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Showing posts with label credits. Show all posts
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11/17/11

Discuss Among Yourselves - Financing SR ED ( SR&ED) Tax Credits Turns Your Claim Into Business Cash Flow Loan - SRED Claims Finance




Financing Your SR&ED Claim Is Still A Great Cash Strategy


Information on SRED ( SR&ED ) tax credit financing in Canada . A SR ED loan or the financing/discounting of your SRED Credits and claims monetizes your claim into valuable working capital .






So, the excitement continues to build, SR ED tax credits are a large part of the focus on what the government of Canada should be doing to help Canadian firms with their research and development. SR&ED claims total in the billions of dollars and have come to the attention of a lot of players in the private and government sectors. It's a pretty basic discussion, revolving around the question ' Is the SRED tax credit still working for government and business.

Let's highlight some of those issues, and key info on the program, but, most importantly, lets re enforce one key point - if you have a SR&ED claim you can still finance it , all the turmoil around the program notwithstanding ! And we'll show you how.

We hate weighing in on all those debates on the program, quite simply ours is to finance! But we guess it’s important that some of the key issues should be highlighted, and of course any major changes to the program will in fact probably affect how claims are financed.

So what the problem? Simply speaking it's that prudent people want to ensure that the tax system and the innovation around things such as tax credits work.

A lot of the discussion seems to revolve around what happens after Canadian business owners file their SRED claim. Simply speaking, the discussion is all about ' commercialization ' of the work and funds that go into those SR&ED credit claims. Currently the actual credits are primarily only available to private companies and there seems to be some discussion about moving the program into the public company sector. That seems to make sense because it would seem some early stage companies actually don’t go public via an IPO or RTO simply because of the fact they would lose their valuable SR ED claim status, and the non repayable cash flow that come from that program.

A number of current factors make the up calculation of the total combined provincial and federal tax credit SRED claim. Under the current guidelines companies can receive up to 1/2 to 3/4 of all they spend on key documentable Sred.

So it’s an interesting time for the SR ED tax credit. To the many hundreds of sred consultants out there who prepare claims we can only imagine where their heads are at these days.

But as we said, the one constant of SR&ED is that you can still continue to cash flow and monetize your claim via a SRED Loan. In fact the industry has gotten more creative and many financings are now done prior to the actual filing of the claim. This concept is called accrual financing and it simply means you recoup your expenses as you spend. Now that’s a true financing benefit for firm who can use the SR ED claim cash flow to survive and grow. (And we guess hopefully commercialize their products also!)

The financing couldn’t be simpler. be prepared to document your SR&ED work through your consultant or internal team. Claims are typically financed at 70% of total value, and no payments are made during the loan outstanding period.

Consider talking to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor on monetizing your tax credit for critical cash flow.





AUTHOR - STAN PROKOP

7 PARK AVENUE FINANCIAL

CANADIAN BUSINESS FINANCING !

http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com/sr_ed_sred_tax_credit_credits_Claim_claims_loan.html

11/2/11

Are SRED ( SR&ED ) Tax Credits Dead ? We Hope Not! SRED Financing For Your SR ED Credit Claims Is Alive & Well !






SRED Loans and Financing for SR&ED Claims – Financing Today For Your Filed or Unfiled Claim!

Information on the financing of sred tax credit( sr&ed) claims in Canada. A bridge or factoring loan on your sred credits makes working capital and cash flow sense.





Sweating bullets. Always a favorite expression for some serious worrying. That surely must be the case for thousands of Canadian firms and the industry consultants who file SRED (SR&ED) claims in Canada for their non refundable tax credit monies for their R&D processes.

We're not going to weigh in on whether these tax credits are justified, not justified, or who screwed things up, but we will say one thing - Your Sred financing is still alive and well. In fact in some ways it just got better, and we'll talk about that also.

Thousands of Canadian firms receive a total of billions of dollars every year from the Government of Canada for their research and development costs. A large portion of their total costs in several categories of R&D, i.e. labor, comes back to them in the form of a refundable cheque.

Naturally getting monies back for your SRED claim is a huge and positive issue for thousands and firms who are either start up, pre revenue, or who simply... you guessed it... need the cash. Many of our clients actually book the claim they file as a receivable, in effect non refundable monies coming back into their company .The claim is, of course, a combination of funds from both the federal and provincial government. Sred claims are separate from other grants and schemes such as IRAP, etc.

So, getting back to the one thing we want to emphasize today, and that’s ' cash flow '! Naturally it’s a free country and if you want to wait to get your funds back from the government by all means do that. But consider also that you have another option, which is to finance your claim. In Canada SRED claims of almost any size can be financed. While larger claims make more economic sense claims generally in the 80k and higher range certainly are financeable.

So how does the financing work? You should consider this as quite a ' normal ' business financing. (Is any business financing normal these days?!) . The basic application involves info on your firm such as your financial, projections, etc, info on the owners, and copies of the actual claim itself.

SRED claims have tended to be prepared by a group of people in Canada who term themselves SRED consultants. They work on either a contingency basis or a fee basis. We've been watching the SRED battle from a distance and some people are making the claim that the sred consultants themselves have become a part of the problem in the industry.

Let’s use 2 Billion dollars an example. If the federal government gave out 2 Billion dollars it’s the SRED consultants who worked on contingency that receive anywhere from 15- 30% of all these funds as fees. That makes a case for not a lot of value for the country from a pure R&D perspective. Anyway, we promised not to weigh in on that one, so we won’t.

What we are saying is that if your claim is properly prepared, by either yourself or a qualified sred consultant then it’s financeable.

SRED Financing claims are financed at, in general 70% loan to value. We spoke of new developments in the industry as far as financing the sred credit .The good news is that most claims are now financeable as your spend, prior to filing, This is called Accrual sred finance, and gives you cash flow reimbursement as you spend .

Is there a bottom line today? As always, there is. It’s simply that we kind of hope the sred program stays around for all those legitimate firms and consultants who see the true value of the program. And consider financing your tax credit for increased working capital and cash flow. Speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor on Sred Tax Credit finance today.





Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial -



http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com



Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 7 years - has completed in excess of 80 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations . Core competancies include receivables financing, asset based lending, working capital, equipment finance, franchise finance and tax credit financing .Info re: Canadian business financing & contact details :



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