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DroneShield Ltd has used Australia’s refundable R&D Tax Offset to become Australian Success Story
September 3rd, 2025One of the best performing stocks on the ASX over the past few years has been Sydney based DroneShield Ltd which has seen the stock price rise from approximately $0.20 in September 2022 to $3.20 in September 2025. DroneShield Ltd has become a world-leading Australian developer of AI-powered counter-drone and electronic warfare solutions, and has recently announced a number of substantial contracts with international governments amid an environment of increased government expenditure on defence. In addition to its warfare solutions, […]
Media reports of large R&D Tax Dispute for ASX-listed agribusiness company
August 5th, 2025Media reports have emerged this week of a multi-million-dollar tax dispute for R&D Tax Incentive claims made by Inghams Group Limited. The ABC has reported that: The company’s potential claim totals more than $50 million in taxpayer funds — which, in the context of $11.2 billion given out through the entire ATO program in 2021-22, is far from chickenfeed. It is understood to be about tax incentives claimed for research and development (R&D) around feed the animals eat. The tax […]
Swanson Reed: Registered Tax Agent obligations and keeping clients informed
June 12th, 2025SR Tax Services Pty Ltd (trading as Swanson Reed) is a registered tax agent (Registration number 03718008). The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) is the authority responsible for regulating Australia’s tax agents. The Government package of reforms to strengthen the integrity of Australia’s tax system has presented additional compliance and disclosure requirements for tax agents which apply to Swanson Reed from July 2025. As part of these reforms, Swanson Reed has an obligation to keep parties informed on a […]
Robyn Denholm comments on R&D Spending Gap
June 9th, 2025In recent comments published by The Australian, Robyn Denholm, the Australian-based Tesla chair, has expressed concerns over slowing business investment in Australia, noting that “Australia is not living up to its full potential” in terms of investment and R&D She highlighted that Australia’s combined government and business spending on R&D has fallen to 1.68% of GDP since 2008, compared to the OECD average of 2.73%. This R&D spending gap equates to approximately $25 billion per year. “We need to see […]
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News & ResearchThe Federal Budget handed down on 12 May 2026, The Government proposed major structural changes to the R&D Tax Incentive (RDTI). These changes are proposed to commence on 1 July 2028. Proposed reforms include: Increasing the offset for experimental ‘core’ […]
Law now passed to exclude tobacco and gambling activities from eligibility under R&D Tax Incentive
The December 2024 Mid‑Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) was released by the Government on 18 December 2024 and announced that The Government will exclude activities related to gambling and tobacco from Research and Development Tax Incentive eligibility for income years starting on […]
