(relevant to Australian owned R&D only)
Enter at item 9 deductions for depreciating assets (section 73BB of the ITAA 1936), including certain capital works, used in carrying on Australian owned R&D activities. They must have begun to be constructed, or have been acquired under contracts entered into, after midday Australian Eastern Standard Time on 29 January 2001.
The amount allowable is determined through a notional application of the provisions of Division 40 of the ITAA 1997, subject to certain assumptions. These are set out in section 73BC of the ITAA 1936.
For an asset applied to non-R&D purposes as well as R&D use in a year, you can claim the R&D portion of the decline in value under section 73BA of the ITAA 1936. The remainder of the deduction is determined under Division 40 of the ITAA 1997.
If a taxpayer under the former simplified tax system (STS), or a taxpayer who could otherwise allocate an asset to a Division 40 low-value pool, uses that asset for R&D activities as its first use, the taxpayer must claim deductions for it under section 73BA of the ITAA 1936, not the STS (Subdivision 328-D of the ITAA 1997) or low-value pool provisions (Subdivision 40-E of the ITAA 1997). If the asset is used for non-R&D purposes for part of the year or in a subsequent year, deductions for that part of the year or the subsequent year will be considered under Division 40 of the ITAA 1997.
If an asset was not used for R&D in an earlier income year and the company was entitled to a deduction for the asset(s) under a Division 40 low-value pool or an STS pool in that year, you should continue to calculate deductions under the relevant pooling provisions, even if the asset is subsequently used for R&D.
If your aggregate R&D amount is less than or equal to $20,000, you cannot claim the additional 25% deduction in respect of this expenditure.
You may need to complete the Capital allowances schedule 2008.
For more information, see the Guide to depreciating assets 2008.
You cannot claim a deduction under section 73BA of the ITAA 1936 for any period if, for any earlier period, the company was entitled to a deduction for the asset under the former STS provisions (Subdivision 328-B of the ITAA 1997) or a Division 40 low-value pool (section 40-440 of the ITAA 1997).
At H enter the notional Division 40 amount as determined under sections 73BA to 73BC of the ITAA 1936 (the base amount).
At I enter the notional Division 40 amount as determined under sections 73BA to 73BC of the ITAA 1936 claimable at 100%, including where the aggregate R&D amount is less than $20,000.
At J enter the notional Division 40 amount as determined under sections 73BA to 73BC of the ITAA 1936, claimable at 125%.
The total of the amounts at I and J must equal the base amount at H otherwise, a warning message 'Your claim does not balance' will display in the Excel spreadsheet.
More information
For more information, see:
- sections 73BA, 73BB and 73BC of the ITAA 1936
- Divisions 40 and 43 of the ITAA 1997
- Guide to the R&D tax concession