InnovationAus has reported this week that the Senate Economics Legislation Committee review into proposed R&D tax incentive reform is reportedly set to re-open, and a meeting could occur in early July. In December 2019, the government re-introduced a bill to reform the R&D Tax Incentive. This bill was a slightly modified version of a previous reform bill (Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2018), which did not pass […]
Breville Group has been one of the outstanding performers on the ASX over the past year, with the value of its shares having approximately doubled in the past 12 months; Breville Group has a design and R&D headquarters in Sydney, with manufacturing, distribution, and sales facilities around the world. In a cautiously optimistic trading update announced this week, Breville Group has reported that: Total annual R&D Investment has increased 97% between FY15 and FY19; The R&D Team headcount has increased from […]
An article in The Australian by long time Labor Industry Spokesman Kim Carr this week has been critical of the Australian Government’s R&D Tax Policy, and has linked this to decline in Australian manufacturing and supply chain weakness. Highlights form Carr’s article include the following: The government reintroduced the R&D Tax reform bill in December 2019, despite: A senate economics inquiry concluding that a previous iteration of the bill should be withdrawn due to concerns over complexity, particularly the controversial […]
An Article in the Sydney Morning Herald during the week has highlighted the increasing trend of companies seeking finance based on anticipated R&D Tax Entitlements. This allows companies to access funding now, based on a portion of what their anticipated R&D Refund is expected to be, once claims can be lodged after 30 June. Providers of such finance usually require: interim financial statements and R&D Calculations to be reviewed in detail; an assessment of the companies R&D Activities to be undertaken […]