R&D Tax in the UK - Compliance & Legislation

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The last 18 months have seen the government spotlight firmly placed on the R&D Tax Incentive. This has largely been driven by the rise of fraudulent activity and scheme abuse. 

To counteract this, HMRC is continuing to introduce significant changes to the R&D Tax Legislation.  

For accountants that are currently navigating these potholes on behalf of clients, Walmer Group will present this webinar to assist you in ensuring full compliance with HMRC. 

Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to: 

• Merging of the SME and RDEC Incentives 

• Digitalisation of claim submissions and disclosure of associated R&D agent(s). 

• How to deal with an R&D enquiry from HMRC 

• Changes in allowable expenditure inclusion (i.e. restriction of overseas subcontractors). 

There will also be a Q&A session following this, where attendees will have the opportunity to ask our experts. 

Duration

1 hour (1 non-verifiable CPD unit)

Speakers

6+ years in R&D Tax Relief, leading compliance and operations. Tad Marinic sits on the HMRC Research and Development Communication Committee and is hands on in the day-to-day operations of Walmer Group, ensuring the highest level of compliance for clients.

12+ years experience in sales, business development, trading and financial services, James Campbell previously spent 4.5 years growing Australia’s leading private investment platform throughout Asia Pacific. Since moving to the UK in 2017, he has worked directly for the Founders of a number of fast-growing start-ups and scale-ups (SaaS, AI, Climate Tech) in their business growth and commercial strategies. 

17 years at HMRC as an R&D Tax Inspector. Graham Steed now runs his own Consultancy, advising companies on compliance for the preparation of R&D tax credits claims; representing clients facing HMRC enquiries where he has an exceptional success rate; and delivery of training to staff on HMRC centric tax issues.

Since university, Richard Edwards' (Founder, The R&D Community Ltd) whole career has been spent in Software, Training and R&D Tax Relief. All this experience is now focused on growing The R&D Community: this is a company designed for one purpose - to give accountants and other R&D professionals the training, support & resources they need to excel in their roles advising SMEs about R&D tax relief.