政府新出台的研发税收激励项目自2011 年7 月1 日起生效。现在澳大利亚已经成为了全世界开展研发活动的最佳地点之⼀。
新立法的主要变化之⼀是，外国公司和外资澳大利亚公司现在可以通过该项目对在澳大利亚和海外的研发支出申请现金返还。
研发税收激励政策可以为符合条件的申请者提供高达 每年合格研发活动总支出43.5％*的现金返还。研发项 目产生的知识产权（IP）现在也可以由外国控股公司 所有。
政府每年提供超过18 亿澳元的福利预算，是迄今为 止为支持和鼓励在澳大利亚开展研发活动而实施的 最具影响力的项目。
*如果项目知识产权不属于澳大利亚子公司，国际转让定价规则可能会减少43.5％的税收抵免收益。
该项目下的主要收益是以43.5％的可返还（以现金支付）或38.5％的不可返还（可以在未来实现税收利润时抵扣）的形式进行的税收减免。为符合可返还税收减免的条件，企业的年度集团总营业额必须少于2 千万澳元。请注意同属⼀个集团的澳大利亚境外企业的年度营业额也会被计入2 千万澳元营业额的审定中。
用于申请研发税收减免的研发费用不可再用于企业所得税的税前扣除，这会使得企业所得税有所增加。因此，税后净收益取决于集团的年度总营业额和税务状 况。具体如表格所示:
| 集团年营业额 | 低于两千万澳元 | 高于两千万澳元 |
|---|---|---|
| 可获得的税收返还或抵扣（用符合要求的研发支出计算） | 43.5%# | 38.5%# |
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符合以下任何⼀个条件即为合格的研发实体:
符合要求的研发活动分为核心研发活动和辅助性研发活动。
核心研发活动被定义为以下实验活动：
辅助性研发活动需要与核心研发活动的开展有直接关联。
合格的研发活动需要在澳大利亚境内开展。但是，如果通过“海外调查” （overseas findings）程序获得预先批准，则可以申领某些海外活动开支的税收减免。
“以自己的名义”的规定意味着研发实体需要控制和承担与项目知识产权相关的财务⻛险。 但是，修改之后的新政策已经允许澳大利亚企业进行的研发活动所形成的知识产权由相关的海外企业所有。
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