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Answer five questions based on how the CRA assesses SR&ED claims and get a quick read on whether your work is likely to qualify.
SR&ED is about the work, not the product. The CRA asks whether you faced technological uncertainty, formed and tested hypotheses to resolve it, and advanced what was known in your field, with records made at the time.
New algorithms or architectures that didn’t work at first, novel manufacturing processes, materials testing, and performance problems that standard practice couldn’t solve.
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Some of it does. Work that resolves a genuine technological uncertainty through systematic experimentation can qualify. Routine feature building using known methods does not.
Anything made at the time of the work: commits, tickets, design documents, test results and meeting notes that show what you tried and why.
Yes. SR&ED rewards the experimental process. Work that failed can still qualify if it was a systematic attempt to resolve technological uncertainty.
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