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Swanson Reed Article on Recent ATO Alerts (TA 2023/4 and TA 2023/5) in June 2024 Tax Institute Journal

June 14th, 2024

A feature article authored by Swanson Reed is included in June 2024 volume of the Taxation in Australia. Swanson Reed’s article covers the recent R&D tax incentive taxpayer alerts released in December 2023 (TA 2023/4 and TA 2023/5).   These alerts primarily relate to whether entities registering R&D activities and claiming R&D tax offsets can be shown to be the entity for whom the registered R&D activities are conducted, as required by law. TA 2023/4 and TA 2023/5 indicate that the […]

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Deadline approaching for lodgement of Overseas Findings for R&D Activity first conducted in FY24

June 10th, 2024

Companies seeking to claim expenditure for overseas activity incurred by an Australian company under the R&D Tax Incentive must apply separately to claim these costs by first lodging an Overseas Finding Application with AusIndustry. In addition to general eligibility criteria, there are specific and extensive rules to determine whether expenditure on overseas activities is eligible under the R&D Tax Incentive. Generally, expenditure incurred by Australian companies on R&D activities conducted overseas can only be eligible for the R&D Tax Incentive where: The […]

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Another case involving Moreton Resources Ltd

June 10th, 2024

Moreton Resources Ltd (currently under external administration per ASIC records) has been involved in several cases heard in the AAT and federal court regarding disputes over the company’s significate refundable R&D Tax Offset claims. Moreton Resources Ltd has also been one of the few companies to have attained a favourable outcome in a dispute with the R&D Tax regulators in recent years. The company has been involved in new AAT case recently (Moreton Resources Ltd and Commissioner of Taxation (Taxation) [2024] AATA […]

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Additional ATO R&D Guidance published May 2024

May 31st, 2024

In recent weeks the ATO has updated R&D Tax Incentive specific guidance on their website, including: Guidance for determination of a company’s rate of R&D Tax Offset; Details about the upcoming release of claimant expenditure data which is now required by law to be published; Guidance about the programme, including  R&D tax incentive program charter which the ATO developed with AusIndustry. Participants in the programme may wish to review this information. Please get in touch with our office if you […]

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