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Capital recovery

Also: incentive recovery · credit recovery

In platform contexts, recovering value from R&D spend via credits, offsets, or related incentives.

On The Credit Index, capital recovery describes a platform category focused on helping companies identify and realize cash or tax value from qualifying R&D and related expenditures. It is a product-positioning term, not a separate statutory regime. Outcomes still depend on jurisdictional eligibility, substantiation, and correct filing. Treat platform estimates as planning aids, not filed positions.

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