We’re publishing our next Research and development tax incentive transparency report in September for R&D claims made in 2022–23, as well as the 2021–22 claims data that wasn’t included in last year’s report (where the income year began on or after 1 July 2021).
By providing transparency about how much R&D entities are reporting in R&D expenditure, the report aims to improve public accountability and voluntary compliance. We published our first R&D transparency report with data from 2021–22 in October 2024.
On 27 February we sent correspondence to all registered tax agents with clients in the report. Keep an eye out for this if you haven’t received it.
What the report will look like
Like last year, the report will comprise 2 parts: the report of data published on data.gov.au and an analysis of the data published on our website. We’ll publish the following data from tax returns and R&DTI applications:
- the name of the company claiming the R&D tax incentive
- the company’s Australian business number (ABN) or Australian company number (ACN)
- the total amount the company claimed on R&D.
If this year is the first time you’ll have a client in the R&DTI transparency report, we recommend familiarising yourself with the detailed information on Research and development tax incentive transparency reports.
How to support your R&D clients
- Let all your clients who are in the 2022–23 report know their data will be included.
- Be open to their questions. We’re advising businesses to contact their tax agent to confirm if they’re included, so you may have clients contact you.
- Point them to our detailed web information and last year’s report.