{"id":24143,"date":"2016-05-16T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=24143"},"modified":"2016-05-16T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:35:19","slug":"billions-unclaimed-rd-tax-credits-lost-construction-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/billions-unclaimed-rd-tax-credits-lost-construction-firms\/24143\/","title":{"rendered":"Billions in unclaimed R&#038;D tax credits lost by construction firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Law firm Moore Stephens has warned construction firms are missing out on billions of pounds worth of tax credits for research and development\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Billions of pounds worth of tax credits for research and development are slipping through the fingers of construction firms, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Law firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moorestephens.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Moore Stephens<\/span><\/a> said some \u00a34.1bn should be claimed by construction companies each year. However, during 2013\/14 only \u00a320m in research and development tax credits were claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Firms are able to claim tax credits for innovations such as complex or novel designs, materials or works being undertaken for the first time. The failure to do so is leaving a significant amount of cash untapped.<\/p>\n<p>Moore Stephens partner Paul Fenner said: \u201cResearch and development is not just something that\u2019s done by men in white coats in a lab or even an office \u2013 it can happen on-site and frequently does, particularly at the design stages of a project.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law firm Moore Stephens has warned construction firms are missing out on billions of pounds worth of tax credits for research and development\u2026 Billions of pounds worth of tax credits for research and development are slipping through the fingers of construction firms, it has been revealed. 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