Claim Every Eligible R&D Dollar,
with the evidence to defend it
Most claims stop at the obvious items, because substantiating every expense by hand takes too long. ClaimKit uses AI to analyze every expense and attach the evidence to defend it, increasing R&D tax claims by over 20%.
Senior Software Engineer
W-2 wages · TY2025
- 287 commits across 3 business components · GitHub
- 64 tickets in the “Inference latency” project · Linear
- Experiment log, 14 entries · Notion
- 24 payroll runs, Box 1 wages · QuickBooks
- AWS — dev and test environments12 invoices · 3 components$38,920
- Contractor — ML infrastructure sprint (65%)4 invoices · 41 commits$27,500
- Engineering Manager — direct supervision112 reviews · 58 tickets$41,600
Loved by Finance Teams and Founders
“The R&D evidence finding was excellent. This addressed a massive pain point for us, and the ROI was very very good. Would recommend to anyone!”
Geraldine
CEO, Lewi Software
“I cancelled my accountants mid-project, paid them for their time, and started fresh with ClaimKit – it was still cheaper and faster than letting them finish.”
Kyel Steensma
COO, Edexia
“Enjoyed every bit of using this, it is happy to work with raw data and we didn't need to write the report ourselves. It saved a lot of time compared to traditional consultants.”
Sayan
COO, Fluer
“Efficient, effective with an emphasis on details.”
Rizal Evans
CEO, Evimien
“The R&D evidence finding was excellent. This addressed a massive pain point for us, and the ROI was very very good. Would recommend to anyone!”
Geraldine
CEO, Lewi Software
“I cancelled my accountants mid-project, paid them for their time, and started fresh with ClaimKit – it was still cheaper and faster than letting them finish.”
Kyel Steensma
COO, Edexia
“Enjoyed every bit of using this, it is happy to work with raw data and we didn't need to write the report ourselves. It saved a lot of time compared to traditional consultants.”
Sayan
COO, Fluer
“Efficient, effective with an emphasis on details.”
Rizal Evans
CEO, Evimien
Most R&D claims underclaim because substantiating every item is slow
Every qualified dollar needs evidence. By hand, that’s expensive, so a typical claim covers the easy-to-defend engineering wages and leaves the rest. ClaimKit makes the rest just as easy.
Qualified Expenses: Typical Claim vs ClaimKit
Evidence at Scale
Providing evidence for every expense takes hours, so most claims stop at the largest items. ClaimKit finds evidence for every expense automatically, so the smaller ones are claimed too.
Larger Claims without extra risk
Most startups are afraid to increase their claim size because they're scared of audits. Every ClaimKit item comes with proof attached and an ex-KPMG review, so a larger claim isn’t a riskier one.
No Effort From Your Team
Connect your code, project and accounting tools once. No interviews, surveys or timesheets.
Connected Tools to a Filing-Ready Package in Days
Every item analyzed, evidenced and reviewed
Connect Your Tools
Link GitHub, Jira, Linear, Notion and QuickBooks, or upload documents. No interviews or timesheets.
AI Analyzes Every Item
ClaimKit maps commits and tickets to business components, tests each expense line against Section 41 and builds the evidence trail.
Expert Review and Delivery
An ex-KPMG specialist reviews every item; your CPA gets a filing-ready Form 6765, state credits and the full R&D study.
How ClaimKit Compares
Questions Founders and Finance Teams Ask
Isn’t a bigger claim riskier?
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Risk comes from items you can’t substantiate, not from how many you claim. Every item we include has evidence attached and an ex-KPMG review; anything unevidenced stays out.
We already have an advisor. Can you show us the difference?
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Yes. Connect your tools and we’ll show a fully substantiated view of your expenses beside your last claim, so you can compare.
What counts as a qualified research expense?
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W-2 wages for performing, directly supervising or directly supporting qualified research; supplies consumed in development; 65% of US contract research; and cloud computing for development and testing. Supervision, support and cloud are the ones most often missed.
Do you file our tax return?
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No. Your CPA files as usual and attaches our package: Form 6765, state credits, Section 174 schedules and the full R&D study.
Is the credit worth anything pre-revenue?
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Yes. Qualified small businesses (under $5M in gross receipts, within five years of first revenue) can apply up to $500,000 a year against payroll taxes, so it pays before you’re profitable.
Do you handle Section 174 and Section G?
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Yes. We produce the Section 174 schedules, including 15-year amortization for foreign R&D. From tax year 2026, Section G requires larger claimants to report by business component, which is how our evidence trail is organized from day one.
Which tools do you connect?
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GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Linear, Notion, Trello, Google Drive and QuickBooks, or upload documents.
See What a Fully Substantiated Claim Looks Like in a 30-minute chat
Tell us your team size and stack; we’ll walk through what every eligible item, evidenced, looks like for your team.