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Tax credits

Crédit d'impôt pour le développement des affaires électroniques (CDAE)

Status

Status not published

An eligibility certificate must be obtained from Investissement Québec for each taxation year, generally applied for within 15 months of the corporation's filing deadline.

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Amount
25,000 CAD

Payroll-based credit for IT companies, worth up to CAD 25,000 per eligible employee per year (a refundable portion plus a non-refundable portion). Rates were reduced and a non-refundable component introduced in recent Quebec budgets.

Funder

Investissement Québec / Revenu Québec

public · regional

Deadline: One call a year — An eligibility certificate must be obtained from Investissement Québec for each taxation year, generally applied for within 15 months of the corporation's filing deadline.

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

Requires a minimum proportion of revenue from eligible IT activities and a minimum number of full-time eligible employees (historically six).

How to apply

  1. Apply to Investissement Québec for the annual corporation eligibility certificate.
  2. Obtain employee eligibility certificates.
  3. Claim the credit on the CO-17 return.

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.investquebec.com/quebec/fr/produits-financiers/toutes-nos-solutions/credit-dimpot-pour-le-developpement-des-affaires-electroniques-cdae.html · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.investquebec.com

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