November 2023 Release
The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.4):
Workpaper editing
Enhanced the editing process to better track exiting edit mode when leaving the active cell.
Application startup
Updated the plug-in loading process during startup to capture additional exception queries.
June 2023 Release
The following changes and enhancements have been made in the June release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.3):
Workpapers
Fixed an issue in the Car (Vehicles) worksheet where under certain conditions changing a vehicle from Leased (any option) to Owned caused a system error.
General changes
The following additional changes and enhancements have been made:
Updated the Export Entity and Auto Backup routines to avoid any file writes if nothing is required to be exported
Updated the Auto Backup routine (for the Backup entities only when changes have been made option) to be flagged after using the In-House Benefit Allocation and SBR Interaction wizards
Added a log file to track the Auto Backup process
April 2023 Release
The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.02):
Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2023 and SBR Interactions
The ATO Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2023 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 2023 are processed through the latest SBR2 gateway where you are required to Validate (formally Pre-lodge) or Submit (formally Lodge) your returns.
General changes
The following additional changes and enhancements have been made:
Updated the Workpaper Column help with some additional information
Updated all components and packages used by easyFBT to the latest available versions
Fixed a very specific issue with licence key determination where the entered key was not saved in the Start-up Wizard.
September 2022 Release
The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.1):
Workpapers
Electric Cars Legislation (Car Workpaper)
We have updated the Car Workpaper to cater for the proposed introduction of the Electric Cars legislation which will cut the tariffs and remove fringe benefits tax (FBT) from 1 July 2022. At the time of this release (September 2022), the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022 is still progressing through parliament. Any subsequent amendments made prior to being passed into law will be made available in a future update to easyFBT 2023.
Please refer to the Workpaper Column Help for further information on these new fields.
Email Services
Removed Google G-mail from the list of available services as the ability to send e-mail via a 3rd party service has been de-activated.
Further information is available here.
General changes
As with each FBT year, rates and other values are required to be updated. The following changes have been made for the 2023 FBT year:
Updated the Car Parking public holidays table with the 2022/23 State/Territory gazetted public holidays;
Updated CPI Indexation factors for Housing;
Updated the Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA) country codes and rates
Update Declarations for 2023 FBT year
