R&D Tax Credits in

Manufacturing

The R&D Tax Relief incentive is designed to encourage innovation and increase spending on Research & Development activities for companies operating in the UK. It’s one of the government’s top incentives for encouraging investment in R&D and allows up to 33.35% of a company’s R&D spend to be recovered as a cash repayment.

Why Manufacturing?

  • Staff costs

  • Software costs

  • Consumeables

  • Sub-contractors

What makes me eligible?

Most manufacturing companies in the UK should be eligible for some type of R&D tax credits. To be eligible, you must:

  • Be a limited company in the UK, subject to corporation tax

  • Have carried out research and development into new products or processes

  • Have spent money on these projects

If you aren’t sure if your project qualifies, you should contact us to find out.

Our expert team of tax consultants are on hand to identify if your project is eligible, what scheme you should claim under and how much you can expect to receive.

R&D software project and activity expenditure

We have found projects in the areas below to have many R&D projects but are not limited too:

  • Food, beverage and tobacco products

  • Textiles and textile products

  • Wood products

  • Pulp, paper and paper products

  • Publishing and printing

  • Petroleum products and nuclear fuel

  • Chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres

  • Rubber and plastic products

  • Other non-metallic mineral products

  • Basic metals and fabricated metal products

  • Other machinery and equipment

  • Electrical and optical equipment

  • Transport equipment