Building technology, structural innovation, PropTech, smart buildings
Other industry
Finance, energy, logistics, mining, education, or another sector
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The technical challenge
Describe the specific technical problem you were solving that couldn't be solved using existing knowledge.
This is the most important question. The ATO requires that the outcome could not be known in advance by a competent professional — genuinely unknown, not just new to your business. Be specific about the technical uncertainty.
Minimum 40 characters0 / 1000
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Your approach
How did you go about solving this problem?
The ATO requires a systematic progression of work — hypothesis, experiment, evaluation, conclusions. Simply building something or following a known method does not qualify.
We ran systematic experiments or tests
We formed a hypothesis, tested it, evaluated results, and drew conclusions — even if the answer was "it didn't work"
We iterated and tested different approaches
We tried multiple methods, compared results, and adapted — we learned from each iteration
We built it following standard development practices
We used existing knowledge and established techniques to deliver a known outcome
A mix — some parts experimental, some standard
Parts of the work involved genuine unknowns; other parts were routine implementation
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Your R&D investment
Roughly how much did your business spend on this R&D work last financial year?
Include salaries, contractor costs, cloud computing, equipment, and materials. You need at least $20,000 to claim. The more you spent, the larger your potential refund.
Under $20K
Below minimum threshold
$20K – $100K
Est. offset $8.7K – $43.5K
$100K – $300K
Est. offset $43.5K – $130.5K
$300K – $600K
Est. offset $130.5K – $261K
$600K – $1M
Est. offset $261K – $435K
Over $1M
Est. offset $435K+
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Your records
What records do you have showing this R&D work happened?
The ATO requires contemporaneous records — made at the time, not reconstructed later. Select all that apply. Even partial records are a starting point.
Code repositories (GitHub, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket) with commit history
Timesheets or project management records (Jira, Linear, Notion)
Lab notebooks, experimental logs, or test result documents
Financial records (Xero, payroll, invoices) showing R&D expenditure
Design documents, technical specs, or architecture diagrams
We don't have formal records yet — but we can reconstruct the timeline
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