Tag: R&D

R&D tax changes on the table

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has introduced draft legislation for public comment as first steps to amend the existing research and development tax incentive (R&DTI). The proposed changes of the Treasury...

Govt lukewarm on ISA strategy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has quietly released its lukewarm response to the Bill Ferris led Innovation and Science Australia 2030 strategy, offering support for just 17 of its 30 recommendations...

Australia leads in R&D support

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Total Australian government support for research and development increased by 9 per cent during 2008-2016, according to the latest OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard, making Australia among the...

R&D: Keep calm, carry on claiming

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The industry department has been scrambling to produce new eligibility case studies to address the fear and loathing among tech-enabled startups over a perceived tightening of the R&D Tax...

Good news and bad for R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
If you are a company that has claimed taxpayer support for software development via the R&D Tax Incentive in the past several years, there is both good news and...

China to surpass US R&D spend

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Given the sheer size of the Chinese market and the pointed focus on innovation and technology in serial government announcements in recent years, it had to happen sometime. Now...

AVCAL calls for scale-up support

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
The Turnbull Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda was all very well, but it concentrates on startups. What is needed is support for ‘scale-ups’, says the Australian Private Equity...

Business as usual an R&D tax target

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A recent ruling over whether a drug trial carried out under contract was a new knowledge generating activity for R&D tax incentive purposes has implications for all contracted tech...

Rebalancing the R&D tax scheme

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s new Chief Scientist and deputy chair of Innovation and Science Australia Alan Finkel has outlined a compelling case for increasing Government’s direct investment in business R&D as a...