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<p>On 25 October 2005 IFS and HM Treasury hosted a round table discussion that brought together practitioners from business, tax professionals, academics and policy makers from HM Treasury, HMRC and DTI to consider the proposals put forward in the discussion document "Supporting growth in innovation: enhancing the R&D tax credit" published by HM Treasury, DTI and HM Revenue and Customs in July 2005. This IFS briefing note provides some background facts and comments related to the issues raised in the discussion document, and a final section summarises the discussion that took place at the round table.</p>
Authors
CPP Co-Director, IFS Research Director
Rachel is Research Director and Professor at the University of Manchester. She was made a Dame for services to economic policy and education in 2021.
Research Fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies
Laura is a Research Fellow at IFS. Her current work focuses on tax and social protection policy and programme evaluation in developing countries.
Rupert Harrison
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2005.0068
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
L, Abramovsky and R, Griffith and R, Harrison. (2005). Background facts and comments on "Supporting growth in innovation: enhancing the R&D tax credit". London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/background-facts-and-comments-supporting-growth-innovation-enhancing-rd-tax-credit (accessed: 4 May 2024).
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