UK tax credits to promote research and development were claimed by a pub for changing its menus and by window cleaners for hanging their buckets
A government scheme to champion new research and boost the economy has cost more than £4bn in fraud and error since 2020 after widespread abuse.
The research and development tax credits scheme was designed to help drive world-leading innovation, but turned into what has been described by experts as a “wild west” with huge volumes of dubious claims.
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