Maximize your Tax Credits with TriNet Clarus R+D

TriNet Clarus R+D helps you get the most out of your R&D tax credit potential so you can further reinvest in your growing business.

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Expedited Access to Tax Credits
Receive exclusive access to options that allow your business to gain access to your tax credits earlier without having to sit through IRS delays.
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Industry-Leading Platforms
Use leading technologies for HR management and R&D tax credit redemption, all through a unified solution.
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Expert Support
Work with R&D tax credit experts and CPAs to help ensure each study is complete and defensible.

Clarus R+D by the Numbers over the years

​​​​​1,800+

clients

$350M

in tax credits

$0

in tax credits disallowed claims by the IRS

PEO + Clarus
Clients that utilize both TriNet PEO and TriNet Clarus R+D can choose to offset their payroll tax credits through monthly installments.
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Industry-Leading Platform
Walk through the process step-by-step with Clarus, saving you time while maximizing your tax credit amount.
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Expert Support
Work with R&D tax credit experts and CPAs to help ensure each study is complete and defensible.
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Expedited Access to Tax Credits
Payroll tax credit claimants can access exclusive options that allow your business to receive your tax credits earlier without having to sit through IRS delays.
HR Platform + Clarus
Clients that utilize both the HR Platform Payroll and TriNet Clarus R+D can choose to offset their payroll tax credit through a real-time feature.
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Access to Experts
Work with CPAs and R&D tax experts with decades of experience.
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Waste Less Time
Allow our team to pull real-time payroll data from HR Platform payroll.
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Boost Cashflow
Utilize HR Platform Payroll in addition to TriNet Clarus R+D to claim your payroll tax credit in real-time.
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Industry-Leading Platforms
Use leading technologies for HR management and R&D tax credit redemption.

Unlock R&D tax credit advantages

The R&D tax credit is a financial incentive that aims to encourage business innovation and growth. Potential benefits for your business include:
Financial boost: Significantly helps to reduce payroll tax liability and possibly generate cash refunds.
Driving innovation: Pursue new solutions, products, or improvements by with less reducing financial risk.
Increased competitiveness: Improve offerings and competitive edge by investing tax credits back into R&D.
Reinvestment in business: Reinvest the savings back into further research, hiring, marketing or other business growth strategies.
Easing cash flow: Provide a critical cash infusion for startups and smaller businesses with limited funds.
Attracting investors: Show investors a proactive approach to financial management.
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See your potential R&D tax credit in 90 seconds

Use our simple R&D tax credit calculator to get an instant estimate—it takes just 90 seconds to complete. Knowing your possible tax credit can help maximize your savings and unlock funding to reinvest in your business’ growth.

"Clarus helped us qualify for over $160,000 worth of back-dated credits! Hiring Clarus R+D was one of the best decisions we have ever made as a company."
Kevin Gray, CEO, ApproveMe

Proven R&D tax credit success

Businesses of all sizes maximize their R&D tax credits and reinvest in growth with our expertise.
Startups: Claim up to $500K to offset payroll tax liabilities if you're developing new processes or products.
Growth businesses: Access non-dilutive funding to get the capital you need to expand. Our platform makes it easy.
Enterprise: Leverage our world-class platform and experts to drive efficiency and help with compliance.
Tax practitioners: We make it easy for tax practitioners. Our tax-pro-designed platform helps you maximize R&D tax credits for clients.

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