AusIndustry Guidance and Materials

Limit to Extensions of Time for R&D Applications (92 Days after Statutory Deadline)

July 20th, 2022

Companies should always seek to lodge R&D applications on time to avoid the need to pursue extensions.   Significant changes have been introduced over recent years limiting the time period available to companies applying for extensions of time to submit R&D applications.   A limit on extensions of time to submit an R&D application after a statutory deadline came into effect on 1 January 2021. From 1 April 2022,  this cap was amended from 3 months to 92 days. This […]

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Slight Changes to Login to AusIndustry R&D Tax Portal

July 15th, 2022

AusIndustry have announced that the R&D Tax Incentive Portal has transitioned to the Australian Government Digital Identity System to verify users. This has presented a change to the login process when accessing the R&D Tax Incentive Portal. From late June 2022, when logging into the R&D Tax Portal, the login button will display ‘Continue with Digital Identity’, replacing the current ‘Login with myGovID’ button. When you select ‘Continue with Digital Identity’ you’ll be given the option to select myGovID as your Digital Identity and asked […]

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FY22 R&D Registrations Now Open

July 1st, 2022

Companies are now able to register R&D activities conducted during the year ended 30 June 2022 (FY22) with AusIndustry. For the FY22 period, the application process is again administered through the new online customer portal which was introduced for the prior FY21 period. There were substantial changes made to the R&D activity technical description requirements in FY21, however the AusIndustry activity disclosure requirements for FY22 appear not to have materially changed. The big changes for FY22 R&D c laims relate […]

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AusIndustry Conducting Briefing Session to Provide an Overview of the Refreshed Software Guidance

May 9th, 2022

In April 2022, AusIndustry released a new guidance document titled “Software-related activities and the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive“. Whilst nothing in the new guidance is particularly surprising, there are some new principles which do not seem to have been explored in other guidance documents published in recent years. AusIndustry have planned briefing sessions on this guidance during May which will focus on: the design process to ensure industry relevance; the main changes from previous guidance, including changes to […]

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