Canadian companies doing R&D in Ontario may be able to access:
• IRAP funding
• Digital Media tax credits
• Federal SR&ED tax credits
• Provincial SR&ED tax credits.
• Other government grants and incentives

Foreign companies become eligible when they become a subsidiary of a foreign parent and can claim 20% tax credits on qualifying SR&ED activities.
Another way to become eligible is to become a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC), as long as an owner owns less than 50% of the company’s shares, so the majority of ownership is
Canadian. Becoming a CCPC allows the company to claim 35% cash back on qualifying SR&ED activities.

For CCPCs:
• 35% of:
– qualifying salaries
– materials
– payments to contractors
– capital costs
– Overhead expenses or ‘proxy’ in lieu – increases salary amounts by 65%
• Payment is ‘refundable’.
• Plus Ontario tax credit – another 10%.
• For larger companies the rate is 20% of and the support is a credit against taxes..

• Work is claimed retrospectively.
• Earliest possible filing date - with the tax return for the year the work was done.
• Latest possible filing date – 18 months after end of fiscal period when work was done.
• CRA’s service standard is 120 days for claims filed with the T2, 240 days otherwise.
• The actual waiting period till a cheque arrives depends on how well the claim is received – could be less than 120 days, could be much more.

Work must be in Canada
A. Basic Research (advancement with no application)
B. Applied Research (work with a practical application)
C. Experimental Development of new or existing products or processes
D. And engineering, design, operations research, mathematical analysis , computer programming, data collection, testing, psychological research in support of A, B or C
(support activities)

• Market research
• Sales promotion
• Quality control
• Routine testing
• Human or social sciences
• Prospecting
• Exploring or drilling for, or producing, minerals
• Petroleum or natural gas
• Commercial production
• Style changes
• Routine data collection

• Current expenditures:
– Salary, wages and benefits for SR&ED personnel
– Cost of materials used in SR&ED projects
– Certain payments to third parties
– A share of general and administrative overhead costs
• Report under the regular method or the proxy method
• Capital expenditures:
– Outlays to acquire plant and equipment to be entirely or substantially used in SR&ED
– Shared-use equipment is also eligible

• Building Rent
• Legal
• Rights for other technology
• Accounting
• Interest
• Amortization
• Used Equipment

Federal Rules:
1. Total Your Costs (Wages, Materials,
Contracts etc)
2. Subtract Government and Non-
Government Assistance and Contract
Payments in respect of the SR&ED
3. Multiply the result by the appropriate
Investment Tax Credit (ITC) rate
4. Use the result to reduce Federal Income
Taxes or in some cases generate a cash refund

• Spend the time to set up a system to identify, monitor and capture R&D costs.
• Ensure you identify all eligible R&D projects and related expenditures i. e. technical staff must talk to each other, as well as to the financial staff.
• Without going overboard, document your R&D activities. Just keep a file with notes, e-mails, project plans, status reports, lab reports, patent applications, etc.
• File your claim within 6 months of year-end. If you wait to file after 6 months and before 18 months of year-end, expect delays to the review process. If you wait longer than 18 months after yearend, the
R&D tax credits are lost forever.

Type of Entity Nature of expenditure
Qualifying
CCPCs
Current
Capital
Other
Corporations
Individuals and unincorporated businesses
Current and
Capital
Current and
Capital
ITC rate on total expenditures
Refund
Rate
35% 100%
35%
20%
20%
40%
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40%

Claim is submitted as part of tax return
(T661) o Costs o Technical Description
• CRA processes claim and may choose to review o Technical o Financial o Both

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