ITC Recovery for Canadian Founders
Early-stage Canadian startups spend heavily on SaaS, cloud, and professional services. Most founders don’t realize they can recover 5–15% of those expenses as GST/HST Input Tax Credits. The money is sitting in your AP data — you just need to find it.
Why Founders Miss ITCs
Expenses on personal cards
Early spending often goes on founder credit cards before corporate accounts are set up. Those charges still qualify for ITCs.
Tax isn’t a priority in year one
Founders focus on product and customers. GST/HST recovery falls through the cracks until year-end or later.
Bookkeeping is messy
Startup AP data has inconsistent vendor names, missing tax breakdowns, and mixed personal/business charges.
29 error types to check manually
Rate mismatches, PST leakage, place-of-supply errors, simplified-registration traps — no founder has time to check all 29.
Where the Money Hides
These are the most common startup expense categories where ITCs go unclaimed:
What Recovery Looks Like
How It Works for Startups
Export your AP ledger or credit card statement as a CSV file
Upload to Input Recovery — columns auto-map in seconds
Engine scans for all 29 error types: rate mismatches, PST leakage, simplified-registration vendor traps, and more
Get an audit-ready PDF with exact recovery amounts, tiered by actionability
Share with your accountant or file the recovery yourself
Stop leaving money on the table
Upload your AP ledger or credit card CSV — see what you can recover in under 60 seconds. Free for the first 50 pages.