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Our Innovation Incentives team works with clients at the very outset of an idea through to making it a commercial reality. Government incentive programs, such as the Research & Development (R&D) Tax Incentive and Federal grant programs like the Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) are a key source of growth for a wide-range of businesses. We specialise in helping you tap into these funding mechanisms to facilitate greater investment in innovative projects and to assist you with commercialising your products and / or services domestically and overseas.
We are a national team of dedicated professionals with extensive experience navigating all aspects of the government funding and the current audit landscape. Using our unique IP-centric perspective and comprehensive approach, we unlock the most from your activities, while significantly reducing compliance risk associated with the process.
The R&D Tax Incentive is the Federal Government’s flagship program for incentivising innovation. We help business navigate and prepare robust R&D Tax Incentive claims with a focus on governance and leveraging intellectual assets.
The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) program is the Federal Government’s cornerstone export funding program to encourage Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to seek promotional opportunities for their goods, services and intellectual property overseas.
The R&D Tax Incentive is the Federal Government’s flagship program for incentivising innovation. We help business navigate and prepare robust R&D Tax Incentive claims with a focus on governance and leveraging intellectual assets.
The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) program is the Federal Government’s cornerstone export funding program to encourage Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to seek promotional opportunities for their goods, services and intellectual property overseas.
Compare key R&D tax incentive regimes worldwide. See how global innovation funding, benefit levels, and eligibility differ across major jurisdictions.
With the 30 April 2026 registration deadline approaching, companies that performed R&D activities in the year ended 30 June 2025 should be reviewing eligibility, documentation and governance now to preserve their entitlement under the RDTI.
The Australian Government has released exposure draft legislation proposing to exclude certain tobacco, vaping and gambling-related activities from the Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI). The intent is to ensure public funding does not support innovation that promotes harmful consumption behaviours, while maintaining eligibility for genuine harm-minimisation initiatives.
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