Software Companies Claim an Average of £78,000 in R&D Tax Credits
From startups to scale-ups, if you're writing code, you're likely doing R&D
Check Your EligibilityYour Developer Salaries Are Eligible
Cloud Infrastructure Costs Count
Contractor Costs Can Be Claimed
Failed Projects Still Qualify
R&D Activities Hidden in Your Sprint Planning
Development & Architecture
- • Algorithm development and optimization
- • Database architecture improvements
- • System scalability solutions
- • Performance optimization
Integration & Innovation
- • API integrations and custom connectors
- • Machine learning implementation
- • Mobile app development
- • IoT solutions
Infrastructure & Security
- • Security enhancements
- • Cloud migration projects
- • DevOps automation
- • Data processing pipelines
Real Success Stories from Software Companies
FinTech Startup
Payment processing innovation
£127,000
claimed back
SaaS Platform
Multi-tenancy architecture
£89,000
claimed back
App Developer
Cross-platform compatibility
£54,000
claimed back
Common Misconceptions
"We just use existing frameworks"
Many think this disqualifies them
Combining technologies in new ways qualifies
Innovation is about solving problems, not inventing from scratch
"We're not inventing anything new"
A common reason companies don't claim
Innovation, not invention, is the criteria
Improving existing solutions counts as R&D
"We're too small"
Size doesn't matter for R&D claims
We've claimed for sole traders up to enterprises
Even single-developer companies qualify
The Money You're Leaving Behind
Most software companies can claim 25-40% of their development costs
Quick Calculator:
If you have 5 developers earning £50k each, you could claim approximately
£62,500 per year
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