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Tax credits

Research Tax Credit

Crédit d'impôt recherche (CIR)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

30% of eligible R&D expenses up to EUR 100M and 5% above in metropolitan France (50% / 5% in overseas departments).

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). Calculated per calendar year.

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

Open to companies taxed on their real profits (IS or IR), including certain exempt entities such as jeunes entreprises innovantes and companies in designated development zones. Not a de minimis aid.

How to apply

  1. Identify and document eligible R&D expenditure for the financial year.
  2. Complete form n° 2069-A-SD and file it with the tax return.
  3. If R&D spend is €10–100M or above €100M, also file form 2069-A-1-SD with details on doctorate-holding personnel.
  4. Offset the credit against corporate tax; SMEs may request immediate refund of the unused balance.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · R&D tax credit vs. grant: the difference that changes your claim

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/vosdroits/F23533

"Le taux est de 30 % pour la partie des dépenses inférieure ou égale à 100 000 000 €. Le taux est de 5 % pour la partie des dépenses supérieure à 100 000 000 €"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr

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