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Nova Scotia Research and Development Tax Credit (Nova Scotia R&D Tax Credit)

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Tax Credit


Description:

The Nova Scotia R&D tax credit offers tax relief o Nova Scotia corporations that incur qualified scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) expenditures made in Nova Scotia, as defined by the federal Income Tax Act. It is fully refundable at the rate of 15% of eligible expenditures.  

Comments on Funding:

Funding is 15% of eligible expenditures.
Eligible expenditures are reduced by government and non-government assistance, but not the Nova Scotia R&D tax credit. The Nova Scotia R&D tax credit will reduce the federal pool of deductible SR&ED expenditures and qualified SR&ED expenditures.


When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling Deadline

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

  • be corporations, 
  • be corporations that are beneficiaries of a trust, 
  • be corporations that are members of a partnership,
  • have a permanent establishment in Nova Scotia,
  • carry out scientific research in Nova Scotia.

Application Steps:

No specific steps have been identified.

Documentation Needed: 

Applicants must:

  1. 1
    claim the Nova Scotia R&D tax credit in conjunction with federal SR&ED tax credits.
  2. 2
    fill in form T661 to claim the Federal credit and schedule 340 of their Nova Scotia T2 form to claim the Nova Scotia tax credit.

Other Things to Note:

Date modified: 2022-03-17 - Source 2

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