Germany
Make your Forschungszulage BSFZ-defensible
Most German companies already claim R&D incentives. What decides outcomes is whether your documentation survives the two-step review: BSFZ certification first, then Finanzamt cost assessment, often years later.
Hannah Wächter
Partner & Teamlead Innovation Consulting
Forschungszulage
The BSFZ certifies, the Finanzamt verifies Are you ready for both?
Retroactive project descriptions are red flags for BSFZ reviewers.
Time in Excel, projects in Jira, costs in SAP. No link between them. The Finanzamt sees a black box.
Without clear R&D categorization, the BSFZ can reject entire projects.
When technical leads leave, reconstructing R&D decisions becomes a serious audit exposure.
Every activity is logged as it happens with timestamped, user-attributed records. No reconstruction needed.
Jira, SAP sync automatically. Every hour is linked to a project, a person, and a cost category.
Version-controlled project history and decision logs. ISO 27001 certified. Independent of any individual.
Technical reports and cost breakdowns generated in seconds. Zero engineer hours on compliance prep.
See how Clusterix makes you BSFZ-defensible
One unbroken chain from project plan to BSFZ report. No special projects, no year-end scramble.
“SCHOTTEL particularly appreciated innoscripta’s expertise and the structure the company brought to the process. The use of innoscripta’s tax compliance software proved to be extremely valuable.”
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Forschungszulage.
Ready to make your Forschungszulage audit-proof?
Book a call with our Munich team and see how Clusterix captures BSFZ evidence in real time.
Hannah Wächter
Partner & Teamlead Innovation Consulting
