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Two New Tax Incentives for Startups Confirmed

May 5th, 2016

Customarily, when people consider innovation they often concentrate on the end product – i.e. the app, the software or the piece of hardware. However, they generally dismiss the steps beforehand that are essential in developing the aforementioned innovative artefact. In particular, policies can play a large part in the innovation process. In relation to this, there have been significant announcements regarding innovation policies of late. On Tuesday night, the 2016-17 Federal Budget was released, which notably proposed changes to lower […]

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Budget Breakdown: Key Considerations for the R&D Tax Incentive

May 4th, 2016

Over the last twelve months there has been substantial activity in respect to the research and development (R&D) tax incentive with various announcements broadcasted by the government and a declaration of a review of the programme. As a result, the discourse of business and government in Australia is rife with mentions to innovation, disruption and dexterity.  Last night, the treasury announced the 2016-2017 budget, signifying a major step in making Turnbull’s innovation goals a reality. In light of this, the […]

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Final Days to Register Activities for the R&D Tax Incentive

May 2nd, 2016

This year, April 30 transpired on a Saturday which has subsequently extended the R&D tax incentive registration deadline to today (2 May 2016). Moreover, as it is a public holiday in Queensland today, Queensland-based entities may lodge registrations until tomorrow (3 May 2016). As per previous years, the R&D tax incentive registration deadline is 10 months after a company’s financial year end. Thus, for companies with a June 30 financial year-end, they will typically need to register their R&D activities […]

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How the R&D Tax Incentive Tax Offset Works, Interaction with Tax Position and Summary of Changes:

April 29th, 2016

The R&D tax incentive operating from FY12 entitles companies to tax offsets for eligible expenditure on registered R&D activities, in exchange for tax deductions on the expenditure. The Incentive introduced the concept of a notional deduction, since eligible expenditure notionally determines R&D tax offsets, but any entitlement to a tax deduction is foregone. The forfeiture of tax deductions for R&D expenditure is made at item 7, label D (addback of non-capitalised R&D expenditure) in the company tax return. Prior the […]

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