Horne & Associates, Ltd, is focussed on assisting businesses in preparing technical reports for SR&ED Tax Credit submissions.

Each SR&ED consultant has many years experience in at least one field of technology and together we can handle any SR&ED-eligible area.

Why choose our company?

• We work on a contingency basis, wherein we are paid a percentage of the tax refund upon receipt of the refund the client. The fee is paid only after the client receives a refund. There is no fee if submission is unsuccessful. Our fee is only 15% of the successful credit;
• Horne and Associates, Ltd., uses the skills and experience of highly qualified Technical Engineering Consultants as well and Financial Associates to complete comprehensive assessments of companies' SR&ED tax credit potential;
• We offer a free, no obligation assessment;
• We have established very positive working relations with federal and provincial tax authorities; and
• 100% of our clients who have submitted claims have received refunds.

Why you?

• Many companies, especially start-ups, don't realize that they can recover close to half of their costs incurred through SR&ED tax credits;
• Claimants can apply for SR&ED investment tax credits for expenditures such as wages, materials, machinery, equipment, some overhead and SR&ED contracts;
• In certain circumstances, the federal government provides a refundable tax credit rate of 35%; and
• The provinces also provide R&D incentives, for example, Ontario makes 10% available in refundable tax credit.

Horne & Associates believes that there are many Canadian companies who are missing an opportunity to benefit from the SR&ED Tax Credit program. Most companies simply do not consider what they do as Research and Development. However, if your company is pushing the envelope in your field, you are probably doing SR&ED. Moreover, if there is a risk that you will not be successful in what you are trying to achieve, you are almost certainly engaged in SR&ED. If you are tryinbg to make improvements to your products or processes, and these changes involve some technological uncertainty then you are doing SR&ED. If some of what you are attempting to do is an advancement within your field then you are doing SR&ED.