Backed by
R&D Tax Credits for Tech Companies
STOP CHASING
START CLAIMING
Eliminate time waste and admin. focus on shipping
Faster
Capture all projects and geographies
Credit increase
Narratives and estimates backed by evidence
Traceable
“I can't see a world in which we wouldn't work with you next year”
Sr Engineering Manager
All the automation benefits,
with your advisor’s assurance
Identifies and sizes eligible projects with contributors based on the engineering and financial data
Advisor of your choice
Reviews, finalises and submits the final claim report
Three steps. Claim ready
01. Connect your tools
Your engineering and finance systems are already in use – read-only access. Setup takes ±30 minv
02. Qualifying work identified
Your qualifying R&D activity across teams and countries – identified, described and sized automatically
03. Claim submitted
Your advisor (or internal tax team) gets documentation linked to evidence. They review, submit – done.
Works with your stack
Engineering & Delivery
Jira, Linear, GitHub
GitLab, Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
Documentation
Confluence
Notion
Google Docs
Communication
Slack
Finance & Payroll
Xero, Quickbooks
NetSuite
Your data stays
locked in
SOC 2 readiness in progress
EU-hosted
Read-only access
No source code access
GDPR compliant
Built for Finance and Engineering leaders of modern tech companies
Regardless of whether you’re
Doing it yourself and want efficiency
Using your R&D tax advisor
New to tax claims
What changes when your
R&D claims run themselves
Your reality today
- Claims take 3-6 months of coordination
- Engineers waste weeks on surveys and interviews
- Evidence depends on what people remember
- Consultants rely on interviews and summaries, leading to misinterpretation
- Painful restatements after R&D tax accruals differ from actuals months after YE
- Some eligible projects and geographies missed
- Enquiry risk feels personal and undefended
With Taxnova
- Claims ready in days to 2 weeks
- Zero engineer disruption on interviews or timesheets
- Every claim traced to source commits and tickets
- Higher quality narratives thanks to grounding in rich data
- Visibility into the accumulated R&D tax amount throughout the year
- Nothing eligible is missed — every team, every country covered
- Audit-ready documentation from day one
Frequently asked
questions
Does Taxnova increase HMRC enquiry risk?
No. Taxnova is designed to reduce enquiry risk by improving evidence quality, traceability, and narrative consistency
Do engineers need to be heavily involved?
No. Most evidence is collected automatically. Engineers only answer targeted, contextual questions when needed
Is Taxnova a replacement for our advisor?
No. Taxnova complements advisors by handling the heavy lifting and improving claim quality
How long does a typical claim take with Taxnova?
From days for smaller companies to around 2 weeks for larger organisations
Which countries does the tool cover right now?
Live in the UK and fully HMRC-compliant. US support is launching soon, with more countries following in 2026
How is data security handled?
All work under NDA, EU-based Google Cloud, no source code or live system access, and data anonymised after completion, SOC2 certification in process
How does Taxnova handle cloud and software costs?
We scan your ledger to surface potentially eligible costs; you retain control over assigning the final R&D percentage
How does Taxnova deal with legislative changes in R&D tax regulation?
We continuously track regulation updates and keep the AI aligned to the correct rules for each accounting year
What does onboarding look like?
Secure data sharing via exports or read-only API keys; no code access required. Setup takes ~1 hour of your time