The session will take place on February 10th , at 8:30 am , in the Conference Room of the CIAJG (José de Guimarães International Arts Center) Arts Platform , in Guimarães, and aims to support companies in the municipality to reflect on issues such as:
- How to reduce corporate income tax through R&D activities;
- How can R&D contribute to increasing the competitiveness of companies?
- How can companies with innovation and R&D projects benefit from financial and tax incentives?
The meeting will take the form of a working breakfast, focused on the applied analysis of available financing opportunities and tax incentives. Throughout the morning, presentations will allow participants to understand how these instruments can be applied to their company’s reality, contributing to the reduction of corporate income tax and strengthening its competitiveness.
Participation is free, but limited to a maximum of 25 participants. To guarantee your place, please register via this LINK .
Participants will also have the opportunity to schedule individual conversations with the experts present (up to 15 minutes), with the aim of confidentially exploring specific questions related to their company or project ideas.
Next, we present the program for the session:
Program
8:30 AM – Reception of participants and working breakfast
9:00 AM – Opening Session,
Mayor of Guimarães
9:10 AM – From Academia to the Market: TecMinho’s role in supporting businesses.
President of the Board of Directors of TecMinho.
9:30 AM – Tax Benefits for R&D: Practical Application of SIFIDE
Pedro Almeida – Incentives Manager, BDO | Alexandra Rodrigues – R&D Incentives Supervisor, BDO
10:15 AM – Other Tax and Financial Incentives for R&D: Patent Box and the new STEP instrument.
Pedro Almeida – Incentives Manager, BDO | Catarina Rodrigues – R&D Incentives Supervisor, BDO
10:40 AM – Clarifications and practical questions
11:00 AM – Coffee break and individual conversations with experts.
