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R&D tax credits

UK tax relief for companies spending on qualifying research and development, which can include software work that solves genuine technical uncertainties. It reduces tax bills, and can pay out cash to some loss-making companies.

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Finance needs the engineers to write up last year's technical challenges for the R&D claim.

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Your write-up of what was hard, and why, can be worth real money to the company. Keep notes as you go.

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