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SR&ED Documentation Software for Canadian Tech Companies

SR&ED documentation software helps Canadian tech companies build contemporaneous evidence records from GitHub, Jira, Linear, Slack, and design docs. Audit-ready, CRA-defensible.

SREDY.IO · Editorial Team 2026-06-20 5 min read

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Documentation as a byproduct of work

The strongest SR&ED claims are built on documentation that already exists — because it was created as the work happened. SR&ED documentation software doesn't ask you to create new evidence; it helps you organize and present the evidence your team already generates.

Your GitHub commits, Jira tickets, Slack threads, design docs, and meeting notes are all contemporaneous records. The software helps you extract, organize, and index them so that a CRA reviewer can see the systematic investigation your team conducted.

What documentation software produces

  • Evidence index: a structured list of your records mapped to each claim element
  • Timeline reconstruction: chronological view of investigation and iteration
  • Technical narrative support: linking specific records to uncertainty and advancement claims
  • Exportable documentation: PDF or structured format for your accountant and CRA
The key principle

Contemporaneous records are more credible than reconstructed ones. Documentation created during the work — even informal — is stronger than a polished narrative written months later.

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