The Productivity Commission is the Australian Government’s independent research and advisory body on a range of economic, social and environmental issues affecting the welfare of Australians. It states its role is to help governments make better policies, in the long term interest of the Australian community. In early August 2022, The Productivity Commission published its annual review of trade and assistance which it notes is to keep a record of assistance. Some notable extracts from The Productivity Commission annual review relevant […]
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) recently published Exposure Draft TPB Information Sheet TPB(I) D48/2022 What is a tax agent service? The document seeks to provide information regarding the TPB’s position on the application of subsection 90-5 of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA), containing the definition of a tax agent service. Advisors that provide tax agent services for a fee or other reward must be registered with the TPB. Being registered with the TPB presents requirements around qualification and experience in tax […]
The UK Government has just published draft legislation that includes signification changes to R&D tax incentives, proposed to take effect from 1 April 2023 (noting typical UK tax periods run 1 April to 31 March). Perhaps one of the biggest proposed changes is the restriction of expenditure for overseas activity: In some cases, before the current changes, the cost of overseas activity could be claimed under the UK system. Changes propose to focus UK R&D tax incentives on UK R&D […]
Australia is currently faced with a growing energy crisis and investment in clean energy technology and renewable generation infrastructure has been a large focus of federal governments. In 2020, the previous Government committed to invest at least $20 billion in low emissions technologies by 2030, to drive more than $80 billion of total public and private investment over the decade. The Technology Investment Roadmap, with annual Low Emissions Technology Statements (LETS), provides a comprehensive investment strategy to guide government investment […]