Government Policy and Treasury

Industry Minister Comments on Business Investment in R&D and Our Call for Maintaining Stability of the R&D Tax Incentive

March 6th, 2023

The freshly appointed Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic, recently held a press conference with Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, regarding the National Science and Research Priorities and the proposed National Reconstruction Fund, which the Labor Government are seeking to pass through the parliament. During this conference Ed Husic was quoted as stating: The amount that we invest in R&D in this country relative to the OECD, we have about 1.8 per cent relative to GDP investment in R&D […]

Read More

Australian Patent Box Tax Incentive Appears Not to be Proceeding

November 16th, 2022

The previous Coalition Federal Government had first announced that it planned to introduce a patent box tax incentive for eligible income associated with new patents in the medical and biotechnology sectors in the May 2021 federal budget.   The legislation to enact this was introduced to the lower house in February 2022 (with a proposed start date of July 2022), but was not passed as law before the federal election.   There is now a new Labor Government following the federal election and in […]

Read More

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 […]

Read More

Media Coverage of Change in Government Implications for the R&D Tax Incentive

June 1st, 2022

Going into the federal election held on 21 May 2022, it was not expected that the R&D Tax Incentive was to be impacted (in the short term at least), and there were not any announcements during the campaign that have been R&D tax specific. This was so, since recent legislative amendments to the R&D Tax Incentive had only recently commenced after the October 2020 bi-partisan enactment of the underlying law, and it would be unlikely for further change to happen […]

Read More

Categories

Archives

Swanson Reed - Specialist R&D Tax Advisors
Swanson Reed - Specialist R&D Tax Advisors
39 Google reviews
Daniel McGregor
Daniel McGregor
2022-08-11
I have been using Swanson Reed for my clients for more than a decade. Having a specialist firm that can provide practical and commercial advice that produces real outcomes is very important and we have received great feedback from our clients. Highly recommended.
John
John
2022-06-15
Damian and the rest of the team at Swanson Reed have been supporting us for several years. We always appreciate their insights, expertise, and efforts.
Rueben Rajasingam
Rueben Rajasingam
2022-06-06
Experienced responsive Team. They have been a great help to me and my company navigate the R&D tax claim process and have provided invaluable advice.
Enrique Esquivel
Enrique Esquivel
2022-06-06
Damian and the team at Swanson Reed have been extremely helpfully and professional during all of our consultations. Highly recommended.
Jess at Y&C
Jess at Y&C
2022-06-03
Anatole Kononewsky
Anatole Kononewsky
2022-06-02
The Swanson Reed team have provided our company with exceptional professional advice and assistance for all of our R&D claims for many years - have always achieved great results with excellent value for their services.
Payam Toloo
Payam Toloo
2022-06-02
Damian Smyth and his team are very helpful, supportive and experts in their field of R&D Tax claims. I'm always happy with the work they do and been a customer of their for over 5 years.
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.
Gary Watson
Gary Watson
2022-05-31
We can highly recommend Swanson and Reed as an R & D accountant. We have worked with them for several years now as they make our R & D claim so easy and communicate quickly with both us and our accountant.
Rob van den Bergh
Rob van den Bergh
2022-05-31
Always professional.