Boast SR&ED (Canada)

Fund greater innovation with SR&ED

Boast helps you drive Canadian innovation by seamlessly maximizing your access to Canada’s premier R&D funding program, SR&ED.

What is SR&ED?

Few funding programs get as much attention as the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit—and for good reason. It helps Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) recover a portion of their innovation investments.

SR&ED is a federal tax incentive program run by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) that encourages Canadian businesses of all sizes and industries to conduct research and development (R&D) in Canada.

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SR&ED allows companies to claim upwards of 64% of their R&D expenditures as a tax rebate, helping CCPCs gain greater ROI on costs for innovation.

Accessing funding hasn’t always been easy

Tax credits are critical to accelerate innovation. But you need a partner who can help you access R&D claim dollars earlier, grow your claim size, and increase your claim accuracy.

Boast brings decades of experience and the latest technology together with experts who know your industry to offer the Boast advantage.

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Who is eligible?

  • Canadian businesses of all sizes and sectors that conduct eligible R&D work in Canada

  • Eligible work must involve technical advancements through systematic investigation or solving technological obstacles

Industries commonly eligible for the R&D tax credit include:

Biomedical & Life Sciences

Detailed documentation is required for biomedical and life sciences claims. Fortunately, Boast works with you to identify eligible work from your detailed records.

Cell Phone Network

The Cell Phone Network R&D Tax Credit is available to companies that develop and deploy new or improved cell phone networks, including those that use new technologies, such as 4G and 5G.

Cloud Computing

The Cloud Computing R&D Tax Credit is an important incentive for businesses to recoup or capture when they invest in cloud computing

Energy

Boast experts help maximize energy claims based on your detailed R&D project, financial, and payroll records.

Manufacturing Companies

Manufacturing R&D has its own challenges. Maximize your claim with Boast experts who know how to claim manufacturing R&D the right way.

Software & Gaming

Boast specializes in software and gaming claims. We know what qualifies, and how to get the most from your R&D investments.

Telecommunication Networking

The Telecommunication Network R&D Tax Credit is a federal incentive available to businesses conducting research and development related to telecommunication networks.

Video Game Software Publishing

The Video Game Development Tax Credit (VGDTC) offers a refundable tax credit to Canadian-controlled corporations developing video games that qualify as cultural products.

Web Publisher & Broadcaster

R&D Tax Credits for Publishers is a federal government incentive for publishers who produce certain types of media.

Examples of eligible R&D work:

  • Experimental development to create new/improved products, processes, etc.
  • Applied research to advance scientific knowledge with a specific application
  • Basic research to make scientific or technological advancements
  • Support work directly related to the categories above

The Boast Advantage

Maximized SR&ED Claim

More than 1,500 companies leverage Boast to get larger returns, faster, with less work.

Minimal Time Commitment

The SR&ED process has been slow and painful for decades. Boast’s automation and expertise save you up to 60 hours on claim preparation.

Effortless Audit Response

In-house experts prepare and validate your claim with a 98% success rate. You can relax with the Boast AuditShield™ guarantee.

QuickFund

With Boast QuickFund™, access your SR&ED refund up to 12 months early

Use your advanced funding to re-invest in your business, grow faster, hire sooner, and extend your cash runway.

75%

Get up to 75% of your SR&ED expenses throughout the year. Access $25K to $1M in quarterly advances.

Flexible

Flexible terms with no monthly payments. Draw funds as needed and pay interest only on what you use.

2 weeks

Transparent application with funding in less than 2 weeks

Boast: Your Innovative SR&ED Provider

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Testimonies

What customers say about Boast

“SR&ED funding is so important to us. Even when we talk to investors, we tell them that if you give us a dollar, we’ll stretch it further with SR&ED funding […] It’s become such a key part of our business, and Boast has helped us access it faster and more easily than anyone else.”

Kris McCarthy
Co-founder, FanSaves

“Boast has been such a positive experience from the beginning to the end […] Our first year, filing for SR&ED, we didn’t go with Boast and we immediately regretted it. Then we switched to Boast, and every year, the feedback from both my finance and technical teams have been great, and the process is just so seamless with you all.”

Daniel Shum
COO, CTK Bio

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