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Senate committee calls for quarterly RDTI payments

A government-led Senate committee has called for the research and development tax incentive to be paid quarterly, and for a new standalone scheme for software-related claims to be considered....

Squiz deep dives into the global fast lane

28 March 2021 | by James Riley

Home-grown digital experience platform leader Squiz has invested tens of millions of dollars in recent years building out its enterprise transformation products, and restructured in 2020 to put the...

Audit Office to scrutinise R&D Tax Incentive

15 March 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The national audit office is scrutinising the government’s administration of the research and development tax incentive program and its readiness for a number of changes to take effect in...

Aust tech giants push for R&D tax ‘workshop’

11 March 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Some of Australia’s largest tech companies have written to the tax office requesting a “collaborative workshop” to improve how software claims are dealt with under the research and development...

Digital platform to modernise RDTI delivery

2 March 2021 | by Denham Sadler

A new platform to modernise the delivery of the research and development tax incentive will be launched to coincide with the introduction of a range of reforms to the...

‘Largest ever’: RDTI adviser cops $23m penalty

19 February 2021 | by James Riley

The Federal Court has handed down its largest ever promoter penalty of nearly $23 million against a former research and development tax incentive adviser for systemic abuse of the...

Budget 2021: the best chance to relaunch the RDTI

3 February 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The upcoming federal budget is an opportunity to relaunch and reform the research and development tax incentive to “restore its profile as the keystone for supporting R&D and innovation”,...

Govt releases ‘plain English’ R&D tax guide

5 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

New “plain English” guidance for the research and development tax incentive has been released, providing new definitions for “hypothesis” and “new knowledge” and further information on the record keeping...

‘Profound concern’ about RDTI intensity measure

14 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The Opposition is “profoundly concerned” with the revamped research and development tax incentive intensity measure and has also called for the introduction of a collaboration premium. Legislation making a...

End of uncertainty as RDTI reforms finally pass

12 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s “enhanced” reforms to the research and development tax incentive passed Parliament just days after being announced, ending two and a half years of uncertainty for those...

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