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New RDTI guidance a ‘kick in the teeth’

A new guidance from the federal government regarding software claims made under the research and development tax incentive is “another kick in the teeth” for the local tech industry,...

R&D tax: Hammer cracks a nut

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The R&D Tax Incentive scheme has become muddled by middlemen and a hardening from the ATO in how claims are viewed could be scaring off the firms most in...

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...

Software patents a tricky business

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A controversial High Court decision not to allow a patent applicant to appeal an adverse finding in the Full Federal Court has caused an outbreak of the crankies in...

TechOne reinvents itself in cloud

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Brisbane-based Technology One is Australia’s biggest home-grown software company with close to $200 million in annual revenues and more than a thousand employees. Next year the company will be...

An uncommon pursuit via the ASX

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
8common is a small Australian software company with big plans. Since its IPO on the ASX in August 2014 it has more than doubled in size, and now has...