by Erik Anderson | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Images
The Department of Industry has issued new guidelines for its Accelerating Commercialisation program. Some observations from an initial reading of the guidelines are as follows: The maximum grant is $1m so based on a 50:50 funding, projects up to $2m can be considered....
by Erik Anderson | Mar 6, 2014 | EMDG
Certain proposed changes to the EMDG Act will make good reading to many exporters, including those exporters that are starting the export journey and who may not have had the financial resources to commit and meet the current threshold limits. It would appear...
by Erik Anderson | Mar 6, 2014 | EMDG
For the financial year 2012/13, Australian exports amounted to $301.5b. PayPal Australia has estimated that the value of Australian exports sold over the internet is currently $5.6b and would rise to $15b in 2016. Since 2007/08, total exports have increased by an...
by Erik Anderson | Jan 5, 2014 | R and D
AusIndustry has in this post set out some key R&D Tax Incentive lessons that can be learnt from the Mt Owen AAT case. Background Mount Owen Pty Ltd had an open-cut coal mine and had claimed for R&D activities at the mine during the period January 2000 to 31...
by Erik Anderson | Dec 2, 2013 | EMDG
I had a meeting with a new client last week where we discussed an Export Grant situation that many startup company’s find themselves in. The client had a product but the industry that they are in has a long lead time when it comes to getting a purchase order and...
