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Growing calls for early R&D tax rebates

The controversial proposed changes to the R&D tax incentive are now unlikely to pass this year, as the tech sector called for the changes to be scrapped and for...

‘Ill-informed’ R&D tax changes hit biotech

18 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s “ill-informed” reforms to the research and development tax incentive will damage Australia’s burgeoning life sciences sector at a time when it is at the forefront of...

Innovation slides down, down Downunder

17 March 2020 | by Ian Nisbet

A couple of Prime Ministers ago the word ‘innovation’ was pushed into the public consciousness with the launch of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). With a lot...

Retrospective RDTI changes ‘simply unfair’

16 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

A government plan to apply its highly contentious changes to the R&D tax incentive retrospectively is “simply unfair” and “opportunistic” and will damage early-stage companies, a Senate committee has...

Tech exodus looms due to RDTI changes

13 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive would cut the benefit nearly in half for a number of local tech companies, leading some to consider...

Now is not the time to cut the RDTI

10 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Now is not the time for the government to cut the research and development tax incentive, with Australia facing an economic crisis potentially worse than the GFC, the Australian...

Govt not listening on R&D cuts

4 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Opposition has accused government of not listening to tech companies on its controversial reforms to the Research and Development Tax Incentive after revelations that no substantial consultation has...

R&D tax interpretations are ‘ludicrous’

2 March 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The “strict interpretation” of what constitutes an eligible activity under the Research and Development Tax Incentive restricting software claims is “ludicrous” and leading local tech companies to move offshore,...

Does innovation need a non-R&D focus?

24 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government needs to “rebalance” innovation policies to focus more on non-research and development activities, according to a new Innovation and Science Australia report. The report, which was...

RDTI changes to be reviewed. Again.

10 February 2020 | by Denham Sadler

There will be another “comprehensive” inquiry into the government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive, with the Opposition planning to “interrogate” the unintended consequences of the...

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