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WBSO subsidy

Technical challenge
WBSO subsidy

The WBSO (Wet Bevordering Speur- en Ontwikkelingswerk) subsidy is a Dutch government scheme that reduces R&D costs for startups and scale-ups. It provides tax benefits for innovative projects, covering wage costs, prototyping, and technical research. With no cure, no pay, Quantify Group handles the entire application process. Ensuring you maximise your funding while focusing on innovation.

✓ Lower R&D costs
✓ Boost innovation and competitiveness
✓ Risk-free application

What is WBSO?

Who is it for?

What counts as R&D?

WBSO made simple.

If you’ve just hired your first R&D employee in the Netherlands, WBSO is the easiest way to lower your payroll costs and keep building. We’ll handle it for you. Fast, compliant, and without jargon.

What you get?

How Quantify Group helps?

What we need from you?

Compliance made easy.

Timeline at a glance

Common mistakes we help you avoid.

WBSO is the Dutch government’s R&D tax incentive. It rewards technical innovation by reducing the wage tax and social security contributions you pay for employees who work on eligible R&D. In plain English: you pay less in payroll taxes for your developer(s), so you can invest more in product.

  • Startup founders hiring their first engineer or researcher on Dutch payroll

  • Teams building new software, algorithms, prototypes, hardware or production processes

  • Companies tackling technical uncertainties (not just design or routine maintenance)

Freelancers/contractors aren’t covered. WBSO applies to employees on your Dutch payroll (and, in some cases, founders on the payroll).

Eligible

  • Building new software architectures, algorithms, data pipelines

  • Developing prototypes or proof-of-concepts to test technical feasibility

  • Creating new methods to improve performance, scalability or security

  • Hardware/firmware development, robotics, sensor integrations

  • Research aimed at solving a specific technical unknown

Not eligible

  • Visual design, content or marketing work

  • Routine bug fixing without a novel technical challenge

  • Configuring off-the-shelf tools without custom technical development

  • Purely commercial or operational projects

Lower payroll taxes on R&D wages (meaningful savings each month)

  1. Cash-flow friendly support for the period you apply for (within the calendar year)

  2. Audit-ready records and guidance so you can focus on shipping

Quick eligibility check – a 15-minute conversation to confirm fit.

  1. R&D scoping – we translate your roadmap into WBSO-friendly project descriptions.

  2. Application prep & submission – we write it, you review, we file.

  3. Time-tracking set-up – simple, lightweight weekly logging for your team.

  4. Aftercare – we support updates, questions from the authority, and audits.

You keep building; we do the paperwork.

Apply now and fill in the forms. That’s it. We’ll handle the rest.
Prefer a chat first? Book a 15-minute eligibility check.

WBSO expects weekly time records for R&D work and a clear description of the technical goals. We’ll give you a lightweight template your team can fill in under 5 minutes a week, so you’re always audit-ready without the admin burden.

WBSO is granted for periods within the calendar year. If your first hire just started, we can still apply for the remaining months of this year. The sooner we file, the sooner you benefit.

Describing product features instead of the technical uncertainty behind them

  1. Forgetting hour logs or making them too detailed (keep it simple, consistent)

  2. Mixing non-R&D tasks (support, sales) into R&D time

  3. Waiting until year-end and missing out on months of savings

Application proces

Intake meeting

Step 1: Intake meeting

We start with a consultation to understand your company’s needs and how the WBSO subsidy can support your employee development initiatives. Together, we define a strategic approach to ensure the best chances of approval.

Applying the subsidy

Step 2: Applying the WBSO subsidy

Quantify Group prepares and submits your subsidy application, ensuring all required documentation is accurate and aligned with subsidy criteria. We handle the entire process, so you don’t have to worry about administrative burdens.

Accountability of the subsidy

Step 3: Accountability of the subsidy

Once approved, we support you in the implementation phase and ensure all financial and content-related reporting is properly documented. This guarantees full compliance with subsidy requirements, securing your funding without risk.

Still have questions?

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