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Assessment of AI related activities under the R&D Tax Incentive and potentially emerging compliance focuses

August 12th, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic in recent years with more companies seeking to utilise the technology in order to capitalise on gains in capability and efficiency. Increasing numbers of companies are investing in AI developments and anecdotally, this probably means an increasing number of companies submitting claims for AI related developments under the R&D Tax Incentive. However, whilst AI is a relatively new and developing field, companies need to be careful not to assume that projects involving […]

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ATO Guidance noting Common errors in R&D Registrations and Schedules

August 5th, 2024

When processing R&D Applications and R&D Schedules, both AusIndustry (DISR) and the ATO have processes in place to conduct integrity checks of claims and identity claims for compliance activity. Claims found to have anomalies, or that may require more detailed compliance will likely be subject to delays in processing of R&D tax offsets. On 17 July 2024 the ATO posted updated guidance that notes issues that may be the subject of initial registration checks and delays. These registration/integrity reviews may be over […]

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AusIndustry Changes to Advance and Overseas Finding R&D Application Forms

July 29th, 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. Also, companies seeking AusIndustry’s view on eligibility of activities can lodge an Advance Finding Application with AusIndustry. Ausindustry have announced this week that an updated version of the Advance and Overseas Finding (AOF) form is now available through the R&D Tax Incentive customer portal. All  applicants are now required to […]

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New OECD report notes Australia’s R&D tax incentives among world’s most generous

July 22nd, 2024

The latest annual report from the OECD has noted that Australia’s R&D tax incentives are among the most generous in the developed world. An article by the Accounting Times has covered the OECD report well and detailed ket points from the report including: Australia was one of a handful of countries that provided two-thirds or more of its government support for business R&D through tax incentives; Generous R&D tax relief provisions compensate for relatively low levels of support through direct […]

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