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The SME Scheme & Group Structures

Lindsay Pentelow, Tax Partner in Mazars, explores some of the different contractual relationships within a group which can either block or create access to SME R&D relief

 
Lindsay Pentelow Tax Partner in Mazars explores some of the different contractual relationships within a group which can either block or create access to SME R&D relief
 
Since 1 August 2008 the SME R&D relief can create a tax underwriting for qualifying R&D spend of 49p in the £ (28% x 175%) and although the cash payment for loss-making companies is limited to 24.5p in the £ (14% x 175%) the relief can provide one way or another a very significant cash flow benefit to companies.
 
Like all cash generation this is even more attractive in hard times than in good....

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