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1 Establishing a Comparative Framework of Tax Incentives for Start-Up Investors |
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1 | (10) |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 Early Stage Investor Program |
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4 | (2) |
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1.4 Aim and Structure of this Book |
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6 | (5) |
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8 | (3) |
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2 Innovation, Start-Ups and Venture Capital |
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11 | (18) |
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11 | (3) |
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2.2 Australia and the Global Innovation Race |
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14 | (2) |
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2.3 Start-Up Companies as Drivers of Innovation |
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16 | (2) |
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2.3.1 Contrasting Start-Ups with Other Small Businesses |
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17 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Contrasting Start-Ups with Large Businesses |
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17 | (1) |
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2.4 The Nature of Venture Capital |
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18 | (1) |
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2.5 Angels and Venture Capitalists |
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19 | (5) |
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2.5.1 Similarities Between Angels and Venture Capitalists |
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20 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Differences Between Angels and Venture Capitalists |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (5) |
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24 | (5) |
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3 Australia's Formal Venture Capital Tax Incentive Programs |
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29 | (12) |
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30 | (1) |
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3.2 Australia's Formal Venture Capital Tax Incentive Programs |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (3) |
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3.4 VCLP and ESVCLP Programs |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (3) |
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39 | (2) |
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4 Australia's Early Stage Investor Program |
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41 | (40) |
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42 | (1) |
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4.2 Early Stage Innovation Companies |
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43 | (21) |
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4.2.1 Early Stage Requirements |
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43 | (4) |
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4.2.2 Innovation Requirements |
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47 | (10) |
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4.2.3 Critique of the Innovation Requirements |
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57 | (4) |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (7) |
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4.3.1 Amount of Tax Offset |
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65 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Restriction on Investments Made by Retail Investors |
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66 | (3) |
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4.3.3 Flow Through of the Tax Offset for Members of Trusts and Partnerships |
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69 | (2) |
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4.4 Modified CGT Treatment |
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71 | (3) |
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4.5 Reporting Obligations |
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74 | (1) |
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4.6 Diagrams Illustrating the Operation of the ESI Program |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (5) |
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77 | (4) |
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5 United Kingdom's Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme |
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81 | (18) |
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82 | (2) |
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5.2 The Risk-To-Capital Condition |
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84 | (1) |
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5.3 Investor Requirements |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (4) |
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5.5.1 Point-In-Time Requirements |
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87 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Ongoing Requirements |
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88 | (2) |
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5.5.3 Absence of Specific Innovation Requirements |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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97 | (2) |
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6 Suggestions for Reforming Australia's Early Stage Investor Program |
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99 | (10) |
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99 | (1) |
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6.2 Providing Innovation and Science Australia with the Power to Make Rulings |
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100 | (1) |
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6.3 Allowing Capital Losses |
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101 | (2) |
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6.4 Introducing Reinvestment Relief |
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103 | (1) |
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6.5 Extending the Incentive to Investment in Later Stage Companies |
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103 | (1) |
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6.6 Removing the 10 Year CGT Limit |
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104 | (2) |
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6.7 Conclusion 105 References |
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106 | (3) |
Appendix: ESI Program Legislation |
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109 | (10) |
Index |
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