Is there a ‘partnership’ under subsection 73B(3B) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936), where two companies collaborate to conduct research and development activities, and to engage the services of a third to conduct some of these activities on their behalf? Yes. The collaboration between the two companies results in a ‘partnership’ under subsection 73B(3B) of the ITAA 1936, as the joint conduct of the research and development activities is ‘taken to constitute carrying on business with a view to […]
Does section 73CA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936) apply where an eligible company is entitled to reimbursement for expenditure on research and development activities in the form of a fee paid by a related entity? Yes. Section 73CA of the ITAA 1936 applies in this case to amounts calculated by reference to the eligible company’s own expenditure on research and development activities, as it is possible to conclude, for the purposes of the section, that the company is […]
Where an eligible company chooses not to deduct an amount of core technology expenditure under subsection 73B (12A) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936), is the amount included in the company’s ‘aggregate research and development amount’ as defined in subsection 73B(1) of the ITAA 1936? Yes. The amount allowable as a deduction under subsections 73B(12) or (12A) of the ITAA 1936 for core technology expenditure is included in the ‘aggregate research and development amount’ of an eligible company. The […]
Where an eligible company is controlled by a person in a capacity as trustee, is the ‘value of supplies’ made by this person, as defined by subsection 73H(2) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936), based only on those supplies made by it as trustee? Yes. The ‘value of supplies’ made by the person in its capacity as trustee, to be included in the ‘R&D group turnover’ of the eligible company under section 73K of the ITAA 1936, is based […]