Our Services

Pitre, Rafuse & Mulcahy, Inc. (PRM) is a full service SR&ED consulting firm. Our commitment is to work with each claimant in order to maximize the benefits of all available federal and provincial SR&ED tax credits for past projects and to optimize their potential for current and future claims.

Our team of dedicated professionals routinely identify legitimate expenditures that others have overlooked. We work hard to develop an ongoing relationship with each of our clients because the better we understand your business, the more effective we can be in optimizing your SR&ED claims.

Our consulting team is comprised of professionals from many industries including finance, manufacturing, machining, computer science, information technology and several fields of consulting and each member brings with them a host of executive management and hands-on experience. In addition, they hold professionally accredited designations and degrees. You can depend on them for honesty, integrity and discretion.

We are so confident in our ability to maximize your claim that we provide our services on a contingency basis only. "WE DON'T GET PAID UNTIL YOU DO."

Initial Consultation

  • We will meet with your technical person or team to discuss the projects. At this point we will, together, determine potential SR&ED qualifying activities.
  • We will discuss the cost and benefits of a claim submission, which will include a full explanation of our fees as well as estimated time requirements involving your staff.
  • We will explain how the program can continuously benefit your organization for project costing into the future.
  • We will provide a preliminary estimate of the value of your claim.

Claim Process

  • We will assist you in describing the technological objectives, risks and advancements inherent in your potential claims.
  • We will lend our expertise to help ensure that your claim potential is maximized.
  • We will provide completed SR&ED file claim forms to your accountant and coordinate the claim process with him/her. Our presentation will include the standard federal T661 (S-32); Schedule 31; S-1 adjustments and any other provincial and federals tax forms that are relevant to your SR&ED claims process.
  • We will be your Representative to the Canada Revenue Agency's Scientific Officer and Financial Claim Reviewer to help ensure that a fair and proper review is conducted in your corporation's best interests.
  • We will act as your representative at any Canada Revenue Agency appeals process, if necessary.
  • We will monitor the claim review process at Canada Revenue Agency and will be your acting liaison with CRA to ensure the claim time is minimized.
  • We will recommend procedures and systems to assist you in maximizing future SR&ED claims.

Future Services

  • We will assure you access to one of our SR&ED specialists in a timely fashion for ongoing and relevant consultations regarding your current and future projects.
  • We will conduct an annual or semi-annual on-site review of the SR&ED technical systems and recommend improvements as necessary.