HOW DOES THE RDTI WORK?

Is my R&D eligible

Take this 2-minute quiz to self-assess whether your R&D activities could meet the RDTI criteria. To find out more about the eligibility criteria, return to Is my R&D eligible? It's important to note that results from the self-assessment are not binding.

Great, you are off to a good start. There are a few more questions to go to determine if your R&D may be eligible.

To be eligible for the RDTI you need to spend more than $50,000 annually on eligible R&D, unless you are using an approved research provider. See Requirements that your business must meet and continue on to answer a few more questions.

To be eligible for the RDTI you can only claim on expenses up to $120,000,000 annually. See Requirements that your business must meet and continue on to answer a few more questions.

Nice. The RDTI's aim is to support more R&D to be conducted in New Zealand.

The RDTI's aim is to support R&D that is mainly done in New Zealand, so we'd need to have a closer look at where you do your R&D. See Requirements that your business must meet.

Good, it's important that you are able to directly benefit from your R&D, and to do so without paying further fees.

It's important that you are able to directly benefit from your R&D, and to do so without paying further fees. See Requirements that your business must meet.

Sounds good! A key purpose of the RDTI is to encourage R&D that has a clear purpose.

To be eligible for the RDTI, your R&D must have a clear purpose that you can articulate. This purpose must involve the creation of new knowledge, or new or improved processes, services or goods. Find out what we mean by new or improved.

Good, the RDTI is designed to support businesses that are trying to resolve a particular scientific or technological uncertainty.

We will need to look a bit deeper into this one, as the RDTI only supports R&D where there’s a particular scientific or technological uncertainty that you’re trying to resolve. Find out more about scientific or technological uncertainty.

While it's hard for you to solve, the RDTI aims to support R&D that pushes boundaries.

Difficulty can be subjective. In the RDTI context, it means that you're trying to overcome a particular scientific or technological problem that you're not even sure can be resolved. The RDTI calls this scientific or technological uncertainty.

If a competent professional could easily solve your problem without undertaking a systematic process of investigation, then your R&D may not be eligible for the RDTI. Find out more about what we mean by a competent professional.

If it's difficult for an expert, this could well be the level of challenge the RDTI aims to support.

Good, it's important for the RDTI that an expert would need to follow a structured approach.

The RDTI supports R&D that follows a structured methodology - which we call a "systematic approach" -  to test possible solutions. Find out more about what we mean by a systematic approach.

If information on how to resolve your scientific or technological uncertainty is publicly available, your R&D may not be eligible for the RDTI. Find out more about what we mean by publicly available information.

It looks like you may be breaking new ground, which is what we're looking for.

If information on how to resolve your scientific or technological uncertainty is publicly available, your R&D may not be eligible for the RDTI. Find out more about what we mean by publicly available information.

It looks like you may be breaking new ground, which is what we're looking for.

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