{"id":1587,"date":"2018-12-04T01:54:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T01:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ausgrant.com.au\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2018-12-04T03:12:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T03:12:59","slug":"rd-incentive-tax-crackdown-software-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ausgrant.com\/au\/rd-incentive-tax-crackdown-software-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"R&#038;D Incentive Tax Crackdown For Software Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports have emerged in the media recently of software development companies that have been subject to adverse R&amp;D Tax Compliance proceedings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/technology\/tech-firms-including-airtasker-hit-by-rd-incentive-crackdown-that-threatens-software-sector-20181129-h18j51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Airtasker hit by R&amp;D incentive tax crackdown that threatens tech firms<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst the benefits available under the R&amp;D Tax Incentive are significant, these reports affirm the need to ensure R&amp;D claims are completed with diligence, and in accordance with the current reporting expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent publications from ATO and AusIndustry on software development activities have highlighted current regulatory compliance focuses, which include the need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detail the specific hypothesis, or central idea to be tested during each core R&amp;D activity;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain how software development activities generate new technical knowledge, and are not merely applying existing knowledge to a new commercial application;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain why the outcome of the activities could not have been determined in advance based on existing knowledge;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detailing the process for conducting the experiments including observations and conclusions;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring only core and supporting R&amp;D activities within a project are registered, rather than registering all project a project\u2019s activities;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/ausgrant.com.au\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch with us<\/a> if you require assistance with the documentation and assessment of your R&amp;D Activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have emerged in the media recently of software development companies that have been subject to adverse R&amp;D Tax Compliance <a href=\"https:\/\/ausgrant.com\/au\/rd-incentive-tax-crackdown-software-claims\/\" style=\"float:right; padding-bottom:10px;\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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