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Tax credits

Innovation Tax Credit

Crédit d'impôt innovation (CII)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€80,000

20% of eligible prototype/pilot-plant design expenses in metropolitan France (60% overseas departments; Corsica 40% small / 35% medium firms), expense base capped at EUR 400,000 - so up to EUR 80,000 of credit in metropolitan France. Applies to expenses incurred through 31 Dec 2027.

Funder

Direction générale des finances publiques (DGFiP)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Claimed with form 2069-A-SD: by the 15th of the 4th month after year-end (corporate tax) or 15 days after the 2nd working day following 1 May (income tax).

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

SMEs (under 250 staff and turnover under EUR 50M or balance sheet under EUR 43M) that are industrial, commercial or agricultural and under a real tax regime (or exempt categories); must be a new product, not a service improvement.

How to apply

  1. Identify eligible expenditure on the design of prototypes or pilot installations of a new product.
  2. Declare the expenses on the CIR/CII form (2069-A-SD) with the annual tax return.
  3. Offset against corporate tax; the unused balance is refundable for SMEs.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/vosdroits/F35494

"Le crédit d'impôt innovation (CII) est une extension du crédit d'impôt recherche (CIR) qui s'applique aux dépenses effectuées jusqu'au 31 décembre 2027 par des PME. [...] Le taux du crédit d'impôt innovation est de 20 %."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr

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