WBSO aanvragen offers an excellent financial incentive for research and development (R&D). The WBSO subsidy, aka the R&D tax credit, reduces wage taxes and national insurance contributions. It is available to companies and self-employed entrepreneurs, and it covers all types of R&D work, such as developing products, processes, software or doing technical scientific research.

The advantage of the WBSO scheme is that it allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to remain competitive in their industries. It lowers the financial barriers to innovation by making it more affordable for them to invest in the R&D they need to stay ahead.

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But, as with any tax incentive program, there are hidden costs. For example, keeping track of R&D hours, maintaining records and ensuring compliance takes valuable time away from innovative projects. It can also lead to costly audits and force a company to repay large portions of its subsidy.

After you have submitted your WBSO application to the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) and received an S&O declaration, you are ready to start offsetting the R&D tax benefits. For this, you need to have a complete administration of the R&D hours worked and the costs and expenses incurred. To learn more, read our article about offsetting WBSO tax benefits. We recommend you do this together with an experienced intermediary such as Subsidie Op Maat. This way, you can ensure that the administration is fully compliant and your WBSO benefits are not lost.