Software Development

A Smarter Way to Capture Software R&D Efforts

From custom platforms to product rebuilds, software R&D is fast-paced – and often under-documented. Engineering teams are focused on delivering features, not tracking tax credit eligibility. Boast automates this process, helping you capture qualified activities, organize time entries, and prepare audit-ready claims without disrupting your sprint cycles.

What Counts as R&D in Software?

It’s not just about new product launches. Many software teams qualify without realizing it. Boast maps this work to R&D tax credit criteria automatically, using the systems your team already uses every day.

You may be eligible if you’re:

Designing new architectures, frameworks, or backend systems

Refactoring legacy code to improve performance or stability

Building microservices or containerized deployments

Developing custom algorithms or security protocols

Integrating systems using APIs with technical uncertainty

Running testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, or simulations

Your Dev Tools, Integrated Automatically

Boast connects with the developer platforms your engineering team already uses. Whether it’s commits in GitHub, epics in Jira, or time logs in Linear, our platform pulls in real project data to document your claims.

Supported integrations include:

  • GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

  • Jira, Linear, Azure DevOps, ClickUp

  • QuickBooks, NetSuite, FreshBooks

  • ADP, Gusto, Ceridian

Boast makes the R&D claim process feel like a natural extension of your dev workflow, not a distraction from it.

Why CTOs and Product Leaders Choose Boast

Boast turns technical work into financial results. By capturing engineering activity as it happens and organizing it into fully compliant claims, we help CTOs, Heads of Product, and VPs of Engineering maximize claim value without slowing down their teams. 

Our platform gives founders and C-suite the visibility they need while enabling engineering and product teams to stay focused on building. It allows technical leaders to maintain control while reducing the financial lift on internal teams. Boast also helps extend the runway through non-dilutive funding and improves transparency and audit readiness for board and finance teams. Boast delivers the speed and reliability that scaling software organizations need.

Who We Help in the Software Industry

Boast supports software teams across product types and tech stacks.

If your company is based in Québec, Boast also supports CDAE tax credit claims. These incentives apply to businesses developing or commercializing software licenses or services, including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).<

We work with:

SaaS companies developing cloud-based applications

Fintech, healthtech, or edtech platforms building secure, compliant solutions

AI and machine learning companies

Cybersecurity firms enhancing detection, encryption, or authentication

Internal dev teams modernizing enterprise systems or legacy architecture

Key Features for Software Companies

Boast’s platform is purpose-built for dev teams and CTOs who want to recover R&D tax credits without distraction. Key features include:

  • Automated R&D tax credit claim preparation

  • Time and expense categorization directly from dev tools

  • Audit-ready technical documentation tied to tickets and commits

  • Compliance alignment across U.S. and Canadian tax systems, including SR&ED

  • Integrations with GitHub, Jira, QuickBooks, NetSuite, ADP, and more

No spreadsheets, no delays – just clean claims and bigger returns.

Software R&D Tax Credit FAQs

Eligible activities often include new product development, code refactoring, algorithm innovation, performance tuning, and system redesigns.

Yes – if the work involves technical uncertainty and experimentation. This includes internal platforms, APIs, admin systems, or cloud architecture.

Absolutely. U.S. payroll tax credits and Canadian SR&ED programs both support pre-revenue software startups.

We connect to your dev stack to extract relevant data, organize project activity, and produce audit-ready claims – without pulling engineers into spreadsheets.