Will Item 2 of the table in subsection 355-100(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) apply to a company when two or more exempt entities who are not affiliates, together beneficially own interests in the company carrying more than 50% of the voting rights or rights to a distribution of income or capital? Yes. Item 2 of the table in subsection 355-100(1) of the ITAA 1997 will apply to the company where two or more exempt entities, irrespective of […]
Does a ‘feedstock adjustment’ arise under section 355-465 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997) in relation to expenditure incurred by an ‘Research and Development (R&D) entity’ in creating a prototype which is a depreciating asset, but not one used in acquiring or producing any ‘feedstock inputs’? Simply, the answer is no. A feedstock adjustment does not arise under section 355-465 of the ITAA 1997 where an R&D entity incurs expenditure on constructing a prototype which is a tangible depreciating […]
On 12 March 2014, the ATO issued Taxation Ruling TR 2014/1 titled “Income tax: commercial software licensing and hosted agreements: derivation of income from agreements for the right to use proprietary software and the provision of related services”. This ruling deals with when commercial software developers derive income for the purpose of s 6-5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act (ITAA) 1997 from: (i) licence agreements for proprietary software; and (ii) hosted or cloud arrangements for use of proprietary software. […]
Changes to AusIndustry R&D Application introduced October 2013 30 April 2015 is the R&D Tax Incentive lodgement deadline for companies wishing to claim eligible R&D conducted during the year ended 30 June 2014. Companies who submitted their 2013 claims near last year’s deadline should be aware of changes to the registration application introduced in October 2013. This includes the additional requirement for: Details of the new knowledge intended to be produced by the core activities and how this is different from […]