Ignition Insights
R&D Tax Incentive Expenditure Guide：What Can Be Claimed — and What Is Excluded?
Learn which R&D expenses may be claimed under the R&DTI, from salaries to contractors, and which costs are explicitly excluded under the rules.
What Types of Businesses Are Eligible for the RDTI?
Which businesses may qualify for the R&D Tax Incentive? Eligibility is self-assessed on technical uncertainty and experimentation, not industry.
How Much Support Can You Receive from the R&DTI? Understanding the Mechanics of the R&D Tax Offset
Learn how the R&D Tax Incentive offset works: your rate depends on aggregated turnover and R&D intensity, and smaller firms may receive a cash refund.
What Is the R&D Tax Incentive (RDTI), and Why Does the Government Share the Risk of Innovation?
Learn what Australia's R&D Tax Incentive (RDTI) is, how it shares the risk of innovation, and how eligible R&D activity is self-assessed and claimed.
Australia Has Plenty of Innovation Funding — So Why Aren’t Businesses Willing to Use It?
Australia invests billions in R&D funding, yet few firms use it well. Learn why the gap persists and how bridging policy, research and industry may help.
Why More R&D Investment Can Actually Make Your Business More Fragile
Learn why unstructured R&D spend can build technical debt instead of assets, and how a structured research design supports a stronger, compliant R&D claim.
Is the Australian Government Now Using AI for Planning Reviews? — Rebuilding the Logic Before DA Submission
NSW planning authorities are adding AI to pre-lodgement checks for DA and CDC approvals. See how it reshapes compliance and where R&D structure fits in.
Don’t Let "Innovation" Become Unstructured spending — On the Launch of Ignition Research
Learn how structuring your R&D process builds a defensible evidence chain, so innovation spending can support self-assessed R&D Tax Incentive claims.
Stop Burning Hours on Repetitive Take-Offs: How AI Is Transforming the Most Time-Consuming Tasks in Australian Building Delivery
Learn how AI automates repetitive quantity take-offs, converts drawings into data and pre-checks planning to save time in Australian building delivery.