The ATO have provided some additional details on their upcoming R&D Tax Incentive transparency reporting. An ATO update circulated August 2024 notes: We’ll publish our first annual Report of data about Research and Development tax incentive entities in late September 2024. It will contain specific data about R&D entities that claimed the incentive for the 2021–22 income year. By providing transparency of how much R&D entities are reporting in R&D expenditure, the aim of the report is to improve public accountability […]
Over recent months, a number of companies have reported to the ASX receipt of substantial Refundable R&D Tax Offsets. Notable receipts include: Recce Pharmaceuticals (ASX: RCE) received $2.6 M related to its anti-infective platform; Latrobe Magnesium (ASX: LMG) received $12.5 M related to Magnesium extraction technology; Group 6 Metals (ASX:G6M) received $14.3 M related to processes for producing higher value tungsten products Orthocell Limited (ASX: SNT) received $3.05 M related to its mobility regeneration technology; Botanix (ASX: BOT) received $3 […]
Federal budgets under both major parties have not presented good news for the R&D Tax Incentive in recent years, with the flagship programme for encouraging business investment in R&D subjected to a series of proposed cuts via caps and rate reductions. This year’s budget has been a welcome change in the wake of the Government’s plan for COVID economic recovery. As was flagged by the media last week, the government has largely backed away from the unworkable changes in its […]
In December 2019, the government re-introduced a bill to reform the R&D Tax Incentive. This bill was a slightly modified version of a previous reform bill (Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2018), which did not pass through the Senate at that time. A Senate Economics Legislation Committee recommended in February 2019 that the initial bill should be deferred from consideration until further analysis of the bill’s impact […]