The R&D tax credit has been repealed, effective from the 2009-10 income year. It is still available for qualifying expenditure on R&D activities carried out in the 2008-09 income year. Find out more about the R&D tax credit repeal >
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Find out what R&D activities are eligible
R&D activities do not need to be conducted in a laboratory, make major advances in their field, or even have a successful outcome to be eligible for the tax credit. They must meet a number of conditions and it is unlikely all elements of a commercial project will be eligible R&D activities.
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- What is research that is systematic, investigative and experimental?
- R&D activities aimed at resolving scientific or technological uncertainty
- R&D activities involving an appreciable element of novelty
- R&D tax credit in information technology
- R&D activity need not be successful to be eligible
- Support activities
- Determining when eligible R&D activities start and finish
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Date published: 24 Mar 2009
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