Tax Credits, but we felt the claim process was onerous and our accountant did not have the expert knowledge. From our first meeting with Innovation Tax, they quickly understood the technical and financial aspects of our eligible R+D work and, with their industry expert carrying out the assessment and writing the reports to justify our claim, the entire process took only a couple of months from the initial meeting to receiving the repayment from HMRC. We would highly recommend using Innovation Tax Specialists’ service. “

Insight

UK companies in the Engineering sector could benefit from significant funding through the R&D Tax Credit scheme.
The UK engineering sector is awash with innovative activity, with companies constantly investing in ground-breaking methodologies to overcome a wide range of challenges to develop new concepts, as well as improving on products already in the marketplace. The UK is very much at the forefront in areas such as motorsport, aerospace and, in response to the current global situation, pharmaceutical engineering. Given the significant contribution the sector makes to the wider UK economy, the Government are keen to ensure that engineering companies are incentivised in their efforts to maintain our market-leading position; one of the ways they do this is via the R&D Tax Credit scheme.
What types of Engineering activities qualify for R&D tax credits?
In the widest sense, engineering companies make ‘new products’ work (and ‘existing products’ work better) across a vast range of industries; specific examples of where R&D would be considered to have occurred might include;
  • Development of high-performance components for the aerospace and automotive sectors
  • Modification of existing machinery / processes to improve efficiency, cost effectiveness and to reduce wastage
  • Development, fabrication and scale-up development of new products in line with customer requirements
  • Trialling of new/alternate materials to appreciably improve product safety, durability, weight and size
  • Development of alternate, eco-friendly energy sources
  • Novel construction solutions to overcome environmental / planning restrictions
  • Migration of existing telecommunication services to digital platforms
  • Process automation to increase production capacity/efficiency
  • Deployment of robotics / artificial intelligence across an array of applications

HOW CAN WE HELP?

Innovation Tax prides itself on the knowledge and experience of a team consisting of R&D claim technicians, sector specialists and tax professionals who can expertly help our clients to identify all qualifying activities and eligible costs and submit a robust, fully maximised claim, that will stand up to HMRC scrutiny.

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Innovation Tax specialise in helping companies access vital funding and tax incentives to enable their businesses to grow, increase profitability, reduce risk and enable further investment in R&D and capital investments.

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