Ask the R&D Tax Incentive chatbot

About this chatbot

What is the Dossio R&D Tax Incentive chatbot?

The first chatbot built specifically for the Australian R&D Tax Incentive. It answers questions in plain English — what the legislation treats as core versus supporting activities, what records the ATO expects, and how registration deadlines work. Free, no sign-up, currently in beta.

Does the chatbot tell me whether I am eligible for the R&D Tax Incentive?

No. It explains what the rules require and what evidence they call for, but it does not determine eligibility and does not give tax advice. Eligibility is fact-specific and is a call for a registered R&D tax adviser. The chatbot can produce a structured brief your adviser can work from.

Is the R&D chatbot free to use?

Yes. It is free, requires no account, and there is no charge for a conversation or for the brief it produces. Dossio's paid product is the compliance platform advisers and their clients use to capture R&D evidence as the work happens.

How does the chatbot avoid giving unsafe tax answers?

Every response is checked against Dossio's AI guardrail library (71 patterns), which blocks eligibility determinations, outcome promises and claim-size predictions before an answer is returned. Each AI call is logged with a full audit trail, and the AI can be disabled instantly.

What can I ask it?

Anything about how the Australian R&D Tax Incentive works — what counts as a core activity, what a contemporaneous record looks like, what happens in an ATO review, what changes from 1 July 2028, or which records to keep for software development work.

Prefer to read? The R&D Tax Incentive blog covers the same ground in depth, and how we source our content explains where every figure comes from.

General information about the Australian R&D Tax Incentive, not tax advice. Dossio does not determine eligibility — a registered R&D tax adviser does.