Tax Talk | Inland Revenue crackdown on property speculators
In the last couple of weeks, Inland Revenue have sent out letters to taxpayers who may have sold properties...
Undertaking R&D in New Zealand can now lead to businesses receiving funding via a 15% tax credit on relevant expenditure.
The tax credit is available for expenditure incurred from the start of the 2019/20 income year (for most taxpayers this will be 1 April 2019).
Baker Tilly Staples Rodway is uniquely placed to help businesses with the regime. Accessing the credit is more straight forward than many people think. Undertaking an activity for a material purpose of creating new knowledge or an improved processes, good or service could very well qualify.
Designing a new product or even improving an existing one is a good example of qualifying expenditure. Being able to illustrate the use of a systematic approach to resolve scientific or technological uncertainty will be critical to a successful claim.
How We Can Help
Baker Tilly Staples Rodway have the expertise to assist in a number of ways, including:
Contact your usual Baker Tilly Staples Rodway advisor or Andrew Dickeson (National R&D Director).
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