Have Your Say on the 2025 R&D Tax Credit Review

The R&D Tax Credit has been a central part of Ireland’s tax system for over 20 years, helping businesses invest in research and development that fuels new products, processes, and technologies.

Now in 2025, the Department of Finance is reviewing the R&D Tax Credit and is inviting feedback from companies that carry out qualifying R&D in Ireland and other interested parties. This consultation will help shape how the credit is structured and delivered in the years ahead.

At the same time, the Department is also exploring how broader innovation activities—which may not currently qualify for the R&D Tax Credit—could be supported in the future. This is a major opportunity to influence the development of new tax-based incentives that better reflect how modern Irish businesses innovate.

Whatever the size of your company or the sector in which your are operating, your voice matters. And it’s especially important that Irish SMEs have their say. SMEs make up the majority of R&D tax credit claimants but can face unique challenges in doing so.

🗓️ The deadline to submit feedback is Monday, 19th May 2025.

As a leading provider of R&D Tax Credit services in Ireland since 2014, SciMet R&D welcomes this public consultation and looks forward to making a submission that advocates for the needs of R&D-performing companies across Ireland.

We’ve created a short, targeted, and easy-to-use questionnaire that should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

The insights you share will be combined with our extensive knowledge of the R&D Tax Credit in Ireland—built from over a decade of working with companies, especially SMEs, to prepare and support successful claims. Your input will help shape our submission to the Department of Finance’s consultation. All responses will be completely anonymised.