Ontario Innovation Tax Credit (OITC)

Amount:

no fixed amount

Type:

Tax Credit

Description:

The Ontario Innovation Tax Credit is a refundable tax credit that is applied to the lesser of the corporation’s qualified expenditures incurred in Ontario and its annual expenditure limit.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is applied to the lesser of the corporation’s qualified expenditures incurred in Ontario and its annual expenditure limit at the following rates:
– 10% for tax years that end before June 1, 2016,
– 8% for tax years that start after May 31, 2016, or
– prorated for a tax year that includes May 31, 2016.

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:
1. corporations with a permanent establishment in Ontario,
2. doing scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) in Ontario.

Application Steps:

No specific steps have been identified.

Documentation Needed:

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

Date modified: 2023-08-28

Maurice

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Maurice

Maurice (Moe) Muise learned the ins-and-outs of government while an employee of the Government of Canada in Ottawa for 10 years. His current focus is helping small businesses in Canada to identify and maximize funding to grow their business.

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