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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 355.100

Entitlement to tax offset

If notional deductions are between $20,000 and $150 million

  (1)   An * R&D entity is entitled to a * tax offset for an income year equal to the percentage, set out in the table, of the total of the amounts (if any) that the entity can deduct for the income year under any or all of the following provisions:

  (a)   section   355 - 205 (R&D expenditure);

  (b)   section   355 - 305 (decline in value of R&D assets);

  (d)   section   355 - 480 (earlier year associate R&D expenditure);

  (e)   section   355 - 520 (decline in value of R&D partnership assets);

  (g)   section   355 - 580 (CRC contributions).

 

Rate of R&D tax offset

Item

In this case:

The percentage is:

1

the * R&D entity's * aggregated turnover for the income year is less than $20 million (and item   2 of this table does not apply)

the R&D entity's * corporate tax rate for the income year, plus 18.5 percentage points

2

at any time during the income year an * exempt entity, or combination of exempt entities, would control the * R&D entity in a way described in section   328 - 125 (connected entities) if:

(a) references in section   328 - 125 to 40% were references to 50%; and

(b) subsection   328 - 125(6) were ignored

the R&D entity's * corporate tax rate for the income year

3

any other case

the R&D entity's * corporate tax rate for the income year

Note 1:   The tax offset will be a refundable tax offset if item   1 of the table applies (see section   67 - 30).

Note 2:   The tax offset is increased under subsection   (1A) of this section if item   2 or 3 of the table applies.

R&D premium

  (1A)   If item   2 or 3 of the table in subsection   (1) applies to the * R&D entity, the amount of the * tax offset for the income year is increased by the sum of the amounts (if any) worked out for each item of the following table for that entity:

 

Tiered offset rates

Item

Work out the part of the total amount mentioned in subsection   355 - 100(1) that:

Multiply that part by this percentage:

1

exceeds nil but does not exceed 2% of the * R&D entity's total expenses for the income year worked out under section   355 - 115

8.5%

2

exceeds 2% of the * R&D entity's total expenses for the income year worked out under section   355 - 115

16.5%

If notional deductions are less than $20,000

  (2)   However, if the total amount mentioned in subsection   (1) is less than $20,000, the * R&D entity is instead entitled to a * tax offset for the income year, worked out in accordance with subsections   (1) and (1A), as if that amount were instead the total of the following kinds of expenditure (if any):

 

Expenditure not subject to $20,000 threshold

Item

Kind of expenditure

1

Expenditure:

(a) that the * R&D entity can deduct under section   355 - 205 (R&D expenditure) for the income year; and

(b) that was incurred to a research service provider (within the meaning of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986 ) that is not an * associate of the R&D entity or of the relevant * R&D partnership (as appropriate); and

(c) that was for the provider to provide services, within a research field for which the provider is registered under Division   4 of Part   III of that Act, applicable to one or more of the * R&D activities to which the deduction relates

2

Expenditure that the * R&D entity can deduct under section   355 - 580 (CRC contributions) for the income year

If notional deductions exceed $150 million

  (3)   Despite subsections   (1) and (1A), if the total amount mentioned in subsection   (1) exceeds $150 million, the * R&D entity is instead entitled to a * tax offset for the income year equal to the sum of:

  (a)   the amount worked out in accordance with those subsections as if that amount were $150 million; and

  (b)   the product of the excess and the R&D entity's * corporate tax rate for the income year.


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