SR&ED for clinician-scientists
You did the research. Let’s get the tax credits back.
Mitras prepares and files SR&ED claims for clinician-scientists and medical research teams, then defends them if the CRA asks questions. You pay only when your claim is approved.
Why it matters
Most clinician-scientists never claim what they’re owed.
You ran the experiments and solved problems the literature couldn’t answer. Turning that work into an SR&ED claim is its own job. The eligibility rules are dense, the technical report has to hold up to CRA review, and between clinic and the next grant deadline it’s the easiest thing to put off. So most eligible research never gets claimed, and the credits expire.
Approach
The entire claim, handled end to end.
Discovery
A working session on your research: what you set out to establish, where standard methods fell short, and what you had to figure out yourself. This is where we confirm what qualifies.
Technical narrative
We draft the technical report ourselves, in the language CRA reviewers expect. You check it for accuracy. That's the extent of your writing.
Financial schedules
We build the financial schedules from your records, capturing eligible salaries, materials, subcontracts, and overhead. Missed costs are the most common way claims come up short.
Submission
We file the complete claim with your return and coordinate directly with your accountant.
Review defense
If the CRA comes back with questions, we prepare the response and represent the claim through review. Defending our own files is part of the engagement, not an extra.
Where clinician-scientists lead research
Why Mitras
An SR&ED practice built for medical research.
Specialized
We work only in the medical sector, and we read clinical and translational research the way a CRA reviewer never will. That fluency is what makes a claim hold up.
Credentialed
Founded by Ethan Shak, a McGill-trained translational biomedical engineer with formal finance training through the Canadian Securities Course. He reads your research as a peer and builds the financials himself.
Aligned
The fee is a percentage of what we recover, due only after your claim is approved. If the claim fails, there is no fee.
The practice
Ethan Shak, Principal
M.Sc.A. in Translational Biomedical Engineering and B.Sc., McGill University (with distinction) · Canadian Securities Course
Mitras is founder-led by design. The person who interviews you about your research is the same person who writes the report and stands behind it under review.
Questions
What clinician-scientists ask.
My work is clinical, not “R&D.” Can it still qualify?
Often, yes. SR&ED was never only for industry labs. If your work had to resolve a genuine scientific or technological uncertainty, something the existing literature and standard practice couldn't settle, there is a good chance it qualifies.
Will claiming trigger a CRA audit?
Filing itself doesn't flag you. What invites trouble is a weak file. We prepare every claim as if it will be reviewed, and if the CRA does ask questions, we handle the response.
I barely have time for grant reports. How much work is this for me?
An interview, plus access to records you already keep. We handle the write-up, the schedules, and the filing. Plan for a few hours of your time in total.
How is your fee calculated?
A percentage of the credits we recover, due only after the CRA approves your claim. If the claim fails, you owe us nothing.
What do you need from me to start?
A conversation about your research. After that, the records you already have: protocols, who worked on what, and the related expenses. We build the claim from there.
Begin
Find out what your research is worth.
One short, confidential call is usually enough to tell whether you have a claim worth filing, and roughly what it could return. The call is free and there’s no obligation afterward.