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Leyton uses a transparent, success-based fee model:

● No upfront payment

● No hourly billing

● No fees are charged unless we identify eligible SR&ED activities and prepare your claim

Our fee covers everything: technical analysis, financial review, full documentation, CRA audit support, and ongoing guidance. We never charge extra for complexity, multi-entity structures, or audit defense.

By contrast, many consulting firms, including several Big Four and boutique providers, continue to use hourly or fixed-fee models, which the client must pay regardless of outcome. Additional charges for audit defense, engineering time, or complex corporate structures are also common.

With Leyton, you pay only for delivered value, with no surprises and no risk.

Leyton combines the rigor of a major consulting firm with the flexibility and specialization of a boutique provider. Our differentiators include:

A unique hybrid expertise:

● Technical experts (engineers, PhDs, scientists)

● Financial and tax specialists working together from day one

Audit-ready claims:

● CRA-ready documentation included as a standard deliverable

● Full audit support typically included at no additional cost

Broader funding strategy:
At leyton, we don’t just prepare SR&ED claims. We help clients optimize:

● Government grants for innovation, hiring, training

● Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits

● Sales tax recovery

● Customs duty optimization

● Real Estate consulting services

Technology + human expertise:
You benefit from advanced tools (calculators, digital documentation, tracking) combined with industry-specialized professionals, not “software-only” R&D automation.

This combination allows us to deliver higher accuracy, stronger compliance, and greater financial benefit than traditional models.

Our calculator provides a realistic preliminary estimate based on the most common SR&ED parameters. However, no online calculator can fully capture:

● Complex eligibility or hidden R&D activities

● Multi-entity corporate structures

● Provincial vs. federal interactions
(stacking rules)

● Subcontracting or shareholder remuneration scenarios

● Technical uncertainty, documentation quality, or audit risk

The true accuracy comes from our engineers and tax specialists, who review your projects in detail, validate assumptions, identify overlooked eligible activities, and ensure your claim is compliant and defensible.

The calculator is a useful starting point but the final numbers come from expert validation, not automation.

SR&ED claims are most frequently denied due to:

● Insufficient or poorly articulated technological uncertainty

● Describing routine development instead of experimental work

● Missing or weak contemporaneous documentation

● Incomplete time/cost tracking

● Subcontractor or shareholder expenses lacking support

● Inconsistent narratives between technical and financial sections

Leyton mitigates these risks before filing:

● Our engineers reconstruct a compliant technical narrative

● We validate uncertainty and hypotheses

● We strengthen documentation and supporting evidence

● We ensure alignment between technical and financial reports

● We identify gaps that may trigger a CRA review

While no provider can eliminate CRA audits entirely, Leyton’s rigorous methodology significantly reduces the likelihood of denial and increases the probability of a smooth, fast approval.

Yes. Leyton provides full support for both technical and financial CRA audits. We are used to that as we helped more than 500 clients with audits in Canada.
If your claim is selected for review, we take the lead from start to finish:

● Prepare your team for technical and financial interviews

● Communicate directly with CRA reviewers if we need to

● Provide all technical explanations and supporting documentation

● Defend the eligibility, calculations, and methodology

● Guide you through every step until the final decision is issued

Audit support is always included in our engagement, so you are never billed extra for defending your claim. Our goal is simple: to ensure your work is clearly understood, properly presented, and fully defended.

The timeline depends on the complexity of your projects and your end of fiscal year. We can do a claim in less than 2 weeks if we have time constraints, but most SR&ED claims with Leyton follow this general schedule:

● Kickoff & project scoping: 1–2 weeks

● Technical interviews & documentation: 2–4 weeks

● Financial review & calculations: 1–2 weeks

● Internal quality checks & client approval: 1 week

● Submission to CRA: immediately after approval

Most claims are fully completed within 4–8 weeks, depending on the volume of projects and supporting evidence.
Leyton manages the entire process and minimizes the time required from your team typically 1 to 3 hours per project.

Yes. Protecting your confidential information is one of our highest priorities. Leyton implements strict data protection and security controls, including:

● Secure encrypted environments for document storage

● Restricted internal access on a need-to-know basis

● Compliance with CRA, IRS, GDPR, and provincial privacy rules (PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25)

●We store and process client data in compliance with applicable privacy and
confidentiality laws, using secure servers located within jurisdictions that
meet our security and operational standards

● Mandatory confidentiality agreements for all staff

We handle sensitive technical, financial, and payroll data every day for companies of all sizes. Your information is always treated with the highest level of confidentiality and professional care.