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DISR Announces Changes Streamlining R&D Activity Compliance Assessment Processes

July 15th, 2025

In a recent update, The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)’s Insider email has noted that: From 1 July 2025, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) will be streamlining some of our processes to remove duplication and unnecessary steps that can cause confusion and contribute to delays in finalising program decisions with you.  Recent feedback from you as well as decisions from the Administrative Review Tribunal have highlighted that some of our processes can be confusing. Much of this […]

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A warning for companies using AI to assist with drafting their R&D Tax Incentive Applications

July 3rd, 2025

Businesses are increasingly leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline various tasks in a bid to achieve significant time savings and efficiency gains. However, when using AI to assist in the drafting of documents that present legal obligations (such as an R&D Application), care should be taken to ensure the information disclosed is correct. In recent months, we have observed a growing trend of companies using AI to assist with the collation of the initial draft content for their Research and […]

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The Australian Industry Group Submission to Strategic Examination of the R&D System

June 19th, 2025

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group®) is a peak national employer organisation representing traditional, innovative and emerging industry sectors. Ai Group is considered one of the leading business advocacy organisations in Australia. Ai Group has recently published their submission to The Australian Government’s strategic examination of the research and development (R&D) system. The Ai Group submission includes some notable points on the R&D Tax Incentive including: A note that tax incentives and grants are valuable, however they can require a high level of administrative resources; […]

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Swanson Reed: Registered Tax Agent obligations and keeping clients informed

June 12th, 2025

SR Tax Services Pty Ltd (trading as Swanson Reed) is a registered tax agent (Registration number 03718008).   The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) is the authority responsible for regulating Australia’s tax agents.   The Government package of reforms to strengthen the integrity of Australia’s tax system has presented additional compliance and disclosure requirements for tax agents which apply to Swanson Reed from July 2025. As part of these reforms, Swanson Reed has an obligation to keep parties informed on a […]

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