The Australian government provides financial assistance to businesses, totalling many billions of Australian dollars each year. These financial incentives often take the form of cash grants and tax rebates. At any particular time in Australia there are literally hundreds of different government financial incentive programs available to support businesses.
Eligibility for these programs can be influenced by that business’ location within Australia, their industry, their business structure, the nature of their operations and projects, their number of employees, their turnover, as well as a variety of other factors.
Each program has its own unique eligibility criteria, application process and method of accessing funding. Navigating all of this complexity can be challenging, which is why Catalyst Solutions exists; to assist businesses to access their full entitlement to the government funding that’s available to them.
The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive provides businesses with a tax offset for eligible activities that relate to the research and development of novel products or processes. The value of the tax offset depends on the annual turnover of the business applying for the incentive:
This incentive can be claimed annually and is dually administered by AusIndustry and The Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
The maximum cash payment possible is $65.25 million per business per financial year.
This grant program is designed to support startups and SMEs undertaking commercialisation and/or growth projects. The program provides 50% of the project’s funding.
The commercialisation project must relate to one of the following ‘priority areas’:
Applications must be made to AusIndustry prior to the commencement of the project.
The maximum cash payment possible is $5 million per project.
The Export Market Development Grant is a program that assists businesses to either commence or increase the promotion of their Australian product or service to overseas markets.
The grant offers businesses a 50% reimbursement on certain expenses, such as the remuneration of sales people, undertaking overseas travel, engaging marketing consultants, online advertising, attending tradeshows, and IP registration.
This grant can be claimed annually (for a maximum of 8 years) and is administered by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).
The maximum cash payment possible is $150,000 per business per financial year.
The Digital Games Tax Offset is a refundable tax offset which allows eligible Australian companies that develop digital games to claim 30% of their total qualifying Australian development expenditure.
This incentive can be claimed annually and is dually administered by the Minister for the Arts and The Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
The maximum cash payment possible is $20 million per business per financial year.
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