MYOB AE/AO release notes—2018.1b Beta 2 (Australia)

If you get an error...

After upgrading to 2018.1a, you may get the error "Your nomination with the online (cloud) software provider does not contain the correct software ID)" when lodging returns or activity statements, or when requesting reports. This is because of some changes that increase security and enhance the experience between desktop and online.

If you get this error, as a quick once-off fix, add your software ID to the ATO Access Manager. For details, seeSBR.GEN.AUTH.008 after upgrading to Tax version 2018.1a or later.

The CPI indexation factor for the June quarter 2018 has been published as 113.0, an increase of 0.4 from the March 2018 quarter. This indexation factor is used solely for FBT purposes concerning remote area benefits (under ss 60 and 60AA of the FBTAA).

You've got access to two new reports from the ATO’s Practitioner Lodgment Service (PLS)—the EFT Reconciliation Statement (EFTRS) and the Income Tax Client Report (ITCRPT).

EFT Reconciliation Statement (EFTRS)

• Provides details of EFT refunds expected to be deposited into a registered agent’s trust account.
• Similar data to the ELS EFT Reconciliation Statement.
• It's an automated scheduled report.
• A report will only be available on a business day where a deposit is expected to be credited to the trust account.
• The ATO recommends agents reconcile their account with the EFTRS before issuing payments to clients.
• Scheduling the EFTRS does the following:
  • Adds tax agent trust financial institution account details for the EFT Reconciliation report using the Manage Agent Trust (MAT) service.
  • Subscribes to the EFT Reconciliation report using the manage report subscription service (MRPTS).
  • Retrieves ATO-generated EFT reconciliation reports using the get report service (GRPT).

When you've subscribed to the PLS EFT Reconciliation Statement, the ATO blocks access to retrieving the ELS EFT Reconciliation Statement.

To schedule the EFTRS

Before scheduling the report, check that the bank details are correct in either Maintenance > Agents > Agent Properties > Banking tab, or Utilities > Control Record > Banking tab.

1. From AE/AO, click the Tax button menu and select Agent Reports.
2. From the Agent drop-down, select an agent.
3. In the Report column of the table, select EFT Reconciliation Statement.
4. On the Tasks bar, click Request/Schedule Report.
5. Click Request Report.
6. On the Schedule Agent Report window, select a time from the Schedule time drop-down and click OK.
   When you've received the report, you can view it from the List PLS reports window.

Income Tax Client Report (ITCRPT)

• Lists the clients that you'll be completing tax returns for.
• Similar data to the ELS Due lodgment and Client list reports. The Client list report had similar print, update and sort options, but the tax level value isn't provided in the new ITCRPT.
• Available for 90 days after it's created. 
• It's an ad-hoc on-demand report. It's not a scheduled report.

For more information, see Agent Reports homepage.

• If you've scheduled the ASLR but it fails to get retrieved from the ATO, the ASLR will automatically retry over the next 5 days. This is useful if the ASLR fails as a result of being scheduled to run during extended ATO maintenance.

  

  You can't reschedule the ASLR during the time that it's retrying to generate.

• If you schedule the ASLR to be retrieved from the ATO on the same day that you already successfully retrieved the ASLR, the ASLR retrieval will be scheduled for the next day instead.

  

  You can only retrieve the ASLR from the ATO once per day. If you schedule the report to run a second time in one day, the ATO will reject your request with the error CMN.ATO.ODRPT.EM1001 — Only one 'Whole of Agency' report can be requested per day.

• You've got a new Not Required option on the Activity Statement Obligation homepage.

• By default, all obligations are set to Required, but you can change the obligation to Not Required for easier table sorting. This can be useful for finding activity statements with the error code CMN.ATO.AS.EM141 on pre-lodge with one of these errors:
  • GST has been removed from this activity statement because you are no longer required to report it to the Tax Office
  • Income tax Withholding (ITW) has been removed from this activity statement because you are no longer required to report it to the Tax Office
  • Income tax instalments (ITI) has been removed from this activity statement because you are no longer required to report it to the Tax Office.
  To sort the Activity Statement Obligations table by Not Required

  1. Ensure the Required column has been added from the Field Chooser to the Activity Statement Obligations table.
  2. In the entry for the obligation that you want to set as Not Required, click the cell in the Required column.
  3. From the drop-down, select Not Required. The menu option changes to Required.  
  4. Click the Required column to sort the table.

  For more information, see Agent Reports homepage.

• The defined benefit income cap, which applies to superannuation capped defined benefits income streams, has been changed to apply to multiple payment summaries as received by the taxpayer, cumulatively.
• The T2 offset for an Australian Superannuation Income Stream calculation has been corrected, so the offset will no longer be overestimated.
• On the Australian annuities and superannuation income streams (asi) worksheet, the Transfer benefits cap field name has changed to Defined benefit income cap. This is a name change and doesn't affect the calculation.
• You'll no longer get the DZZTC950 error about incompatible access mode, which occurred in some trust returns when printing or opening schedules.
• You'll no longer get the following PLS rejections:
  • Code: CMN.ATO.FITR.434345
    Summary: Subtotal 2 amount must equal zero.
    Details: If Non-refundable non-carry forward tax offset amount is greater than or equal to Gross Tax, then Subtotal 2 amount must equal zero.      
  • Code: CMN.ATO.FITR.434338
    Summary: Subtotal 3 amount must equal zero.
    Details: If Non-refundable carry forward tax offset amount is greater than or equal to Subtotal 2 amount, then Subtotal 3 amount must be zero.
  • Code: CMN.ATO.IITR.600104
    Message: All Australian Superannuation Lump Sum Payment details must be provided.
    Details: Where at least one Australian Superannuation Lump Sum Payments (SLSP) field has been provided, all SLSP details must be provided. The error occurred where multiple payments summaries are received and the default value for Is this payment a death benefit was not automatically saving.

  • Code: CMN.ATO.AS.EM.170
    Summary: 8A or 8B is not valid for the summary of this activity statement. The value reported will be removed from the summary. This error occurred for revisions only of activity statement for form types D and F