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# Accurately recording your R&D tax relief claims

###### A best practice guide to safeguarding your claims.

## Our guide to accurate recording for R&D tax relief claims:

Remember - if you maintain accurate record keeping procedures, claims for R&D reliefs will be much easier to compute. 

Incorporating template layouts for you to follow, our guide covers:

- What do accurate records look like?
- How to record costs on third party contractors and externally provided workers
- Directors of connected companies
- A practical cost-recording worksheet to record all expenses

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