SCHEDULES

Part 1 U.K.Calculation of total R&D aid

Calculation of total R&D aidU.K.

5(1)In paragraph 1 “the notional relief” is the aggregate amount of relief that the claimant could have claimed under Schedule 12 to FA 2002 (tax relief for expenditure on R&D: large companies etc) in any accounting period in respect of qualifying R&D expenditure attributable to the project if it had been a large company throughout the accounting period.U.K.

(2)In this paragraph—

• “large company” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to FA 2002, and

• “qualifying R&D expenditure” means expenditure that, in the accounting period in question, was—

  (a)

  qualifying R&D expenditure within the meaning of Schedule 20 to FA 2000, or

  (b)

  qualifying expenditure within the meaning of Schedule 13 to FA 2002.