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Received an AusIndustry or ATO Enquiry About Your R&D Claim? What to Do Next
An enquiry about an R&D tax claim can arrive long after the work was completed.
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Is Your R&D Evidence Strong Enough to Support Your Claim?
An R&D report may describe an impressive project while leaving a basic question unanswered: what evidence shows that the claimed activity actually happened in the way described?
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A Large or Complex R&D Claim? When to Seek a Specialist Legal Review
A large R&D claim can involve several projects, multiple entities and expenditure that does not fit neatly into a standard worksheet.
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Innovative Work, but Is It Eligible R&D? Questions to Ask Before Claiming
A business can create an excellent product without every development activity qualifying for the R&D Tax Incentive.
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Software and AI R&D Claims: How to Explain the Experiment, Not Just the Product
A description of a software product often explains what users can do with it, the technologies it uses and why it is commercially useful.
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Core or Supporting R&D? Why Getting the Distinction Right Matters
R&D projects involve more than experiments.
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R&D Wages and Overheads: Can You Explain Your Apportionment?
A percentage in an R&D calculation is only useful if the business can explain how it was reached.
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Overseas Parents and Related Entities: What They Could Mean for Your R&D Claim
An Australian company may conduct development work while receiving funding, instructions or intellectual property from an overseas group.
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Your R&D Project Produces Saleable Goods. Does a Feedstock Adjustment Apply?
Some experiments consume materials without producing anything commercially useful.
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An R&D Claim Has Been Challenged or Rejected. What Are Your Options?
The next step after an R&D challenge depends on what has actually happened.
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