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Observed increase in compliance activity for R&D Tax Incentive Claims

September 8th, 2025

As indicated by the additional funding for compliance activities announced in recent federal budgets (and as widely anticipated by those in the industry), we have recently observed a modest increase in compliance activity by regulators of the R&D Tax Incentive.   The R&D Tax Incentive is dual administered by two government agencies: 1: The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER) o   Whose role is to assess the eligibility of registered R&D Activities under the legislative criteria; and 2: The […]

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Update on an alleged ‘false mining operation’ involving large claims for GST and R&D Tax Offset reviews

August 28th, 2025

In June 2025, The Australian posted an article about a private group alleged to have operated a ‘false mining operation’ that led to the generation of substantial refunds for GST and Refundable R&D Tax Offset credits. The Australian has this week has posted an update on proceedings that: Lawyers appearing for the ATO told the Federal Court recently that letters have been issued to the company taxpayers notifying them that winding up steps are being taken against them; The ATO have alleged there […]

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Changes to R&D Tax Incentive Reporting Requirements in Updated Version of the Registration Form

August 18th, 2025

Change in the R&D Tax Incentive prompts companies seeking to register activites to complete an annual R&D Tax Incentive registration form via the R&D Tax Incentive customer portal. On 15 August 2025, an updated version of the R&D Tax Incentive registration form was released. The new form was redesigned to: better sequence and align information fields within the form with the legislative requirements in the legislation; increase character count limits to allow the provision of additional information for key fields. […]

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R&D Advisor Terminated by TPB for Making False Statements

August 12th, 2025

The AFR and Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has reported this week on the termination of tax agent registration of an advisor who formerly worked at a large firm. The advisor was found by the TPB to have breached multiple obligations under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 and the Code of Professional Conduct. The TPB imposed a 4-year ban prohibiting re-applying for the terminated registration. The TPB media release notes: The terminated advisor made false or misleading statements in applications […]

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