SR&ED
SR&ED claims should not require full-service consultants.
Most of the work in a typical SR&ED claim already happens inside the company: documenting technical work, tracking salaries, organizing contractors, and assembling financial records. Yet many firms still charge a large percentage of the credit for a process that is only partly specialized.
execom removes the expensive middle layer while preserving the parts of the process that actually matter.
In most claims, only a small portion of the process actually requires specialist input.
For decades, accessing Canada's SR&ED program has usually meant hiring specialized firms that charge a large percentage of the credit recovered. But in most claims, much of the underlying work is already being done internally. The specialist layer is real — just not nearly as large as the fee model suggests.
That fee model persisted because preparing a compliant claim required translating technical work into the specific format the CRA expects to see: a clear description of technological uncertainty, evidence of systematic investigation, and properly classified project expenditures.
Most engineering teams do not write in that format, which left consultants acting as translators between product development and tax policy — and charging accordingly.
execom removes the expensive middle layer.
A simpler way to prepare SR&ED claims
The execom platform allows founders and technical teams to construct their claims directly by guiding them through the information required to produce a properly structured filing.
Projects are described in the format CRA reviewers expect, expenditures are organized as the claim is assembled, and supporting documentation is captured in a way that reduces the likelihood of review.
The process that traditionally required weeks of back-and-forth with a consulting firm can instead be completed in a few hours by the people who actually performed the work.
Why companies choose execom
Most SR&ED consultants charge between fifteen and thirty percent of the credit they help recover.
execom charges 5%.
The difference is not a temporary promotion or a different fee structure; it reflects the fact that the system was designed to remove the manual consulting layer that historically made SR&ED preparation slow and expensive.
Companies still receive the same credit from the CRA, but keep far more of it.
Built for companies capable of doing things themselves
Some organizations will always prefer the traditional consulting model, particularly large companies that already maintain advisory relationships with accounting firms and external specialists.
execom is designed for a different group: companies capable of doing things themselves, discerning enough to recognize value when they see it, and uninterested in wasting time or money on layers of unnecessary intermediaries.
These are typically founder-led teams and technical organizations that understand their own work better than anyone else and prefer straightforward tools over elaborate consulting processes.
Prepare SR&ED claims quickly, structure them correctly, and keep the overwhelming majority of the credit you earn.