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Leading SaaS provider TechnologyOne establishes Team Australia Fund
November 26th, 2025The Brisbane-based company TechnologyOne offers SaaS+ (Solution as a Service) products. TechnologyOne has become a leader in the Australian industry, and its shares have performed well over the past 5 years. TechnologyOne has consistently emphasised its R&D investment proudly within its ASX filings and according to Chat GPT, has made the following R&D investment over recent years: FY22 – A$ 92.2 m FY23 – A$ 112.0 m FY24 – A$ 128.0 m Writing in the AFR on 25 November, Edward […]
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, […]
Potential Impact of Incoming US Government on Australian Business and R&D Tax Policy
January 20th, 2025Following the US election in 2024, a new Government will be installed in the US during January 2025. The impact of the new Trump Government on US R&D and tax policy is not immediately clear, and it may impact some industries differently to others. Possible impacts may include: there will be a clear push to favor US based manufacturing via tax and tariff measures; media commentary notes that the incoming US president is expected to reduce support for research on the environment […]
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 […]
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News & ResearchComments on February 2026 Senate Economics Legislation Committee discussion on R&D Tax Incentive
As reported in the media this week, the Senate Economics Legislation Committee discussed the administration of the R&D Tax Incentive. Swanson Reed has reviewed the discussion in detail. It involved interactions between three people, whose comments are summarised and paraphrased below: Greens Senator […]
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 […]
