With the introduction of the new T661 form in 10th November 2008 CRA announced that claimants were required to include information on the form for each project undertaken. Claimants with more than twenty projects were very upset by this requirement. Based on taxpayer representations the implementation date was extended. On 4th February 2010 CRA announced that they “will continue to accept claims with Part 2s of Form T661 for only the twenty largest SR&ED projects in dollar value, until further notice”.
A conspiracy theorist might look at the wording of the announcement might conclude that the “until further notice” implies that there might be a new simpler form coming as a compromise and that on that form information must be provided on every project. They might also conclude the new form might be a check-the-box project description in the form of the SR&ED Eligibility Self Assessment Tool released on 17th November, 2008.