Results · AnonymizedCanada-wide · 20+ industries

over a decade of real work —

Hundreds of claims. Software and shop floor. Honest about failure.

What sets this track record apart isn’t a number — it’s the range. We’ve documented R&D from machine-learning platforms to CNC finishing to robotic panel assembly, and is candid about the approaches that didn’t work. That honesty is exactly what makes a claim defensible.

Over a decade

preparing SR&ED claims

20+

industries served

~96%

of SR&ED claims CRA acceptsprogram-wide; 90% as filed

No win

no fee — pure contingency

Acceptance rate: CRA SR&ED annual program statistics, 2025–26 — a program-wide figure, not a Longhand-specific guarantee.

What a previous preparer missed · anonymized patterns

Home builder · was filing with a Big 4Already claiming, still under-claiming
A modest claim
Nearly doubled
rewritten and re-scoped days before the deadline
Food processor · Western CanadaTold it wasn’t worth the effort
Not claiming
Six figures recovered
years of recipe and shelf-life work, finally documented
IT / data firm · waved off by a Big 4 and CRATold there was nothing there
No claim
Approved — then scaled abroad
a defensible technical narrative changed the answer — they grew, and kept qualifying even on imported technology
Oilfield-equipment maker · AlbertaField R&D, never written up
No claim
Recovered
instrumenting equipment for conditions standard sensors couldn’t read

real client patterns, anonymized — no names, and no numbers we can’t stand behind.

Browse by sector

IT / AIFoodManufacturingConstructionElectronics

No sector is left out — we’ve filed across health (ophthalmology, psychiatry), food sciences, and well beyond.

Our strength is identifying those technical challenges and articulating them in a way CRA will recognize. That’s all we do.

Amin Jivraj · Principal, Longhand

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