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Monthly Archives: December 2011
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Dec 11
Australia: advance rulings on …
Australia: advance rulings on eligibility for R&D tax incentives (looks a bit like the HMRC pilot that just closed) – http://t.co/cfUquwPV
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Dec 11
From @tax_journal – http://t.c…
From @tax_journal – http://t.co/D7ZRSuMs – good news on demand for R&D pilot, nice to see my skepticism on take-up was unfounded!
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Dec 11
UK: patent box – the least you need to know*
- The proposals have been pretty much reworked in some detail into the draft legislation
- The reduction in the presumed routine profit from 15% of specific expenses to 10% of general overheads means this is less mad than it was, although it’s still pretty silly for patent licensing businesses such as biotechs
- The separation out of the active management requirement is welcome, as it means biotechs etc that licence out their R&D results can still qualify
- A bonus for small companies is that the relief calculation uses the main CT rate so they get a bit more relief than they would if the small co’s rate was used in the calculation
- The doubling of the de minimis to £1m before complex paperwork has to be submitted is useful
- BUT: it’s still unlikely to appeal to anyone much other than the multinational pharmaceutical companies, despite the changes. And still does absolutely nothing for any other substantive form of IP.
* well, the least it seems on first reading that one might want to know …