AE/AO Tax 2020.0a 52701915 hotfix (Australia)
Release date—30 July 2020
Release notes
This is the second hotfix for AE/AO Tax 2020.0. This hotfix includes resolved issues from the first hotfix (AE/AO Tax 2020.0 52700068 hotfix) and resolves the following tax 2020 issues.
PLS rejections
If the status of the tax returns with this error is still Rejected, relodge the return after the date the issue has been fixed.
Error | The error occurs | Fixed on |
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CMN.ATO.IITR.730363 | on 2020 individual tax returns with business income. | 29 July 2020 |
CMN.ATO.IITR.730362 | on 2020 individual tax returns with business income. | 29 July 2020 |
CMN.ATO.GEN.XML03 "DividendsCollection.MiscellaneousInvestorReferenceNumberId | if the dividends worksheet (div) is pre-filled from the ATO. The ATO is not accepting a value with the masking * character that they provided in pre-fill. | 27 July 2020 |
Http status code: 400-BadRequest. Message: Payload issue. Contact Support | on 2020 Client Update (CU) form. | 20 July 2020 |
CMN.ATO.GEN.XBRL01 | on 2020 company tax returns with R&D schedule. | 20 July 2020 |
CMN.ATO.GEN.XBRL01 | on 2020 individual tax returns. | 06 July 2020 |
These errors are now implemented in the software so you can fix them before lodging and prevent ATO rejections.
INCDTLS worksheet | Validations | What's changed |
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Australian Annuity Payment Summary (aap) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Business income statement and payment summaries (bip) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Consolidated trust distribution (ctd) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Distributions from partnerships (dip) |
| After installing the hotfix, you'll now see an F3 validation error in the software. |
Distributions from Managed Fund (dim) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Distributions from Trusts (dit) |
| After installing the hotfix, relodge the return. |
| After installing the hotfix, relodge the return. | |
| After installing the hotfix, you'll now see an F3 validation error in the software. Refresh the worksheet at T10. | |
| Validation tests implemented. | |
Employee share scheme (ess) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Foreign pensions/annuity worksheet (fpa) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Foreign income worksheet (for) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Interest income (int) |
| After installing the hotfix, you'll now see an F3 validation error in the software. |
Multi rental property (RNTLPRPTY) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Other income worksheet (oix) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Salary and wages (egc) |
| Validation tests implemented. |
Summary | What's changed |
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When pre-filling from the ATO to the Dividends worksheet, the company or Trust name field is pre-filling Account name instead of Organisation name from the pre-fill report. | When you do a ATO prefill after installing the hotfix, the account name will pre-fill correctly. To fix the errors after installing the hotfix For returns created prior to installing the hotfix, redo the ATO pre-fill and relodge the tax return. |
Error code and summary | What's changed |
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DDCTNS.000215 - Other work related expenses amount must be provided. | For any returns created after installing the hotfix, the mve descritpion will not incorrectly show at D5. To fix the errors after installing the hotfix For returns created prior to installing hotfix, refresh the D5 worksheet to remove the incorrect mve description. |
Error | What's changed |
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CMN.ATO.RS.000143 This error occurs if when Number of weeks property was available for rent this year field is incorrectly populating a value of 100. This value cannot be more than 52. | For any returns created after installing the hotfix, you'll see the F3 validation if the number of weeks is greater than 52. If you have multiple rental schedules, check the number of weeks in every schedule. To fix the errors after installing the hotfix For returns created prior to installing the hotfix, make sure the value at the Number of weeks property was available for rent is not more than 52. |
Estimate issues
Issue | Summary |
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Small Business pool depreciation rate was incorrect. | We've fixed the depreciation rate to be 15% rather than 50%. After installing the hotfix, generate the estimate again. |
Study and loan repayment. | In Adj/Credits tab, if you've completed any of the labels under Study and loan repayment, you may experience the following issues:
After installing the hotfix, generate the estimate again. |
Motor vehicle DCL limit. | In the depreciation worksheet, Depreciation Calculation Limit (DCL) incorrect when selecting Motor vehicle. DCL value shows 59136 instead of 57581. |
Lumpsum in arrears not reducing the Medicare levy surcharge. | When there's a Lump sum in arrears amount at salary and wages, foreign income, foreign pensions or foreign employment income worksheet, it was reducing income for Medicare levy surcharge (MLS) by any tax element of the lump sum. After installing the hotfix, generate the estimate again. |
Other fixes
- Foreign currency exchange rates updated for 2020 financial year.
- Non-individual tax returns: Dividend worksheet printing the correct company name.
Install guide
Read through this installation guide before you begin installing this update. It will help you plan the tasks required.
- You must have MYOB AE/AO version 5.4.35.161 installed.
To check your current version, click Help on the main menu and select About. - Ensure you have administrator access to the server where MYOB AE/AO is installed.
- Ensure all users are logged out of all MYOB programs.
If you use series 8
You may see the error "This install is not required on your environment" when installing the hotfix.

This error occurs if you haven't run a workstation install after installing the Tax 2020.0 release (not this hotfix).
To fix the issue:
- Run a workstation install. See Running a Contacts or Client Compliance workstation setup
- Continue with the hotfix installation steps below.
If you don't use Series 8, you don't need to do a workstation install in addition to the following installation steps.
- Go to my.MYOB and download the MYOB Tax Hotfix 52701915 - Installer file to your server location where you installed MYOB AE/AO.
- Double-click the executable to start the installation.
- In the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard window, click Next.
- Select I accept the terms in the licence agreement.
- Click Next to install the utility.
- On the InstallShield Wizard Completed window, click Finish.
Open a 2020 tax return.
Select Help and choose About.
- Check that the version number is 2020.0a.