Best Practice

Our ‘How to’ posts are our best practice advice about how to apply the scheme to your clients’ claims.

Covering topics such as eligibility in specific sectors, how to avoid enquiries and how to avoid common mistakes when claiming.

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Claiming R&D tax relief under the new (merged) RDEC and ERIS schemes: what you need to know about Northern Irish ERIS claims

In this series of blogs, we’ve been taking you on a deep dive into the main differences between the SME and RDEC...

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Claiming R&D tax relief under the new (merged) RDEC and ERIS schemes: what you need to know about subsidies and subcontracted R&D

In this series of blogs, we’ve been taking you on a deep dive into the main differences between the SME and RDEC...

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Claiming R&D tax relief under the new (merged) RDEC and ERIS schemes: what you need to know about splitting the costs

In this series of blogs, we’ll be taking you on a deep dive into the main differences between the SME and RDEC...

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Claiming R&D tax relief under the new (merged) RDEC and ERIS schemes: what you need to know about externally provided workers

In this series of blogs, we’ll be taking you on a deep dive into the main differences between the SME and RDEC...

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Claiming R&D tax relief under the new (merged) RDEC and ERIS schemes: what you need to know about subcontractors

In this series of blogs, we’ll be taking you on a deep dive into the main differences between the SME and RDEC...

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Claiming R&D tax relief under the new (merged) RDEC and ERIS schemes: What you need to know about overseas expenditure

In this series of blogs, we’ll be taking you on a deep dive into the main differences between the SME and RDEC...

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HMRC Guidance for Compliance 3 (GfC3)

Updated advice from HMRC on how to prepare R&D tax relief claims On the 31st October 2023HMRC published Guidance for Compliance 3...

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Top 5 mistakes in R&D tax relief claims and how to avoid them

Last spring, WhisperClaims launched two new features aimed at helping our clients: Understand their claims’ risks Get more help from us in...

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How to make client collaboration on R&D tax claims a walk in the park

As we’ve written about in the past, the only way to make a robust and compliant claim for R&D tax relief is...

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