1-Min Self-Referral Funding Check: Is Your Business Missing Out?

  • By Rui Gao
    • Oct 15, 2025
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If you or your clients own or manage a Canadian business, Leyton can help unlock tens of thousands to millions of dollars in government funding, improve cash flow, and reduce tax liability, without disrupting your operations.

Our streamlined self-referral funding process makes it easy to get started with just a few simple questions.

What we do:

  • SR&ED Tax Credit: Canada’s largest innovation incentive, refunding up to 50–65% of eligible R&D costs for small and medium‑sized enterprises. Typical refunds range from $40,000–$200,000+, and large companies may exceed millions annually.
  • Government Grants: Access grants for AI and digitalization (e.g. CDAEIA), hiring and job creation, clean economy investments, IRAP, CanExport, BSP, and many more, ranging from $10,000–$1M+ per project.
  • Real Estate Consulting Services: Recover unclaimed sales tax credits and reduce property tax liabilities. Specialized teams have recovered six‑ and seven‑figure savings for clients.
  • Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits: Refundable credits up to 60% for clean tech adoption, hydrogen, and carbon capture investments.

How it works:

We require very little to start. Once engaged, our consultants analyze your data, manage all documentation and certifications, and maximize your returns with minimal time required from you.

Who’s an ideal client?

  • Business owners, CFOs, or financial directors in industries such as manufacturing, engineering, construction, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, health, and financial services
  • Companies with ongoing R&D or capital investment
  • Organizations with complex tax structures or significant sales/property tax exposure

Referral Partner Program:

CPAs, financial advisors, and industry association leaders can all join our referral network.

All it takes is an introduction, we will do the rest, ensuring your client relationships are strengthened while they benefit from funding opportunities they might be missing.

Contact us to book a confidential funding assessment or to discuss strategic collaboration by becoming a Referral Partner.

Self-referral funding “Cheatsheet”

Quick reference: How to identify potential clients for Leyton’s services

1. Does the business conduct R&D or technical innovation?

  • SR&ED Tax Credit: Canada’s largest incentive program, reimbursing up to 50–65% of eligible R&D expenses for SMEs. Typical refunds: $40k–$200k+. Larger enterprises can get claims in the high millions.

2. Does the business participate in cross-border trade or large‑scale sales/purchases?

  • Sales Tax Recovery: Recover unclaimed GST/HST/PST credits or international VAT refunds. Leyton has recovered six- and seven-figure amounts for clients.

3. Is the business investing in digitalization, exports, clean energy, or hiring?

  • Government Grants: Programs such as CDAE, CanExport, IRAP, BSP, hiring grants, and clean economy ITCs can provide $10k–$1M+ per project, and we have an expert team for each grant stream.

4. Does the business own significant real estate?

  • Property Tax Optimization: Reduce property tax liabilities through expert review and appeals.

Why work with Leyton?

  • Market leader in SR&ED and innovation funding, supporting 1,000+ businesses in Canada.
  • Specialized consultants who handle the entire process end-to-end, minimizing compliance and audit risk while maximizing funding opportunities.
  • Referral Partner Program allows CPAs, financial advisors, and industry leaders to strengthen client relationships by introducing Leyton with great benefits and very little effort required.

Contact our experts today to unlock your business’s hidden funding opportunities!

Author

Rui Gao

Consultant, Innovation Funding

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