R and D Tax Credit Financing In Canada : A CRA Sred Claim Loan

Visualizing Banking Your SR&ED R&D Credit ? Finance It

OVERVIEW – Information on the financing of the Canadian r and d tax credit . Financing a CRA Scientific Research and Experimental Development ‘ sred ‘ claim provides for immediate funds/cash flow for recovery of r&d expenses

The R and D Tax Credit in Canada - You've done your part on your CRA Sred Claim, and now it's up to the program to deliver on your refund chq. A number of issues affect the approval, and the timing of your refundable credit in the form of the government cheque. Financing your claim accelerates that whole process. Let's dig in.


As a business owner or financial manager that participates in the Canadian SR&ED program it's not hard to ' visualize’ banking that final cheque for this years refund. Numerous issues had to be addressed; including the quality of your claim, who prepares it, and assessing your own firms need to finance the claim to accelerate the refund.

To say it's not hard to understand the attractiveness of the Govt r and d refund program is almost an understatement. The evidence of that? Simply that thousands of firms like your claim Billions of dollars annually.

That cash refund of course can be used for any general ' corporate purpose '. That includes working capital, operations, investments in assets, and safe to say starting next years claim again, allowing your firm to meet its competitiveness.

When you leverage the program you're in effect utilizing the tools the federal and provincial government gives you to prepare and self assess your claim. That involves either preparing the claim yourself, which is certainly allowed but not always recommended. Third party SR&ED ' consultants ‘carry the burden of preparing their claim. That benefits owners who not only take advantage of the expertise of these folks, but also utilize the ' contingency' method that SRED Consultants utilize to charge you for their services. (They absorb the cost and time associated wit claim preparation - taking a portion of the final refund as their remuneration)

If the saying ' cash flow is king' applies to pretty well every business it certainly applies to those firms investing in research to maintain their competitive stance. That cash flow, via the SRED refund from Canada Revenue Agency (‘CRA ') is accelerated via the financing of your claim.

Let's outline the basics of a SRED loan. The majority of claims are financed in what we can call a ' bridge loan ' format. Your firm receives 70% of the amount of the combined fed/prov claim. And the monthly payments. None, because the bridge loan allows you to receive funds today and not pay back the loan until the claim is approved via the CRA process, which can inlcude financial audits, etc.

When we tell clients that they don't need to visualize the funding in the future imagine their surprise when we cover off some of the more recent developments in R and D tax credit financing. They inlcude receiving funds prior to your actual filing of the claim as well as being able to fund next years claim... today.

Your SRED loan package could not be more basic - it includes your financials, a copy of your claim, info on who prepared it, and any other pertinent basics around a typical business loan.

If you're looking to ' bank ', not just ' visualize' your r&d claim seek out and speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor who can assist you in funding your refund .. today!





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Have Ontario CRA Sred R & D Tax Credits ? Finance Yours Today For Advantages Of Cash Flow !

Maximize or minimize ? What's best in Canadian business. In the case of taxes it’s minimize! In the case of cra sred R&D tax credits it’s maximize for advantages of cash flow!

Whether you are in Ontario or quite frankly in any of the rest of Canada how could you not afford to file a sr&Ed claim for the R & D your firm does on its innovative products and services? We are of course talking about the Canadian Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credit program which provides refundable funds for a very significant portion of the funds your Canadian business spends every year in this key area the economy - i.e. the competitive edge area!

And, getting back to our maximize or minimize issue, recent figure suggest that almost 4 Billion (yes that’s billion with a b!) of cheques are going out every year to Canadian businesses such as yours. As we have said in the past, we are pretty sure you want those cheques to be cashed by your firm and not your competitor, since the funds don’t have to be paid back.

So, lets assume you are aware of the program, (many aren't) and lets further assume you are using the program either on a first time basis, or, if you're very lucky, you're a repeat offender! You therefore should be aware that your claims can be financed so you can take advantage of cash flow and working capital that would be beneficial to your firm today.

Many sred consultants (they are the specialized firms that prepare these claims) tell us that a proper preparation of your claim can exceed your initial estimates of what you can received by sometimes 11-200%. So you ability to create CRA SRED R & D tax credits that are of solid quality , file the claim, and then finance it for working capital simply accelerates all the benefits of the program .

Do you have to finance your claim? ask clients often? Naturally the answer is definitely not, but we certainly think you should consider it. Think of your claim as simply an account receivable, which of course it is. It's just that it's a very high quality receivable because it is a non repayable cheque that’s due your firm from the federal and provincial government. So in considering financing the claim you can of course simply wait for your cheque , or you can monetize, or 'factor' , or ' discount ' the claim . (All those terms are interchangeable and mean the same thing.)

Are CRA SRED R&D tax credits difficult to finance if you want the advantages of cash flow. Well, consider we a bit biased but we don’t think so, it’s a simple business financing application, with the additional back up being your sred claim and the required ability for your firm to be able to offer the tax credit up as collateral.

Speak to an experienced, trusted, and credible Canadian business financing advisor today to get more info on either the program itself of the financing of those R &D tax credits.

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Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -

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Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 7 years - has completed in excess of 50 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :

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