Tag: RDTI

Alignment is needed to boost industry R&D investment

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The urban policy think tank Committee for Sydney says a lack of alignment between national and state priorities and funding streams is diluting Australia’s capacity to leverage research and...

Technology unis call for CPI-indexed R&D funding

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Australia should follow other nations in pegging public funding for research to inflation to give researchers and partners more confidence, technology focused universities have told a generation review of...

‘Just get out of the way’ is a tech industry cop out

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When a tech industry chief executive as successful and respected as Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes speaks on the record with advice for the government, you feel compelled to listen. But...

R&D tax incentive payments to fall by $650 million

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
After a meteoric rise in tax breaks for companies undertaking research and development in Australia, payments are set to fall by almost $650 million over the next five years....

No time to wait: FinTechs call for RDTI change

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Small FinTechs are missing out on the government’s biggest and bluntest innovation incentive, exacerbating a funding crunch, the sector’s peak body has warned in its call for Budget moves....

Tax Office sharpens crackdown on RDTI cheats

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Sydney businessman and his firms have been ordered to pay more than $13 million in penalties for encouraging clients to lodge over-inflated, inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims for research...

Gambling, tobacco firms booted from R&D Tax Incentive

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Gambling and tobacco firms will be excluded from the Research and Development Tax Incentive from next year, after transparency data laid bare tens of millions of dollars in claims...