R&D Tax Claims: Automated, Defensible, Fast
Not another advisor.
AI-native platform for tech companies to turn your data into defensible review-ready R&D tax relief claims — in days, not months
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Taxnova is an AI platform that automates R&D tax relief for tech companies by turning engineering and finance data into audit-defensible maximised claims – without guesswork, manual interviews, or time-wasting data collection.
Taxnova
Trusted by modern
tech teams
Used by tech companies who care about
fast delivery, evidence quality, and high-grade defensibility
Who Taxnova Is Built For
Finance Leaders
CFO, Finance Director, Head of
Finance/Tax, Financial ControllerYou are accountable for claim quality, compliance risk, and cash impact
Your reality today
Claims take months of internal coordination
Evidence quality depends on retrospection and interviews, and advisor knowledge in the subject
R&D tax is accrued using estimates, leading to painful restatements when final numbers emerge months after year-end
Enquiry risk feels asymmetric and personal
Manual processes cause underclaiming with projects missed and geographies excluded
How Taxnova helps
Produces structured, traceable, enquiry-ready documentation
Removes dependency on interviews and manual data chasing
Gives visibility into the accumulated R&D tax claim amount throughout the year
Fits alongside your existing advisor or internal tax team
Captures all eligible projects and geographies
The problem with R&D tax relief today
R&D tax relief takes months to prepare
R&D tax claims are tackled months after delivery, requiring teams to reconstruct work manually when key contributors may no longer be available
Finance teams rely heavily on engineers
Most advisors lack direct access to primary source data and depend on time consuming interviews with engineering and product teams
Audit scrutiny feels riskier every year
The compliance bar keeps rising, while the underlying R&D claim process remains outdated and manual
Companies leave eligible R&D unclaimed
Identifying all qualifying projects and contributors retrospectively is slow and resource-intensive
The Taxnova way
Automation first, expert review where it matters
Evidence grounded in primary source systems
Structured outputs built for enquiry defence
Designed to complement advisors, not replace them
Why We Built Taxnova
R&D tax relief is now a data problem, not a consulting problem.
Taxnova replaces ad-hoc, interview-driven workflows with a repeatable, auditable, productised process designed to withstand the latest compliance requirements.
What Makes Taxnova Different
This is R&D tax relief as infrastructure to power your innovation funding claims — not a one-off engagement.
How Taxnova
R&D tax relief
automation work
Connect Your Data
1Securely connect engineering and finance systems already in use.
Automated R&D Analysis
2Taxnova identifies eligible projects, contributors, and activities using consistent qualification logic accounting for the tax authorities guidelines.
Evidence-Linked Documentation
3Technical narratives and R&D percentages are generated with direct links to underlying evidence.
Review & Submission
4The engineering team confirms the output and adds indirect activities if needed. Your advisor or internal tax team reviews, finalises, and submits the final claim report.
Integrations & data sources
Taxnova fits naturally into modern tech stacks you already run
Engineering & Delivery
Jira, Linear
GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Azure DevOps
Finance & Accounting
Confluence
Notion
Google Docs
HR & Payroll
Slack
ERP
Xero, Quickbooks
NetSuite
Outcomes for finance & engineering teams
Taxnova enables repeatable, year-over-year claims without restarting the process from scratch
Speed
Claim preparation reduced from 6 months to 2 weeks
Effort Reduction
80%+ less internal admin and interview time
Compliance Confidence
Clear audit trail aligned with tax authorities expectations
Financial Impact
Improved detection of eligible work – companies see on average +10% of eligible expense
Trust, Security & Compliance
Taxnova is infrastructure you can stand behind in front of auditors, boards, and regulators
Built for enquiry readiness
Evidence-linked, reviewable outputs
Clear jurisdictional handling
Designed for enterprise security reviews
SOC 2 and ISO 27001 readiness in progress
Why companies
choose Taxnova
Data sources
Data collection effort
Risk of underclaiming
Evidence & traceability
Speed to draft claim
Enquiry support
Traditional advisor-led process
Interviews, workshops, memory-based summaries
Manual and slow, driven by repeated interviews
Depends on what surfaces in interviews
Selective evidence, hard to reconstruct later
3–6 months
Manual digging, often back to engineers
In-house attempts
Internal spreadsheets and ad-hoc exports
Semi-automated but highly disruptive internally
Depends on what surfaces in conversations
Inconsistent and fragile
2–4 months
Largely unsupported
Direct connection to Jira, GitHub, docs, tickets and payroll data
Automated ingestion with minimal targeted follow-ups
Systematic detection across teams, projects and geographies
Every claim tied back to source evidence
Days to weeks
Answers instantly surfaced from linked data, with optional advisor review
Frequently asked
questions
Does Taxnova increase HMRC enquiry risk?
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No. Taxnova is designed to reduce enquiry risk by improving evidence quality, traceability, and narrative consistency
Do engineers need to be heavily involved?
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No. Most evidence is collected automatically. Engineers only answer targeted, contextual questions when needed
Is Taxnova a replacement for our advisor?
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No. Taxnova complements advisors by handling the heavy lifting and improving claim quality
How long does a typical claim take with Taxnova?
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From days for smaller companies to around 2 weeks for larger organisations
Which countries does the tool cover right now?
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Live in the UK and fully HMRC-compliant. US support is launching soon, with more countries following in 2026
How is data security handled?
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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?
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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?
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We continuously track regulation updates and keep the AI aligned to the correct rules for each accounting year
What does onboarding look like?
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Secure data sharing via exports or read-only API keys; no code access required. Setup takes ~1 hour of your time
About us
CEO & CFO
Ex Product Lead @ Gett Managed & launched all B2B tech products; felt pain firsthand running R&D tax claim
CTO
Research and Engineering Delivered B2B fintech projects & AI PoCs for tier-1 clients at Criteo | 1K-engineer org
seasoned tax advisors
Some of the most experienced R&D tax specialists are our advisors
CFOs & CTOs
Finance and Engineering leaders from tech companies such as Miro are our investors
Get started
with Taxnova
If R&D tax claim feels risky, slow, or disruptive — it doesn’t have to be
Taxnova gives finance and engineering teams a faster, safer, and more controlled way to claim what they’re entitled to