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R&D Tax Credit Specialists in Glasgow

Fixed-fee r&d tax credits with a clear scope, practical guidance and ACCA-regulated support.

£0

First consult

20+

Years combined

ACCA

Regulated

Overview

Prepare a defensible RDEC or ERIS claim

For accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024, the merged R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) and Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) replaced the old SME and RDEC schemes. Countify identifies the technological uncertainty, maps qualifying staff, software, consumables and subcontractor costs, prepares the project narrative and additional information form, and reconciles the claim to your CT600. First-time and lapsed claimants may also need to notify HMRC before filing, so we check eligibility and deadlines before work begins.

R&D Tax Credits guidance and fixed-fee support from Countify

What you get

What our Glasgow R&D tax relief service includes

We build the claim from evidence rather than applying a percentage to your accounts: project-level technical interviews, qualifying-cost analysis, merged-scheme or ERIS calculations, the mandatory additional information form and CT600 support. The result is a clear audit trail ready for HMRC review.

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Key benefits

Merged-scheme RDEC and ERIS eligibility review
Technical narrative linked to advances and uncertainties
Staff, software, consumables and subcontractor cost analysis
Mandatory HMRC additional information form
Claim-notification and CT600 deadline checks
Evidence pack and support if HMRC asks questions

Why choose Countify

R&D Tax Credits, done right.

R&D relief is now a documentation-led Corporation Tax claim. Countify combines the tax computation with a project-level technical narrative, records who supplied the evidence and reconciles every cost to your accounts. You receive a fixed scope, clear assumptions and a claim file designed to withstand HMRC scrutiny.

How we work

Predictable, fixed-fee engagements.

R&D Tax Credits starts with a free discovery call. From there, we agree the scope and fixed fee upfront, so there are no surprises on your invoice. Once instructed, we deal directly with the relevant records, authorities and software access needed for this service.

Step 01
Free discovery call
A 20-minute chat to understand your r&d tax credits needs, deadlines, and current records.
Step 02
Fixed-fee proposal
We confirm the r&d tax credits scope and price in writing through an engagement letter.
Step 03
Onboarding & delivery
We collect the information needed for r&d tax credits and keep each agreed deadline visible.

Limited companies & directors

Sole traders & partnerships

Individuals & landlords

For r&d tax credits, we support clients in Glasgow city centre, across Scotland, and throughout the UK via Xero, QuickBooks Online, FreeAgent and secure document sharing. Day-to-day contact is with your named accountant.

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For accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024, most companies claim the taxable merged-scheme R&D expenditure credit at 20%. Loss-making R&D-intensive SMEs may qualify for ERIS instead, which uses an 86% additional deduction and a 14.5% payable-credit rate. We test the company and project against the correct scheme before calculating the claim.

A project must seek an advance in science or technology and resolve uncertainty that a competent professional could not readily work out. It can include software, engineering, manufacturing, energy and other sectors; being commercially new or difficult on its own is not enough.

Qualifying expenditure can include relevant staff costs, software, consumables, data and cloud-computing costs, externally provided workers and some subcontracted R&D. Contracting and overseas expenditure rules determine which company can claim and whether a cost is restricted.

You may need a claim notification if this is your first R&D claim or your previous claim falls outside HMRC's three-year test. Every claim also needs an additional information form submitted before or on the same day as the Company Tax Return; without it, HMRC will reject the claim.

An R&D claim is normally made in the Company Tax Return and is generally limited to two years after the end of the relevant accounting period. Claim-notification deadlines can arise earlier, so a company should check them before waiting for the CT600 filing deadline.

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