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Crédit d'impôt pour la recherche, l'innovation et la commercialisation (CRIC)

Crédit d'impôt pour la recherche, l'innovation et la précommercialisation (CRIC)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Refundable credit: 30% of qualified expenditures above the exclusion threshold (greater of CAD 50,000 or adjusted basic personal amounts) up to 1M; 20% above 1M.

Funder

Revenu Québec

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Claimed with the Quebec corporate income tax return; the filing deadline for the credit is 12 months after the income tax return due date.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Corporation operating a business in Quebec with an establishment there, carrying out eligible R&D or pre-commercialisation activities in Quebec; taxation years beginning after 25 March 2025.

How to apply

  1. Identify eligible R&D and pre-commercialisation expenditures.
  2. Complete the CRIC form with the CO-17 corporate return.
  3. Respond to any Revenu Québec review.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.quebec.ca/en/gouvernement/finances-publiques/titre-par-defaut/tax-credit-r-d-commercialization

"The tax credit is refundable at the following rates: 30% on qualified expenditures exceeding the applicable exclusion threshold, up to a maximum of $1 million; 20% on qualified expenditures over the $1 million maximum"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.quebec.ca

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