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Alex Hannaway
April 29, 2025
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Meet the Experts: Yasmin Lakin, R&D Financial Consultant
We sat down with Yasmin Lakin, one of EmpowerRD’s R&D Financial Consultants to learn more about her approach to claim reviews, what drew her to EmpowerRD, and where companies can tighten their financial compliance in the ever evolving world of R&D tax credits. Can you tell us a bit about your role as an R&D Financial Consultant at EmpowerRD? I focus on reviewing claim costs to ensure we’re only including R&D qualifying expenditure, but also to identify potentially qualifying costs ...
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Alex Hannaway
April 10, 2025
Recent R&D tax relief scheme changes require understanding to ensure future claims are successful.
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