Northern Minerals Limited (ASX: NTU) have reported to the ASX that they have received notices that the company’s registrations for its research and development tax offset claims submitted for FY17 and FY18 have been considered ineligible by Ausindustry. Irrespective of whether NTU will exercise its review rights under the IR&D Act, Northern Minerals Limited will be required to repay the ATO the R&D offsets paid up to date. Northern Minerals Limited have previously reported receipt of R&D Tax Offsets […]
During this week’s election campaign announcements, Labor party industry spokesmen Kim Carr has outlined the following in discussions with the AFR and Innovationaus.com: Labor want to increase Australia’s Business Expenditure on R&D to 3% of GDP by 2030. As part of this, they would seek to double the number of companies registered for the R&D Tax Incentive; Labour would offer a “collaboration premium” that would add 10% to the value of a company’s R&D Offset for certain qualifying expenditure such […]
Opposition spokesman on innovation policy, Ed Husic has recently discussed R&D Tax Incentive during an interview by InnovationAus.com. Mr Husic’s comments come after the cost of the R&D Tax Incentive programme was reduced in the forward estimates published in the recent federal budget. Husic stated that “Labor absolutely and fundamentally recognises the powerful place occupied by the RDTI in the minds of the Australian startup community, and we do not want to make changes that affect the startup community’s ability to […]
It has recently been announced that DuluxGroup’s board has accepted an offer to be taken over for $3.8 billion by Japan-based Nippon Paint Holdings; DuluxGroup has been one of Australia’s largest investors in corporate R&D, and has been a strong advocate for maintaining stability of the Australian R&D Tax Incentive. DuluxGroup were also actively involved in: The recent senate economics committee hearings into the proposed changes to the R&D Tax Incentive, which were recommended to be deferred following the committee’s review; The […]