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Please complete the following R&D Project Substantiation Tracker to determine if you are eligible to claim R&D Tax in 2012.
If you are claiming for multiple projects you need to complete the survey for EACH project. There will be a link at the end of this survey that will allow you to begin again.
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| What is the income year for this project? (ie 2012 or 2013?) | | |
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| Estimated project commencement: (month/year) | | |
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| Estimated project completion: (month/year) | | |
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Are you trying to create a new, or improve an existing, product or process? |
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Before you started work on the project, was there a possibility that you may not achieve the technical objectives? |
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Have you planned out the project and worked out the time frame of completion? |
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Is it based on engineering or science principles or 'know how'? |
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Did you develop the intellectual property of the new development? |
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Have you recorded the potential issues and recorded the potential level of catastrophes? |
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Are you aiming to exceed statutory requirements? |
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Do you have the following: authorisation plans, Capex, Opex, meeting filenotes and photos or drawings of the project? |
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| What are the technical objectives of the project? | | |
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| What changes are you making to an existing process/product? (ie what are the different parameters or variables?) | | |
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| Why do you think these changes will work? | | |
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| Describe the major differences between this development and that of your closest competitor. | | |
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Is this competitor an Australian company? |
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Please do a Google search on the closest possible competitor product/ process in the market, regardless of how different it is to your own. Please note that 'nothing' or 'there isn't one' is not an adequate response. |
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| Please copy and paste the link for this search into the text box below. | | |
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