SR&ED Insights
Practical guides on SR&ED tax credits, documentation best practices, and strategies to maximize your R&D refunds.
You Don’t Need VC Money to Build Your MVP
If you’re a Canadian founder planning to raise a pre-seed round to finance product development, there’s a funding path most people overlook: hire a Canadian dev agency, claim SR&ED tax credits, and finance the whole thing with a small business loan.
Most SR&ED Claims Don’t Fail on Merit. They Fail on Storytelling.
96% of SR&ED claims get approved. The ones that don’t usually have the same problem: the technical work was real, but the claim described it like a product launch instead of a scientific investigation.
The CRA Wants Evidence You Can’t Reconstruct at Tax Time
The CRA is moving toward requiring contemporaneous evidence for SR&ED claims — documentation created during R&D work, not reconstructed from memory at tax time. A February 17, 2026 CRA webinar made the direction explicit.
Stay in the loop
Get SR&ED insights, deadline reminders, and platform updates delivered to your inbox.