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We are excited to announce our alliance with one of Australia’s newest and most innovative Accounting firms, Nuwaru (www.nuwaru.com). “Technology” is so much more than just the technology and Nuwaru now complements and enhances the service offerings available to you through your association with easyFBT.


Nuwaru provides the full array of Technology, Tax Advisory, Tax Compliance as well as White Labelling services to support your FBT related employment tax requirements, including:

  • Managed services – set up easyFBT for the new FBT year including, roll forward, update entity structure, import data, train and update staff on recent changes;

  • Preparation &/or review – actual preparation and review of your FBT returns encompassing both technology and tax technical;

  • Training – both easyFBT technology and tax technical training;

  • Data services – if you are spending an inordinate amount of time compiling data files for import into easyFBT, Nuwaru can assist in automating or otherwise expediting the process;

  • Process reviews – a full review of your FBT process with recommendations for improvement;

  • Technical review and Tax advisory – traditional tax advisory and tax compliance services Governance review - with the recently published ATO Net Tax Gap figure of 21.2%, FBT is bound to be an area of focus in the months ahead. This review is undertaken within the framework recommended by the ATO and may be expanded to include the overall tax Governance Framework for your organisation. This is of direct relevance to the Justified Trust program;

  • Resourcing - White label services and secondments for accounting firms and companies that need to bolster their FBT team during peak periods or staff shortages, Nuwaru can provide resourcing and expertise as required.

Nuwaru’s Advisory team are typically made up of former Big 4 Partners or Heads of Tax from some of Australia’s most well-known organisations at rates materially less than half those of the Big 4.


Please contact Nuwaru for further assistance.

November 2023 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2021 (2021.1.0.3):


SBR Interactions

Added the ability to submit (lodge) an amended FBT return without first having to have an existing successfully submitted (lodged) FBT return in easyFBT. To enable this over-ride feature, open the Preliminary: FBT Return tab in your entity and change the Status option to either Lodged, Amending or Re-lodged. Once the status is changed you can create a new Submit (Lodge) interaction in the Electronic Lodgement (SBR) Interaction Manager which will then show the Amendment of submitted (lodged) return screen asking for a Reason for amendment, a revision sequence number (1-9) and the Type of amendment (“Agency Error” or “Lodger Error”).


April 2021 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2021 (2021.1.0.2):


Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2021 and SBR Interactions

The ATO Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2021 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 Electronic Lodgement (SBR) Interaction Manager to lodge electronically.


SBR interactions in easyFBT 2021 are processed through the latest SBR2 gateway where you are required to Validate (formally Pre-lodge) or Submit (formally Lodge) your returns.


SBR Machine Credential Requirement

If you intend to lodge your FBT Return form electronically then you will need a Machine to Machine (M2M) credential as the previously used AUSkeys have been retired by the ATO as at the end of March 2020. To create a machine credential in the ATO’s Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM), you must be either a principal authority or a machine credential administrator (MCA) of the business. Note: you will need to create one for each entity that is required to be electronically lodged.


Guide: how to install a machine credential

ATO Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM)


September 2020 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2021 (2021.1.0.1):


Importing

Added refresh of Middle Name field to the Update Import process when refreshing employees.


Form Validation Log

Added refresh of the form validation log if the document is already open.


General changes

As with each FBT year, rates and other values are required to be updated. The following changes have been made for the 2021 FBT year:

  • Updated the Car Parking public holidays table with the 2020/21 State/Territory gazetted public holidays;

  • Updated the Statutory Benchmark Interest Rate (4.80%);

  • Updated CPI Indexation factors for Housing;

  • Updated the Cents per Km rates for Residual Non-Cars: 0 to 2500cc (56c), Over 2500cc (67c), Motorcycles (17c); and

  • Updated the Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA) country codes and rates


We are pleased to advise that easyFBT 2021 Fringe Benefits Tax Solution is now available for purchase and download. This first release for 2021 contains the general rate changes for this year as well as some enhancements across the product.


Check out the change log for more information.


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Do you know anyone else who may be interested in using easyFBT to complete their FBT obligations? Refer them to us and if they purchase easyFBT we'll provide you with a 10% discount off your next purchase! Contact our sales team for more information.


We love feedback!

At One Plus One Solutions Pty Limited we are 100% committed to creating solutions that improve the way you do business so we love to get your feedback and suggestions! Over the years easyFBT has been continually improved by including many changes driven by our users. We want you to enjoy using the program too!


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