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
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 […]
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 […]
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has in recent months published information around publication of Research and Development (R&D) expenditure claimant information. An additional update was provided by the ATO in late January 2024 which notes: The annual Research and Development tax transparency reporting will publish information about R&D claims; Each year, the ATO will publish: the required information on data.gov.au; the ATO’s contextual analysis – the R&D tax transparency report – on the ATO website. The information the ATO will publish […]