Tag: software

DTA to renegotiate $782m SAP deal after 8x increase

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government is preparing to renegotiate its software licensing arrangement with German tech giant SAP, after one contract connected with the deal ballooned almost eight times its original...

Quantum Brilliance releases quantum software dev kit

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Quantum Brilliance has launched a publicly available software development tool that enables researchers to deploy miniaturised quantum computers alongside classical computers. Called Qristal, the open-source software development kit (SDK)...

Porter ‘open minded’ on software R&D tax

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry minister Christian Porter says he is open-minded about a separate R&D Tax Incentive scheme for software but will not consider the issue until a Senate committee reports in...

Govt consults on updated RDTI software guidelines

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Industry department has opened consultations on updated guidelines for software claims under the research and development tax incentive, after the federal government opted not to introduce a new...

Why won’t this govt talk about software?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is something perplexing about the way our federal government talks about industry development policy, according to Brisbane-based AI scale-up Max Kelsen chief executive Nick Therkelson-Terry. It never talks...

Work on fixing RDTI begins

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has held its first roundtable on the research and development tax incentive as it looks to fix the troubled legislation, but no changes are expected until...

New RDTI guidance a ‘kick in the teeth’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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...