Grow a profitable, competitive & ethical R&D service
Protect your clients, win new business & prepare claims with confidence using our R&D training platform, expert support and helpline.
Grow a profitable, competitive & ethical R&D service
Protect your clients, win new business & prepare claims with confidence using our R&D training platform, expert support and helpline.
FREE WEBINAR: The R&D rumour mill - What will the Autumn Statement tell us?
Date: 6 December 2023 – Time: 11:00 AM
Sign up for our free webinar as we get to grips with the R&D tax fallout from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as well as showing you how to transform your firm into R&D tax experts.
Why invest in R&D tax relief training?
The most comprehensive R&D training resource on the market
It’s hard to grow a profitable, competitive & ethical R&D service if you aren’t confident in the claims you’re submitting. HMRC’s guidance on the Tax Relief programme is so generic and subjective that it’s difficult to know if you’re interpreting it correctly and giving your clients good advice.
Whatever your role is in preparing R&D claims for your clients, what you need is clear and impartial training and support that breaks down the guidance and shows you how to apply it to your clients.
Raising standards in R&D tax relief
We’ve had enough of the good guys being the underdogs of R&D tax relief. When advisors take standards and ethics seriously, that should be a compelling selling point, not a disadvantage!
Our philosophy is to share our knowledge and help as many compliance-minded R&D advisors as possible. The more knowledge we share with you, our members, the harder it is for R&D cowboys to win business at your or your clients’ expense.
Like you, we want to see higher standards in the R&D market. That means more transparency, accountability and training – and ultimately regulation.
Resources
The importance of a clearly defined technological baseline in an R&D claim
Establishing a sound technological baseline heavily contributes to the strength of your claim.
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Documentation requirements for R&D claims: best practice for meeting heightened standards
Let's break down just how the standard has changed since the scheme began
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How to identify “problematic” historical R&D claims
What should you do if you suspect that a client's past claims won't hold up to HMRC's new level of scrutiny?
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What should I do if my client’s been hit with a penalty after their R&D enquiry
Here are the first steps you can take when you've received a penalty from HMRC.
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Adapting your claim methodology for 2023 and beyond
Here are some steps you can take to adapt your claim methodology to HMRC's new, more exacting standards
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Software projects and eligibility: interpreting HMRC guidance
HMRC has deepened their understanding of software development, and claims which would previously have been successful are falling flat.
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Paul Rosser
As a direct result of being members of the Community, company owners are now approaching us for assistance with their R&D claims, with the last one we signed generating enough fees to cover more than 2 years’ Community membership.
James Lizars
For a small accounting practice operating in an R&D intensive niche, having everything in-house for a full and compliant R&D service is tough.The community, the helpline, the second-set of eyes, and the training modules have all proved to be invaluable. They’ve provided clarity and confidence in how we’re advising our clients and given us access to expert additional resource when we’ve needed it.
Nick Hume
I have found Richard Edwards to be an absolutely essential part of our R&D tax delivery. His technical knowledge is unsurpassed. He also has a good demeanour with the clients which has helped enormously in bridging misunderstandings often generated by R&D telesales.
Jonathon Yeomans
The R&D Community provides the most rigorous R&D focused training academy in the UK. It’s an incredibly useful addition to our internal R&D training programme, accessible 24/7, which helps to consolidate R&D learning by testing the candidate’s knowledge on all aspects of the scheme as they progress.
Partnering with The R&D Community provides us with an important and valuable additional facet to our “belt and braces” approach of ensuring that all our customer-facing staff have the deepest knowledge of the R&D tax scheme possible.
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