R&D Tax Incentive · Australia

An R&D claim that survives a review .

LodgeWise checks your R&D Tax Incentive claim before you lodge — whether your activities read as genuine technical uncertainty, and whether your records will hold up years later. Substantiation that survives a review, for a fraction of a consultant's fee.

Built for founders and finance teams. Audit-ready, not just lodged.

The results

Reviewed claims stand up — to AusIndustry and to a later ATO review.

96%

Claims that pass review

Substantiation checked and strengthened through LodgeWise before lodging.

10+ hrs

Saved per claim

Narrative structure and records guidance, without forensic reconstruction at year-end.

4–7 yrs

Audit-ready

Claims can be reviewed years later — yours is built to hold up the whole time.

Why it's worth it

The substantiation a consultant builds, at software cost.

Fast

Reviewed in days

Get your claim back with every substantiation gap flagged, not weeks into an engagement.

~85% less

A fraction of a consultant

Consultants charge $5,000–$15,000 or a slice of your claim. LodgeWise reviews yours for a flat fee.

Every gap

Caught before lodgement

Eligibility, hypothesis-and-results records, and expenditure support — checked before you register.

The cost of getting it wrong

A weak claim isn't refused now. It's clawed back later — with penalties.

The R&D Tax Incentive is self-assessed. A six-figure refund can be reviewed up to four years on, and inadequate substantiation means paying it back with penalties on top.

$4 billion

Paid out yearly — and the most common failure is inadequate substantiation

Clawback

A refund you've already spent, recovered with penalties after a review

Compare your options

The rigour of a consultant, without the engagement.

	Do it yourself	R&D consultant	LodgeWise
Typical cost	$0	$5,000–$15,000+	From $499
Turnaround	Your own time	Weeks of engagement	Days
Tests eligibility & substantiation	No safety net	Yes	Every gap listed
Checks records survive a review	No	Yes	Yes
You keep your full claim	Yes	Often takes a %	Yes

What we check

The things that get R&D claims refused or stalled.

Genuine technical uncertainty

Whether your activities are experimental — not routine development.

Hypothesis, experiment & results

The narrative records AusIndustry and the ATO expect.

Eligible vs ineligible spend

Expenditure that does and doesn't belong in the claim.

Contemporaneous evidence

Records created at the time that will survive a later review.

Make sure your claim survives a review — before you lodge it.

Start free. Tell us about your R&D and see your substantiation gaps in minutes.

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LodgeWise is a review and preparation tool — it does not provide tax or R&D advice or lodge on your behalf.