Why Jumpstart?
Accountancy-only approach
In an accountancy-only approach, you, the client, are usually pointed in the direction of the rulebook (here). When you have read the rules, collected your expenditure and justified your claim, your accountant may be able to tell you how much you can expect back based upon that figure.
The disadvantage of this is that many Managing Directors and Technical Directors miss projects that are less obviously eligible, or inadvertently over-claim for things that they shouldn’t. Other technical staff can also be left in the dark on the programme’s intentions and criteria, meaning that accountancy-only claims are technically weak and easily challenged or overturned by HMRC.