Are you in the medical, health or life sciences sector? Is your company developing cutting edge technology? If you answered yes, then you’re in good company! Registered expenditure for the R&D Tax Incentive scheme on Medical, Health and Life Sciences (MHLS) has grown by 50% from 2012 to $1.6b in 2015. Most research fields in the sector … Continue reading The R&D Tax Incentive – Supporting Medical, Health and Life Sciences Research

So you’ve created a shiny new widget, after months of R&D and hard work. Great! You may well become the next ‘disruptor’- an Uber or Netflix service. Of all the grants and tax incentives that are available for start-ups, you may be convinced that the Government’s R&D tax incentive is especially applicable to you as … Continue reading What start-ups need to know about the R&D tax incentive

Evidence, Evidence, Evidence! If there was ever an equivalent catchphrase in the R&D Tax Incentive to real estate’s ‘Location, Location, Location!”, that would be it. For a lot of clients, finding evidence of the R&D work they are undertaking can be like a treasure hunt. Find a great piece of evidence, and you’ve hit treasure. … Continue reading Top 6 accepted pieces of evidence

Having that light bulb moment is a great feeling, isn’t it? You think you have finally found a novel, interesting way to solve a particular problem. But how do you know that someone else hasn’t had this same idea before? More importantly, if you are planning to take advantage of the Government’s R&D tax incentive … Continue reading IP NOVA – helping you assess your R&D novelty