Archives: Recent Updates

Our new Tax Money calculator is designed to help your small business clients keep a real-time estimate of future BAS, income tax and payroll related payments. Identifying these amounts at their taxing point will help clients avoid spending funds that aren’t truly available. And, they could be “parked” in a separate high-interest savings account, or…

This calculator has been updated with the latest ATO benchmarks from 2023 returns published in 2025. Calculations/2024/Benchmarks

Whether you need to prepare an FBT return, or simply calculate the value of benefits for an employee contribution, our FBT files have you covered. The full set of working papers can be used for all employer and benefit types. These are the files for 2025 which are now available for download – Excel Files(a)…

Our tax planning calculator for 2025 is now available for download. And you can view a video demonstration on YouTube here. Use this workbook to help with tax planning opportunities for your clients. The important features of this calculator include – Calculations/2025/Tax Planning

Updated – User Request New columns have been added to this calculation to enable identification of franking credits that are not claimable under the holding period rule. You have the option of showing or hiding these new columns. Also enter franking credits received through partnerships and trusts to compare the client’s total franking credits with…

The ATO is watching your professional clients to see if they comply with the guidelines in PCG 2021/4 when allocating profits to individual practitioners. These guidelines apply to professional firms which include, but are not limited to, accounting, architecture, engineering, financial services, law, medicine and management consulting. Direct quotes from the guidelines include – This new…

There is a new menu item in our Calculations module with specific help on the following procedures which will help you get the most out of using our Excel files – Calculations/About Using Excel

There are 2 new items with ATO information in the Library module providing quick answers to common questions about rental property deductions. Capital Allowances vs Capital Works 2024Browse through the long list of assets in Table 3 of the ATO’s 2024 rental property guide to determine if you should claim depreciation or a capital works…

These lodgement dashboards are now available for download. Using our dashboards will allow you to import a lodgement report from the ATO and matching data from your practice management system to produce an interactive dashboard capable of viewing data with multiple filters. You have a choice of up to 3 user-defined reporting levels.  Click here to…

User request Use this cashflow forecast to project weekly receipts and payments over a 12 month period. Along with our monthly version, their features include – Calculations/Budgets & Projections/Cashflow Forecast