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Tax credits

Innovation Tax Credit

Crédit d'impôt innovation (CII)

Status

Status not published

Declared with the annual tax return. Scheme runs "jusqu'au 31 décembre 2027".

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Amount
€80,000

Rate in metropolitan France is 20% (cut from 30% by the loi de finances pour 2025). "Le montant des dépenses prises en compte dans le calcul du crédit d'impôt ne peut pas dépasser 400 000 €", i.e. a maximum credit of €80,000 per year in métropole. Overseas departments 60%; Corsica 40% (small) / 35% (medium).

Funder

Direction générale des finances publiques (DGFiP)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Declared with the annual tax return. Scheme runs "jusqu'au 31 décembre 2027".

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

Reserved to SMEs within the EU definition. The official page does not describe the CII as a de minimis aid; it is granted under the EU State-aid framework for innovation aid to SMEs.

How to apply

  1. Identify eligible expenditure on the design of prototypes or pilot installations of a new product.
  2. Declare the expenses on the CIR/CII form (2069-A-SD) with the annual tax return.
  3. Offset against corporate tax; the unused balance is refundable for SMEs.

What you will need

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

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Source. https://entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/vosdroits/F35494

"Le taux du crédit d'impôt innovation est de 20 %. […] Le montant des dépenses prises en compte dans le calcul du crédit d'impôt ne peut pas dépasser 400 000 €."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr

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