September, 2025

Strategic Examination of Research and Development: Swanson Reed comments on issues paper released on R&D Tax Incentives

September 24th, 2025

In the May 2024 federal budget, The Albanese Government announced a strategic examination and review of Australia’s Research and Development (R&D) system to align it with national priorities and to improve outcomes. In late 2024, then Industry Minister Ed Husic announced specific details to launch the review. It was noted that the review will assess how to maximise the value of R&D investments, strengthen industry linkages, and support national priorities, and that the review will examine existing systems, such as […]

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DroneShield Ltd has used Australia’s refundable R&D Tax Offset to become Australian Success Story

September 3rd, 2025

One 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, […]

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Media reports of large R&D Tax Dispute for ASX-listed agribusiness company

August 5th, 2025

Media 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 […]

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A warning for companies using AI to assist with drafting their R&D Tax Incentive Applications

July 3rd, 2025

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 […]

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