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R&D tax credit firms

For innovation funding advisors: a dated trail of R&D work built during the fiscal year, not during the audit.

Dated traceability of workBy project and by fiscal yearContributions by contributorExport for supporting fileAPI to your toolsNo cost for the firm

The supporting file is built all year long

Why the proof is always missing at the wrong moment.

An R&D tax credit file is defended on facts: what work, carried out by whom, on what dates, with what interim results. In practice, these elements are reconstructed after year-end, drawing on the teams' memory and on documents whose date is taken at face value... because no one has challenged it yet.

The day an audit focuses precisely on the prior existence and reality of the work, that reconstruction becomes fragile. A file can be modified, a document dated after the fact, a report written the moment it becomes useful.

Certifying interim deliverables as the fiscal year unfolds removes this weak point. Every note, every set of results, every prototype version carries a date that no party can move — not even your client.

For the firm

What you bring to your clients

A simple habit to set up on their end, one more piece in your files, a clear differentiator.

A discipline, not a burden

A certificate takes a few seconds and can be automated. Your clients keep working the way they always have; the trail builds itself in the background, project by project.

A file structured by fiscal year

Deposits are organized by R&D project and by period, matching exactly the structure of your supporting file. The export follows the same structure.

Who did what

Contributions are linked to individual contributors — in-house researchers, CIFRE PhD students, approved subcontractors. It's one of the first questions asked in an audit.

Value that goes beyond the R&D tax credit

The same documentation supports know-how protection, negotiations with an industrial partner, and company valuation. You broaden your advisory scope without changing your business.

Partner program

How we work together

The firm recommends, the client subscribes. You keep the relationship and get access to the files you referred.

No cost for the firm: the end client subscribes
Dedicated point of contact and materials under your brand
Automation possible via API from your clients' tools
Training for your consultants on proof best practices

An honest caveat

A certificate documents a date and an integrity; it does not qualify the work's eligibility for the scheme. That's your expertise at work — the proof only makes it harder to contest.

Use cases

The most common situations

The same deposit serves different needs depending on what you're protecting, and against what. Three cases that come up most often for this profile — see all seven.

Trade secrets

Processes, methods and unpatentable know-how: document your protective measures.

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Source code & software IP

A Git repository can be rewritten; a certificate cannot.

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Defensive publication

Prevent a third party from patenting and preserve your freedom to operate.

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Strengthen your clients' files.

For an answer tailored to your case, talk to an expert: this page describes a typical situation, yours has its own specifics.

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