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What Qualifies as R&D in SaaS Beyond Engineering

Illustration explaining R&D activities in SaaS beyond traditional engineering roles.

When most people think about Research and Development (R&D) in a SaaS company, their minds go immediately to software engineers writing code. And while engineering is certainly at the heart of it, limiting your understanding of R&D to lines of code can cause companies to overlook significant portions of qualifying work—and leave meaningful tax credits […]