The Tax Credit for the Development of E-Business too difficult to claim for smaller companies

Temps de lecture : 0 min 21s

Pierre Savignac

9 October 2019

The Journal de Montréal reports that the E-Business tax credit (CDAE in French) is too difficult to claim for smaller companies in the information technology industry […] due to its rules that are so complex.”

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Pierre Savignac

Pierre Savignac has been the CEO and Founder of Emergex SR&ED Consultants since its inception 30+ years ago. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, followed by a certificate in four languages and thousands of hours of professional education. He has worked in the field of information technologies for 40 years and has helped over a thousand companies claim $500 million in SR&ED tax credits with a 98% success rate.

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