Moreton Resources Limited v Innovation and Science Australia [2019] FCAFC 120

TAXATION – research and development tax offset – underground coal gasification (UCG) facility – pilot project – where appellant undertook a pilot project to test the viability of using UCG technology at a particular site to produce UCG synthesis gas that would then be cleaned and stabilised for production of electricity using gas turbines – where pilot project failed – where registered activities for subsequent years included remediation of the site – whether the registered activities for the subsequent years were “supporting R&D activities” within the meaning of Div 355 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) – whether the registered activities constituting the pilot project fell within the definition of “core R&D activities” – whether the Administrative Appeals Tribunal erred in its construction of “core R&D activities”

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