“Do the R&D - Reap the Rewards”!
By HMRC and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Since 1 August 2008, the rate of R&D tax relief for Small & Medium Sized Companies has been 175%. Have you been taking advantage of this enhanced tax deduction for your investment in R&D activities?
Additionally, even where a company has been in receipt of an R&D Grant, for example, under an Invest Northern Ireland programme, there may still be an entitlement to claim R&D tax relief.
There is even the opportunity to get some cash back from HMRC for R&D spend in the past 2 years where the company is loss-making. This is particularly attractive to the early stage start-up company in the pre-revenue stage where cash is vital.
Attend this workshop and you will learn:
· More about the R&D tax relief regime and how it affects your business;
· Which R&D projects qualify for relief;
· What types of R&D spend qualifies for the enhanced deduction;
· How to make R&D tax relief claims; and
· How to get cash back from HMRC in relation to R&D projects.
The workshop will be led by Caroline Keenan, Associate Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and David Stewart head of HMRC’s Northern Ireland Corporate Tax Office.
| Date: |
Thursday 19th November 2009 |
| Time: |
08.00am – 08.30am Registration
08.30am – 09.45am Programme
09.45am – 10.00am Q&A |
| Location: |
Northern Ireland Science Park, Queens Island, Belfast |
| Cost: |
Free of charge |
| Contact: |
Roisin Clancy, Northern Ireland Science Park
Tel: 028 9073 7920, Email: nispconnect@nisp.co.uk |
| Note: |
Breakfast will be provided for participants |
Who should attend?
Frameworks Entrepreneur workshops are professional development programmes, scheduled throughout the year. Attendees are generally founders, CEOs and managers involved in strategic business growth and development, or scientists or technology experts considering a business start-up.
About NISP CONNECT’s Frameworks Entrepreneur Workshops
NISP CONNECT offers ongoing educational opportunities for entrepreneurs building and growing innovative hitech, biotech or cleantech companies and offers member companies the opportunity to provide expert content to a responsive, interactive audience.
Many of today’s business founders and future entrepreneurs have scientific and technical backgrounds but have had limited experience in industry, so they often lack exposure to critical information which is essential to leading a start-up. To fill this gap, NISP offers Frameworks Entrepreneur Workshops to provide these bright leaders with the vocabulary, foundations and framework around which they can build awareness of the many disciplines they will oversee as “C” level managers”
About NISP CONNECT
NISP CONNECT is an independent, non-profit organization fostering entrepreneurship by accelerating the growth of promising technologies and early stage companies. Our core purpose is to connect people, technology and capital to drive innovation and create wealth through building high value IP based companies in Northern Ireland. We want to help to establish a thriving entrepreneurial eco-system where innovation, vision and talent flourish.
A collaboration between Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP), the University of Ulster and Queens University, Belfast, NISP CONNECT acts as an ‘honest, neutral broker’ within the region through provision of direct delivery programmes, mentorship/coaching services, educational seminars and events geared at developing and encouraging entrepreneurial ideas, talent and leadership