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Mount Owen Pty Ltd and Innovation Australia [2013] AATA 573

October 18th, 2013

The recent AAT decision, Mount Owen Pty Ltd and Innovation Australia [2013] AATA 573 was a well resourced AAT case that related to the R&D activities conducted by a large coal producer.  It is relevant to companies that conduct R&D activities in a production environment. It is important to note that although the case references the Applicant as Hunter Valley Coal Corporation Pty Ltd, a then subsidiary of BHP Ltd, BHP had sold this company to another mining company and had no […]

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Hadrian Fraval Nominees Pty Ltd and FCT [2013] AATA 127

April 22nd, 2013

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently drew specific attention to the case of Hadrian Fraval Nominees Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation in its Large Business Bulletin released in September 2013. Facts The Tribunal affirmed the Commissioner’s decision that Hadrian Fraval Nominees Pty Ltd (HFN) was not entitled to claim the R&D Tax Concession for the 2004 year, and in the 2005 year HFN was entitled to an amount significantly less than was claimed.  As a result, the AAT imposed penalties at the […]

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