R&D Enquiry Defence

HMRC enquiries can expand far beyond the time spent on the original claim. They can be stressful to handle, and if not approached in the right way could harm your R&D service’s reputation.

Our team of experts can help alleviate the pressure on your team and work with you to manage your client’s response to the enquiry.

You’ll pay an hourly rate of £250+VAT on any Claim Support.

How we can support you with an R&D tax relief enquiry

Work with you to prepare your client to talk to HMRC.

The claim is ultimately their responsibility, and HMRC will be asking them questions directly. How they respond can drastically shape the outcome of the compliance check.

Draft written response documents for you.

You can then review these and discuss them with your client before submitting. You don’t get too many chances to respond to an enquiry before HMRC issues penalties or repayment, so it’s important to get it right straight off the bat.

Attend video calls with you, your client, and HMRC.

Having support during these crucial calls can help your client to present their case in the best possible light.

Review claim documentation and your responses.

Sometimes you need a second opinion, not an extra pair of hands. In challenging enquiry situations, having a third-party review documentation can help make sure everything is accurate, thorough and level-headed.

Alan Woods
Alan Woods
Director
Woods Squared
Alan Woods

Richard provided insight as to the best way to deal with the enquiry and the best way to present the information that was needed by HMRC, whilst reassuring our client that they had a specialist in their corner.

Throughout the process he helped us to increase our own knowledge of R&D and how to deal with HMRC moving forwards.

It gave us peace of mind to know that we (or the client) weren’t going to say or do something wrong that may have actually made the situation with HMRC worse rather than better!

How it works

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Your support starts with a call to collects facts about the claim and enquiry, followed by a quote for our services.

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You’ll need to go through our AML checks before we can do any work on your enquiry. Once that’s done, we’ll send our invoice.

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Work begins as soon as the invoice is paid. You’ll receive regular updates on longer projects as we go.

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Interested in a discount and priority access?

Members of The R&D Community get priority access to our Claim Support service and discounted hourly rate of £195+VAT.

Your monthly subscription also includes access to our R&D Helpline at no extra cost, along with our full suite of training resources and our private members community

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