Properly tracking time spent by employees on SR&ED and non-SR&ED work is essential for any successful SR&ED claim; however, what method is most successful for time tracking? Ensuring your SR&ED claim is supported by contemporaneous documentation is crucial to whether it is filed as accepted, reviewed or denied. Keeping up with Read more…
Can fees incurred during the preparation of an SR&ED claim (including SR&ED consultant fees) be included in the claim’s expenditures? SR&ED consultants are often necessary third parties when filing an SR&ED claim, as the process can be complicated. Although the CRA state that “the non-adversarial nature of the process allows Read more…
What is a “specified employee” in SR&ED, and how does the understanding of this term impact an SR&ED claim? Small businesses account for just under 98 percent of all firms in Canada,1 and a 2005 survey by Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) revealed that 69% of its respondents belonged to Read more…
Technology-based companies may have a hard time discerning between their technology and the knowledge base that enables their technology – after all, a company’s knowledge base is technical in nature. However, a business needs to distinguish between the functionality of an innovation (what it does) as opposed to the knowledge Read more…
Avoid complacency and avoid SR&ED reviews. We’ve been accepted before using this style of writing, why mess with success? Past experiences with the SR&ED program have a tendency to lull companies into a sense of complacency. Becoming complacent after past successes with SR&ED claims often means claimants are caught out by extensive Read more…