Federal and Ontario R&D Tax Incentives



  



1) For R&D expenditures of up to $2 million incurred annually by Canadian-controlled private companies with prior year’s taxable income and taxable capital among associated group not in excess of $300,000 and $10 million, respectively. The $2 million expenditure limit is eroded where taxable income is between $300,000 and $500,000, or where taxable capital is between $10 million and $15 million. Where taxable income or taxable capital exceeds $500,000 or $15 million, respectively, the tax credit rate is reduced to  20%.

2) Eligible expenditures for the Ontario tax credit are reduced when taxable income or taxable capital for the preceding year exceeds $200,000 or $25 million, respectively. The credit is eliminated when taxable income or capital exceed $400,000 or $50 million, respectively.