{"id":1346,"date":"2017-04-10T20:31:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T19:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcarmand.com\/en\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:14:02","slug":"innovation-tax-credit-cii-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcarmand.com\/en\/tax-incentives-and-subsidies\/innovation-tax-credit-cii-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation tax credit (CII) : how to benefit from it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Innovation Tax Credit in France &#8211; \u00a0Overview<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The innovation tax credit in France (in French \u201cCr\u00e9dit d\u2019Imp\u00f4t Innovation\u201d (C.I.I.)) is a tax measure that enables partial funding of outlays incurred to enhance the functionalities of any device on a given market; it can be in the form of reimbursement or a reduction of corporate tax.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">International French group branch offices or subsidiary companies, provided they are SME under the European definition, can obtain from the French state the reimbursement of up to 30% of their spending to embed new functionalities on devices, in the same conditions as French companies. \u00a0Branch offices are also concerned, that is to say, unincorporated foreign stable establishments in France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because the innovation tax credit in France\u00a0is a tax measure, it is not subjected to any regulatory framework and is not taken into account for the limit of European public fund aids.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How does it work?<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scope of spending&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>The spending engaged has to relate to the setup or conception of new prototypes or design of new products. Hence, a new product should meet a couple of criteria. First, it must not be made available to customers. Second, It outperforms technically those existing on the market.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8230;and calculation of innovation tax credit in France<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The spending eligible for CII are the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Salaries and related social expenses,<\/li>\n<li>Depreciation allowances for assets used in innovation projects,<\/li>\n<li>Operational expenses,<\/li>\n<li>Intellectual protection expenses (patent costs),<\/li>\n<li>The costs of subcontracted research entrusted to public research entities, scientific experts and private structures approved by the Ministry of Industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The innovation tax credit and staff expenses<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Gross salaries and the employers&#8217; social tax costs for researchers (executives and technicians),<\/li>\n<li>Gross salaries and employers&#8217; social tax costs for managing directors (in French &#8220;mandataires sociaux&#8221;),<\/li>\n<li>Salaries of trainees,<\/li>\n<li>All staff costs not belonging to the company, provided they are charged at cost price, (prorated to the time spent on Innovation programs only).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>&#8230; And depreciation allowance<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The depreciation allowance assigned to all Innovation programs are included in the base of the calculation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>&#8230; And running costs<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Staff expenses as defined above benefit from an increase to a rate of 43%,<\/li>\n<li>Depreciation allowance benefits from an increase of 75% within operating costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>&#8230; And subcontracted research<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The innovation expenses entrusted to private organisms, which are listed and hence authorized by the Ministry of Indutsry&#8217;s Website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The subsidies related to the program must be subtracted for the above-mentioned expenses.<\/p>\n<h3>The maximium innovation tax credit you can get..<\/h3>\n<p>All the expenses are capped at 400 K\u20ac incurred per calendar year. Hence the Innovation Tax Credit cannot overtake K\u20ac 120.<\/p>\n<h3>..and its repayment<\/h3>\n<p>The tax credit will reduce corporate tax owed by the company. Any excess is refunded immediately.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to legally optimize and secure the Innovation tax credit (CII)?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Companies that want to secure their CII in France can file a prior notice request (rescrit fiscal in French) to the tax authorities before starting innovation operations. This procedure is highly recommended. The opinion will constitute a position on the part of the tax authorities&#8217; standpoint, although it keeps its right to control the reality and the amounts of the expenses eligible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company has to submit evidence attesting the reality of its innovative programs. This submission takes the form of a write-up laid out according to the requirements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/science\/oslo-manual-2018-9789264304604-en.htm\">the Oslo Manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The innovation tax credit and other tax incentives<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The status can be accumulated with all other tax incentives, especially the CIR, the Video-Game tax credit and the Young Innovative Statut (JEI). For further information on this, please look up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcarmand.com\/en\/tax-incentives-and-subsidies\/tax-credits-in-france\/\">tax credits &#8211; what you need to know.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The innovation tax credit in France: to sum up..<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 852px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Innovation tax credit \" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcarmand.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Innovation-tax-credit.png\" alt=\"Innovation tax credit \" width=\"842\" height=\"234\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tax incentives<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovation Tax Credit in France &#8211; \u00a0Overview The innovation tax credit in France (in French \u201cCr\u00e9dit d\u2019Imp\u00f4t Innovation\u201d (C.I.I.)) is a tax measure that enables partial funding of outlays incurred to enhance the functionalities of any device on a given market; it can be in the form of reimbursement or a reduction of corporate tax. 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