Latest News

Hot Issues
spacer
ATO hit list 2025 – Key Areas Under Review
spacer
Why Succession Planning Matters for Privately Owned and Wealth Groups in Australia
spacer
Benefits of a business plan
spacer
Roles and Responsibilities in a Business Partnership
spacer
Mixing business and pleasure? Be vigilant this tax season
spacer
30 June 2025 - Tax Checklist - Small (and Micro) Business
spacer
3 more GST fraudsters sentenced under ATO’s Operation Protego
spacer
Evolution of Boeing - 1916 - 2025
spacer
ATO - Targeted Areas of Focus 2024-25
spacer
6 ways to improve your business plan
spacer
Benchmarks for small business
spacer
Beware the early lodgment tax trap, CPA Australia warns
spacer
Tax lawyer flags compliance traps with family trusts
spacer
Superannuation on paid parental leave from 1 July 2025
spacer
Tax Time Checklists Individuals; Company; Trust; Partnership; and Super Funds
spacer
Comparison of various Animal Weights
spacer
2025 Tax Planning Guide Part 2
spacer
From 1 July 2025 ATO Interest is no longer tax deductible
spacer
SME confidence and conditions see uptick over Q1 2025, survey reveals
spacer
Depreciation expert urges property investors to leverage tax depreciation
spacer
Buy a business
spacer
Upskilling and self-education costs
spacer
How secure is your super account?
spacer
Freshwater Resources by Country 2025
spacer
Why Might a Lease Dispute Occur?
Article archive
spacer
Quarter 2 April - June 2025
spacer
Quarter 1 January - March 2025
spacer
Quarter 4 October - December 2024
spacer
Quarter 3 July - September 2024
spacer
Quarter 2 April - June 2024
spacer
Quarter 1 January - March 2024
spacer
Quarter 4 October - December 2023
spacer
Quarter 3 July - September 2023
spacer
Quarter 2 April - June 2023
spacer
Quarter 1 January - March 2023
spacer
Quarter 4 October - December 2022
R&D incentives at risk

Mid-size businesses stand to lose research and development (R&D) incentives and miss out on promised company tax rate reductions as a new bill was introduced to Parliament, according to Grant Thornton.

       

In a statement, the firm said that lodged deep within the federal Budget papers was a note that the level of the tax offset support was to be dropped by 1.5 per cent to 43.5 per cent for the refundable tax offset and 38.5 per cent for the non-refundable.

This bill has now been introduced into the House of Representatives and, if passed through Parliament, will apply for the years of income starting after 1 July 2014.

Sukvinder Heyer, national leader for R&D tax at Grant Thornton Australia, said the bill could hurt innovation and discourage investment.

“The reduction in the rate was to go hand in hand with the reduction in income tax rate. The reduction is therefore proceeding but the reduction in income tax rates is not, except for small business with a turnover of less than $2 million,” she said.

“Innovation does not happen in isolation. It requires companies – small, medium and large – to be playing their part. Stable support is needed at all levels. Continued changing of the rules leads to uncertainty – the antithesis for encouraging investment.

“Mid-size businesses need a stable environment to invest in innovation and the chipping away at the main mechanism for supporting innovation, without public consultation, is disappointing,” Ms Heyer said.

 

Staff Reporter
Thursday, 28 May 2015
www.accountantsdaily.com.au

Liability limited by a Scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.
© O'Brien and Partners 2024 - All Rights Reserved | 333 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 | Tel: 03 9509 3911 Site by Acctweb