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30 April 2025 Statutory Deadline for FY24 R&D Claims
April 28th, 2025The deadline for FY24 R&D Registrations is on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. Companies seeking to register R&D Activities conducted during the Year Ended 30 June 2024 (companies that have a Standard YE for tax) who are yet to do so should note that the Registration Deadline is 10 Months after YE, and is 30 APRIL 2025. Extensions of time may be available in certain situations, and extension applications lodged BEFORE the original deadline are viewed much more favorably. However recent changes place a limit […]
Swanson Reed Submission to Review of National R&D System – April 2025
April 14th, 2025In the May 2024 federal budget, The Albanese Government announced a strategic examination and review of Australia’s R&D system to align it with national priorities and improve outcomes. The Government subsequently announced that the review would be led by Robyn Denholm, Chair of Tesla and an experienced leader in R&D at some of the world’s most innovative companies; the review panel also includes: Emeritus Professor Ian Chubb AC, former Chief Scientist and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University. Professor Fiona Wood AO, […]
AusIndustry Publishes New Hypothetical Machine Learning Case Study.
August 26th, 2024AusIndustry have recently published a case study to provide practical examples for eligibility of activities involving machine learning. It’s probable that this guidance has been in response to a rising number of claims involving AI and ML type activities. The examples in the case studies will assist R&D entities identify when they might have eligible R&D activities, and what information is relevant for assessing and showing eligibility. In an earlier Swanson Reed blog post in recent weeks (titled: Assessment of AI related activities […]
Assessment of AI related activities under the R&D Tax Incentive and potentially emerging compliance focuses
August 12th, 2024Artificial 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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News & ResearchNew DISR Guidance on Artificial intelligence-related R&D activities
In recent years, claims related to AI activities have increased, and as expected, DISR has published new specific guidance for the sector. The new guidance released in June 2026 complements the Hypothetical Machine Learning case study issued in 2024. Some key […]
New Federal court matter (May 2026) finds the occurrence of R&D Tax evasion schemes
A federal court case, with a judgement dated 28 May 2026 has declared that a respondent contravened s 290-50(1) of the TAA regarding several taxpayer schemes involving the R&D Tax Incentive. The R&D Tax Incentive has been a focus of the TPB […]
