Case study · Custom development
Too small. Not innovative. Three claims later.
Manaknight is a custom development firm. Other SRED companies said the claim amount was too low and the work was not innovative enough. We brought the right narrative to the right projects and filed three times inside an 18-month window.
Situation
Where they started
Manaknight builds custom software. They talked to multiple SRED firms looking for help. The pattern was the same: claim size too low to bother, projects framed as not innovative enough.
What others said
The industry response
Volume-driven SRED shops walked away. When the cheque looks small on a first pass, generalists often pass. When the narrative sounds like routine client delivery, they pass again.
What we found
What changed the claim
We identified which projects actually carried technological uncertainty, rebuilt the narratives to CRA's tests, and ran a claim cadence that fit their delivery rhythm, including prior-year recovery inside the filing window.
Outcome
What they walked away with
Three SRED claims filed within an 18-month timeframe. The work was never about inventing a new industry. It was about telling the truth about the hard technical projects they already shipped. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. CRA decides.
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