Scientific research deductions conditional on prescribed authority certification, approval for in-house R&D, and prohibition on duplicate claims.
The provision allows deductions for capital and revenue expenditure on business-related scientific research, excluding land costs, and deems qualifying pre-commencement salaries, materials and capital costs to the year of commencement if certified by the prescribed authority. In-house R&D deductions are available for prescribed companies with approved facilities and qualifying costs subject to prescribed conditions and documentation. Payments to approved research entities are deductible only for approved programmes and recipients. Non-duplication rules bar claiming the same expenditure under other provisions and exclude parallel asset-based deductions where research deductions have been taken.