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Companies have a period of one year to submit returns after the end of the accounting period and another year to amend or withdraw a claim. The statistics published here for 2021-22 are provisional and have been uplifted to include estimates for claims not yet received. Revisions are expected in next year’s publication.
The Information & Communication, Manufacturing, and Professional, Scientific & Technical sectors continued to have the greatest volume of claims, making up a total of 62% of claims and 67% of the total amount claimed.
R&D claims are concentrated in companies with a registered office in London and the South East with 37% of all claims and 50% of the total amount claimed.
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