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R&D Tax Credits:
Find out if you’re eligible today

Benefits can be reinvested in accelerating current or upcoming projects, used to hire new staff or support your overall growth. Finding out if you qualify is quick and easy.

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Energy Tax Exemptions:

To improve the competitiveness of the UK’s most energy intensive businesses, the Government implemented a number of compensation schemes to mitigate the impact of renewables policies, including Energy-Intensive Industries (EII), UK ETS Compensation (UKETS) and Climate Change Levy (CCL).

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Capital Allowances:

A better way to obtain valuable savings on capital spend. We can help your company obtain valuable cash tax savings and improved business cash flow. The UK government allows businesses who pay tax in the UK to claim capital allowances on qualifying capital expenditure they incur, when they buy equipment or buildings, carry out new construction, refurbishment works or fit out works.

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Our tax and technical experts help thousands of businesses each year to simplify their access to complex incentives and maximise their financial benefit. In the past year alone, we have helped our UK clients successfully claim more than £900m in R&D Tax Credits to support their growth plans.

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Our in-house team of highly qualified tax and technical experts are committed to help you leverage innovative strategies tailored to your unique business environment. We have 28+ years of experience working with businesses of all sizes offering tax services.

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    We help businesses to claim significant tax relief from innovative projects.

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    We identify eligible businesses that can apply for compensation for a significant proportion of the costs of their energy bills.

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With more than 28 years of R&D experience and unrivalled tax and technical expertise. Leyton UK is ideally positioned to unlock potential value within your business

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How Leyton Helped Precursive Streamline Their R&D Tax Claims with Confidence

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