ATO Guidance and Materials

ATO and AusIndustry R&D Tax Incentive Presentations

January 30th, 2023

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and AusIndustry have advised that they will host a WEBINAR on 21 FEBRUARY 2023 for stakeholders seeking to learn more about the R&D Tax Incentive. The sessions aim to provide an introduction to the R&D Tax Incentive and guidance on key eligibility requirements. The sessions are being held online and registration details are available on business.gov.au.   Please get in touch with our office if you would like to speak to someone about a potential  R&D […]

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Updated R&D Tax Incentive guidance published on ATO Website

January 11th, 2023

In various R&D Tax Incentive updates attended by ATO personnel over the past year it had been indicated that refreshed R&D Tax Incentive guidance material would likely be published by the end of 2022. Updates to the R&D Tax Incentive content on the ATO website have now been made and it’s noted on the main R&D Tax Incentive section of the ATO website that content was  ‘Last modified: 22 Nov 2022’. The main updates appear to be in relation to […]

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Updated AAT Decision (Moreton Resources Ltd V IISA) Finds Some Disputed Activities Were R&D Activities

November 25th, 2022

Last decade, there were a number of R&D Tax Disputes heard by the courts with the majority of decisions seeming to find in favour of the regulators that claims (most of which were large) were not eligible. The original Federal Court decision in 2019 regarding Moreton Resources Ltd and Industry Innovation and Science Australia was big news at the time, since it represented one of the few matters where a decision was ruled even partially in favour of a taxpayer. […]

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New AAT Case Finds in Favour of Applicant Reinstatement of Review

November 9th, 2022

A recent AAT decision handed down in November 2022 (Active Sports Management Pty Ltd and Industry Innovation and Science Australia) has allowed a company seeking review of an AusIndustry decision to be reinstated, on the grounds that the review was dismissed in error. The AAT found that while the company did not comply with certain directions from the Tribunal, they had made an effort in obtaining expert evidence and preparing submissions in support of its case. We understand that this […]

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