Part 13Additional relief for expenditure on research and development
Chapter 8Cap on aid for R&D
1118“The notional relief”
1
In section 1114 “the notional relief” means the total amount of relief that the claimant could have claimed under Chapter 5 (relief for large companies) in any accounting period in respect of qualifying expenditure attributable to the research and development project if the claimant had been a large company throughout the period.
2
“Qualifying expenditure” means expenditure that, in the accounting period in question, was—
a
qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure (see section 1051), or
b
qualifying Chapter 7 expenditure (see section 1098).