Specialist R&D Tax Incentive Consultants for Australian Startups
We help Australian companies make successful R&D Tax Incentive claims. Eligible Australian companies can receive up to 43.5% cash back on R&D expenditure.
Whether you are claiming for the first time, running out of cash, or developing AI without in-house technical expertise, we provide practical, risk-aware advice focused on successful outcomes.
Our proven, assessment-ready methodology is aligned with ATO and AusIndustry regulations and expectations.
Should I submit my R&D claim without help from an R&D consultant?
A successful R&D claim isn't built by one person - it draws on knowledge spread across your entire team, and a good consultant knows how to work with all of them. Your CEO understands the strategic vision behind the innovation. Your CFO controls the financial records that tie expenditure to eligible activities. Your engineers, developers, scientists, and technical leads hold the detailed knowledge of what was actually built, tested, and discovered. An R&D consultant brings these threads together, interviewing the right people, asking the right questions, and translating what your team does every day into a claim that meets ATO and AusIndustry requirements.
Without that coordination, things fall through the cracks. Technical staff often don't realise which parts of their work qualify. Finance teams don't know which expenses can be claimed against R&D activities. And leadership is rarely across the documentation standards expected during a review. The result is either a smaller claim than you're entitled to, or one that doesn't hold up under scrutiny. Having an R&D consultant manage the process - across every level of your business - means nothing gets missed and everyone is working toward the same outcome.
Your R&D consultant is also there to keep things moving. From the moment you engage them, they provide clear direction on what's needed, by when, and from whom, so that your team isn't left guessing, and deadlines don't sneak up on you. Whether it's a quick call to walk your CTO through what technical evidence to pull together, or a check-in with your CFO to make sure the financials are being captured correctly, that ongoing guidance is often what makes the difference between a smooth process and a stressful one.
What does an R&D Consultant do? And how can they help me?
An R&D consultant works with you to identify, structure, and document your R&D Tax Incentive claim from start to finish. In practice, that means reviewing your technical work to find activities that qualify (including ones you might not have recognised as R&D), helping you build the documentation the ATO expects, and registering your activities with AusIndustry on time. A good R&D consultant acts as a translator - taking complex engineering, software, or scientific work and framing it in the specific language the RDTI legislation requires.
Beyond the electronic forms and paperwork, a great R&D consultant provides a risk assessment of your claim so that you're not filing something that's likely to attract scrutiny, and they stand behind the claim if questions arise later.
For most businesses, the real value isn't just the time saved - it's the difference between a claim that gets through cleanly and one that gets reduced, delayed, or rejected.
What We Do
First and foremost - we work with you and your team to be successful.
Making an R&D Tax Incentive (RDTI) claim doesn't have to be complicated. We walk you through every step - from identifying which of your activities qualify, to building a claim that's substantiated, defensible, and aligned with ATO and AusIndustry expectations.
Whether you're claiming for the first time, need to move fast because cash is tight, or want to use your R&D spend to fund an AI-driven pivot, we make sure your claim is done right the first time.
Through our in-house expertise like, for instance, AI, medical technology, software, engineering or construction, we help you:
- Identify and incorporate AI-related activities that qualify under the RDTI
- Structure and maximise claims for complex software projects
- Build strong claims in medical and health care technology
- Build strong claims in innovative construction projects
- Identify and claim eligible R&D in mining and resources operations
- Structure and defend claims for agtech and agricultural technology companies
- Document and defend IT and engineering R&D activity
Whether you're an established business or a first-time claimant, we translate your innovation story into a claim that maximises your R&D tax rebate.
R&D Tax Claiming for All Innovative Companies
We help all companies that require their R&D tax claim to be successful. Our approach is to quickly establish your claim eligibility then allocate a primary point-of-contact that will help steer your claim from start to finish.
Startups & Early-Stage Companies
We work with pre-revenue, loss-making, and founder-led businesses undertaking genuine experimentation. Even without formal R&D documentation or an internal R&D team, we can make your claim successful.
Learn More →Companies That Have Never Claimed
Businesses that have heard about the R&D Tax Incentive but are unsure if they qualify, how to start, or whether it's worth the risk.
Learn More →Cash-Flow Critical Businesses
Companies under financial pressure that need a legitimate, well-structured R&D claim to improve cash flow, without increasing audit risk.
Learn More →AI-Driven & Software-Led R&D
Businesses developing AI, machine learning, data platforms, or complex software, without an AI specialist to frame eligibility correctly.
Learn More →Our Assessment-Ready RDTI Methodology
Eligibility & Risk Assessment
We assess technical uncertainty, experimentation, and compliance risk before any claim proceeds.
Technical & Financial Substantiation
We document R&D activities in language aligned to legislation, guidance, and real review behaviour, not marketing descriptions.
Lodgement & Compliance
Claims are lodged with a clear narrative linking activities, evidence, and costs.
Review & Audit Defence
If your claim is reviewed, we support you through AusIndustry and ATO processes with confidence.
AI and Advanced Software R&D
AI-driven R&D requires different framing from traditional software claims.
We regularly work with
- Machine learning model development
- Large language models (LLMs)
- Training data, feature engineering, and optimisation
- Experimentation under performance, accuracy, or scalability uncertainty
If AI is central to your R&D, generic advice is not enough.
Why Choose rdtax.au
- We understand R&D in context of the law, financial obligations, research & innovation rules, and technology
- Our specialist focus is on the R&D Tax Incentive, not general tax accounting
- We have in-house capabilities including AI, software, engineering and technology advances
- We offer transparent, risk-aware advice
We care about super-charging your innovation-led business.
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