One Plus One Solutions Pty Limited are pleased to advise that the final easyFBT 2017 version is now available for download. This release contains the final ATO Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) return 2017 form and can be produced as a paper form for manual lodgement or when using the SBR Interaction Manager to lodge electronically using your AUSkey. Read the change log for further information about this release.
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In October 2016 the ATO released Practical Compliance Guidelines PCG 2016/10 - Fleet Cars: simplified approach for calculating car fringe benefits which allows for an optional, simplified approach to working out the business use percentage component of the operating cost method for employers with a fleet of 20 or more ‘Tool of Trade’ cars. Continue reading
The following changes and enhancements have been made in the April 2017 release of easyFBT 2017 (2017.1.0.3):
The ATO Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2017 form has been added to this version and can be produced as a paper form for manual lodgement with the ATO as per prior years or when using the SBR Interaction Manager to lodge electronically.
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We are pleased to advise that easyFBT 2017 Fringe Benefits Tax Solution is now available for purchase and download. This first release for 2017 contains some enhancements to the LAFHA workpaper allowing you to enter both concessional and non-concessional LAFHA benefits together on the same row, a new Entertainment (All) workpaper as well as the introduction of the $5,000 GUTV Meal Entertainment Cap on Salary Sacrificed Meals/EFLE entertainment for FBT Exempt employers.
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FBT Exempt PBIs (Public benevolent institutions and health promotion charities) and FBT Exempt PNPHs (Public and non-profit hospitals and public ambulance services) now have an additional $5,000 meal entertainment cap on salary sacrificed Meals/EFLE entertainment benefits. This is a separate and specific cap in addition to the existing general exemption caps of $17,667 for PBIs and $31,177 for PNPHs for the 2017 FBT year.
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We have designed a new Entertainment (All) workpaper which combines the old Entertainment (Actual) and the old Meal Entertainment workpapers. This new workpaper was required due to the fact that as from the 2017 FBT year any salary sacrificed Meals/EFLE entertainment benefits must be valued under the Actual method (as they can’t be concessionally valued anymore) and these salary sacrificed Meals/EFLE entertainment benefits must now be included as reportable fringe benefit amounts (RFBs) for inclusion on your employee’s payment summaries where the total of all RFBs for the employee exceeds the $2,000 taxable value cap.
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One Plus One Solutions Pty Limited are pleased to advise that the final easyFBT 2016 version is now available for download. This release contains the final ATO Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) return 2016 form and can be produced as a paper form for manual lodgement or when using the SBR Interaction Manager to lodge electronically using your AUSkey. We have also added comparison year-on-year reporting and a number of other enhancements. Read the change log for further information about this release.
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A feature that has been long requested (and even more so recently) is yearly comparison reporting. Comparison reporting is designed to provide a year-on-year comparison between prior year and current year results.
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The newly released Motor Vehicle Dealers’ version of easyFBT includes the Motor Vehicle Dealer Cars workpaper and several new reports. This version calculates your car’s fringe benefits taxable values using the special motor vehicle dealer pooling method as set out in Taxation Ruling MT 2023.
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Having recently attended Microsoft Ignite 2015, I came away thinking about how to improve easyFBT going forward - hey no one wants to use dull and hard-to-use software that doesn't fit with your workflow or business practices.
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