Tax credit for research and development (R&D)

The Tax credit for research and development (R&D) is a generic tax credit designed to support innovation funding. It concerns research and development (R&D) activities of companies, regardless of sector or size. Companies may benefit from the CIR by deducting it from their tax under certain conditions. Relevant expenditures apply to:

• Basic research activity: experimental or theoretical research work to acquire new knowledge, with no particular application or use in view.
• Applied research activity: research work to determine possible applications of basic research results.
• Experimental development activity: systematic work based on knowledge gained from basic and applied research. The aim is to develop new products or processes, or to improve existing ones.

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