Tag: R&D Tax Incentive

Over reliance on R&D tax scheme

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The federal government is over-reliant on the R&D tax incentive as its core innovation support policy and should instead focus on direct initiatives like grants and co-investment, Innovation and...

Cash: Govt the innovation enabler

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry and Innovation Minister Michaelia Cash says the federal government’s role in Australia’s startup ecosystem is as an “enabler” and it’s the industry’s responsibility to drive it. In both...

Gloves are off: R&D tax debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s science and innovation community has been dudded by the Coalition’s 2018 budget reform of the R&D Tax Incentive scheme, with much less direct, targeted funding going back in...

Budget ‘silent’ on tech agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
This week’s federal budget confirmed that government had rejected its own innovation agenda, while changes to the R&D scheme may force early-stage tech companies to move overseas, according to...

R&D Tax changes finally arrive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Scott Morrison has given the R&D Tax Incentive a $2.4 billion haircut and promised to crackdown on what government says has been a misuse of the scheme, strengthening...

Cost of industry support balloons

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The cost to taxpayers of government industry support measures continues to balloon, according to the Productivity Commission’s latest Trade and Assistance Review. And Commissioner Peter Harris has further warned...

Ferris on board tech expertise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) chair Bill Ferris wants Australian companies to make structural and cultural changes to their boards of directors, and to look beyond simple gender balance...

R&D Tax scheme gets a makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government may still be pondering a formal response to the ‘Three F’ review of the R&D Tax Incentive that concluded nearly 18 months ago, but it has...

Tweaks in play on 457s, R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Government is considering modifications to its new temporary skills visa regime in the wake of significant criticism from the commercial tech and innovation sector, and from the science and...