Claim what
you've already earned.
The R&D Tax Incentive is one of Australia's most valuable — and most underutilised — programs. VCA helps eligible businesses identify, document, and maximise their claims compliantly.
Overview
Australia's R&D Tax Incentive provides a tax offset of up to 43.5% on eligible R&D expenditure for companies with an aggregated turnover below $20 million — and a non-refundable 38.5% offset for larger entities. For eligible businesses, this represents a significant and recurring cash benefit.
Yet many companies — particularly in manufacturing, technology, food production, mining services, and engineering — either don't know they qualify, or claim far less than they're entitled to because their activities aren't documented in a way that withstands ATO scrutiny.
VCA works with businesses to identify eligible core and supporting R&D activities, build a defensible documentation framework, manage the AusIndustry registration process, and prepare the tax offset claim — maximising your entitlement while maintaining full compliance.
Could you be eligible?
You're developing new products, processes, software, or systems
You're solving technical problems where the outcome isn't known in advance
You're in manufacturing, tech, construction, agriculture, or professional services
You're spending on wages, contractor costs, or consumables to do the above
What's included
01
R&D Eligibility Assessment
A thorough review of your activities to identify core and supporting R&D activities that meet the legislative definition — including activities you may not have considered.
02
Activity Documentation
Build a contemporaneous documentation framework that records hypotheses, experiments, results, and conclusions — the foundation of any defensible R&D claim.
03
AusIndustry Registration
Manage the annual AusIndustry registration of R&D activities within the required timeframe — a non-negotiable prerequisite for claiming the tax offset.
04
Tax Offset Claim Preparation
Prepare the R&D schedule in your company tax return, allocate expenditure across activities, and calculate the offset — maximising the claim while maintaining full compliance.
05
Grant Identification & Applications
Beyond the R&D Tax Incentive, identify relevant state and federal grants, commercialisation funding, and export assistance programs available to your business.
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