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QLD Government to Announce Start-ups to Benefit from Deals with Major Venture Capital Firms

February 19th, 2024

The Queensland State Government’s Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) has announced deals with five major venture capitals firms: Antler, Five V Capital, Main Sequence, Mandalay Venture Partners and Salus Ventures. The deals relate to Queensland start-ups having access to up to $200 million in new matched funding seeking to allow these investors to grow their presence, focus and investment in the local innovation sector. In response to significant demand for the QVCDF, managed by Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), the […]

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Changes to R&D Clawback Mechanisms for FY22 based on ATO Guidance

February 19th, 2024

Please view Changes to R&D Clawback Mechanisms for FY22 based on ATO Guidance Released November 2022 via the video posted above. The content of this video has been based on guidance publications released by AusIndustry and the ATO. Additional guidance material on the R&D Tax Incentive is often progressively published by the programme regulators on their respective websites: ATO AusIndustry

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Swanson Reed Thoughts on Media Article Calling for Overhaul of R&D Tax Incentive

February 12th, 2024

An article was circulated over the past week authored by Sandy Plunkett on InnovationAus and quoting some credentialed individuals, calling for an overhaul of the R&D Tax Incentive and Australia’s innovation system more broadly. The article included points around: Australian business is falling behind international peers in R&D performance; The R&D tax incentive is counter-intuitive to innovation, because it fails to focus work into Australia’s areas of comparative strength and provides support only after the work is completed; The R&D […]

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Industry R&D Investment Expectations Fall to Decade Low, Stability of R&D Tax Incentives Crucial

February 5th, 2024

In late January, InnovationAus ran a story providing commentary on a survey conducted by Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), showing only 19 percent of firms intend to raise their level of R&D investment, with 69 per cent expected to maintain spending at 2023 levels. While firms report a positive investment outlook, including for R&D, the net balance score for the indicator has fallen from +26 to +6 — the lowest investment expectation since 2013. This is broadly in line with […]

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