1 0 2009-04-16T15:39:30-04:00 <p>Montreal-based IT recruitment agency Kovasys Inc. receives frequent phone calls from U.S.-based IT companies looking to expand operations in the city, and acquire local IT talent. It's a surge in interest the director of operations Alex Kovalenko credits to employee salary subsidies for high-tech companies, introduced by the Government of Quebec last year.</p> <p>While tax credits for R&amp;D are still available, Kovalenko said the qualification process is comparatively difficult and lengthy. "If a company wants to qualify, they have to jump through loop holes ... and it can take many years."</p> 0 2 2009-04-16T15:39:41-04:00 96 1 live 2009-04-16T15:39:30-04:00 <p>Montreal-based IT recruitment agency Kovasys Inc. receives frequent phone calls from U.S.-based IT companies looking to expand operations in the city, and acquire local IT talent. It's a surge in interest the director of operations Alex Kovalenko credits to employee salary subsidies for high-tech companies, introduced by the Government of Quebec last year.</p> <p>While tax credits for R&amp;D are still available, Kovalenko said the qualification process is comparatively difficult and lengthy. "If a company wants to qualify, they have to jump through loop holes ... and it can take many years."</p> 2010-02-06T08:41:30-05:00 http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=90184476398&h=YFDJ4&u=_rlrl 33 184