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Telix Pharmaceuticals becomes Australian Biotech Success Story after being one of largest Refundable R&D Tax Offset Recipients

August 15th, 2022

Melbourne-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has been one of the largest recipients of the R&D Tax incentive, and has now achieved a rare feat in Biotechnology;  commercialising a product, and continuing to grow. The company reportedly received a more than $12M R&D tax offset refund for activity undertaken during the year ended 31 December 2020, and more than $11M in the preceding period, for their work on cancer diagnostic and treatment. Telix Pharmaceuticals’ technology uses radio pharmaceuticals to travel through the blood […]

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Productivity Commission Review of Industry Assistance and Upcoming Federal Budget

August 8th, 2022

The Productivity Commission is the Australian Government’s independent research and advisory body on a range of economic, social and environmental issues affecting the welfare of Australians. It states its role is to help governments make better policies, in the long term interest of the Australian community. In early August 2022, The Productivity Commission published its annual review of trade and assistance which it notes is to keep a record of assistance. Some notable extracts from The Productivity Commission annual review relevant […]

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TPB Confirms Assisting With R&D Matters Constitutes a Tax Agent Service

August 5th, 2022

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) recently published Exposure Draft TPB Information Sheet TPB(I) D48/2022 What is a tax agent service? The document seeks to provide information regarding the TPB’s position on the application of subsection 90-5 of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA), containing the definition of a tax agent service. Advisors that provide tax agent services for a fee or other reward must be registered with the TPB. Being registered with the TPB presents requirements around qualification and experience in tax […]

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UK R&D Tax Incentive Changes to Restrict Costs for Activity Not Physically Conducted in UK

August 2nd, 2022

The UK Government has just published draft legislation that includes signification changes to R&D tax incentives, proposed to take effect from 1 April 2023 (noting typical UK tax periods run 1 April to 31 March). Perhaps one of the biggest proposed changes is the restriction of expenditure for overseas activity: In some cases, before the current changes, the cost of overseas activity could be claimed under the UK system. Changes propose to focus UK R&D tax incentives on UK R&D […]

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Daniel McGregor
2022-08-11
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2022-06-15
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2022-06-06
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2022-06-06
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2022-06-02
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Payam Toloo
2022-06-02
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Melissa Doddy
Melissa Doddy
2022-05-31
The Team at Swanson Reed are very experienced R&D Tax Advisors and gave us ongoing support with all of our R&D Claims, the consultants ensured we were always working with current legislative guidelines, gave us assistance with compiling technical and government documentation and went out their way to ensure they were with us for the entire process from beginning to end. Highly recommended to anyone who needs assistance with working through what can at times be a daunting process.
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Gary Watson
2022-05-31
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Rob van den Bergh
2022-05-31
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