We'll advise you on which costs can be used in calculating R&D Tax Credit, which include:
Employee salaries: including those directly and indirectly involved in the R&D. This could also include indirect costs such as specialist training and recruitment.
Subcontractors: costs for paying a staff provider to source external workers (e.g. UpWork), or are contracting an individual or company.
Consumed Materials and Hardware: Materials consumed within the prototyping or testing phase.
Software: tools used in order to build the product.
Utilities: gas, light, electricity used specifically for the R&D project.