In a recent update, The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)’s Insider email has noted that: From 1 July 2025, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) will be streamlining some of our processes to remove duplication and unnecessary steps that can cause confusion and contribute to delays in finalising program decisions with you. Recent feedback from you as well as decisions from the Administrative Review Tribunal have highlighted that some of our processes can be confusing. Much of this […]
Businesses are increasingly leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline various tasks in a bid to achieve significant time savings and efficiency gains. However, when using AI to assist in the drafting of documents that present legal obligations (such as an R&D Application), care should be taken to ensure the information disclosed is correct. In recent months, we have observed a growing trend of companies using AI to assist with the collation of the initial draft content for their Research and […]
Companies are now able to register R&D Activities conducted during the year ended 30 June 2025 (FY25) with AusIndustry. For the FY25 period, the application process is again administered through the online AusIndustry customer portal which was introduced for the prior FY21 period. AusIndustry has announced recently that there will be a new R&D Registration form released in August 2025. The Announcement was as follows: On 15 August 2025, an updated version of the R&D Tax Incentive (R&DTI) registration application […]
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group®) is a peak national employer organisation representing traditional, innovative and emerging industry sectors. Ai Group is considered one of the leading business advocacy organisations in Australia. Ai Group has recently published their submission to The Australian Government’s strategic examination of the research and development (R&D) system. The Ai Group submission includes some notable points on the R&D Tax Incentive including: A note that tax incentives and grants are valuable, however they can require a high level of administrative resources; […]