Daily Archives: November 15, 2017

Enhancements
This release incorporates the following major enhancements:

Forms MS, ET and EF:
These returns are now SBR only.

Client database:
“View lodged returns list” has been added to the main menu.

Bugfixes
This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently:

Form EI:
The HECS Repayment Income amount calculation has been fixed for negative taxable incomes in the Tax Estimate.
The “Study and Training Support Debt” section has been added to the tax estimate audit trail.

This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently:

Form EP:
Edit VR.ATO.PTR.430051 has been fixed.

General Ledger:
Extra debugging code added to Read Trial Balance Prev YTD report.

Enhancements
This release incorporates a number of enhancements:

Main Control Module:
The Windows Short Date format is now checked at startup. This was added when we became aware that at least one client did not have the correct settings in Windows, which was causing mysterious errors in Microtax.

Microtax Manual:
The “SBR tagged facsimile” menu item has been added to the “ATO forms” menu.

Bugfixes
This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently:

Form EP:
Edit VR.ATO.GEN.1914 has been fixed.

Form MS:
The calculation statement was not correct under some circumstances.· In the print facsimile, schedule BW questions 8F & 8G have been reworded for super funds.

Form EC:
The calculation statement was not generating correctly in the SBR file under some circumstances.

Client Database:
Get Dates Lodged was giving an error if the lodgment logfile wasn’t found..

Enhancements
This release incorporates the following major enhancements:

Main Control Module:
“Transfer SBR files” and “PLS communications” buttons are now displayed.

Microtax manual:
The “SBR tagged facsimile” menu item has been added.

Form EP:
The Partnership Tax Return is now SBR only.

Bugfixes
This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently:

Form EI:
The Work Related Expenses schedule was sometimes not being accepted by the ATO.
V35 edit for ^KJZ added.

This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently:

Form EI:
Unearned Income of a Minor tax scales have been updated.
Work Related Expenses screens & printout cleaned up a little.

Several modules:
Labels 8F and 8G have been added to the Capital Gains schedule.

This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently:

Form EI:
ETP tax rates have been corrected.
The tax estimate “Total other rebates and credits” amount was not including Lump Sum A rebate.

Several modules:
Some screens were not being displayed properly on computers that were set to large fonts.

This release incorporates a fix for a problem that was reported by several users over the last few days:

A number of modules were reporting the error “Unable to locate file \MTPARAM.DAT”. This update should correct that issue.

This release incorporates an SBR-related bug fix that was identified by a user last week.

1. Maintain System Parameters
The field holding the AUSkey Path was sometimes too short.

Bug Fixes
This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that have been reported by users recently.

1. Form EI
Invalid suburb name edit V210B was sometimes incorrectly reported.

2. Maintain System Parameters
The AUSkey password was sometimes not saved correctly.

3. Client database
All reports cleaned up and a number of formatting bugs fixed.

4. Depreciation schedule
Assets purchased more than a year ago were sometimes being depreciated at an incorrect rate.

Enhancements
This release also incorporates a number of small enhancements.

1. Form EI
As requested by a user: “Would it be possible to have the Medicare levy surcharge amount as a separate amount under the normal levy on the estimate page. This would give my clients a clear indication of the extra tax they are paying when they choose not to have PHI.”

2. Most modules
The Enter Client Code screen has been updated to make your data entry options more obvious.

This release incorporates a fix for a bug that was reported in the last few days.

1. Form EI
The Personal Health Insurance Rebate calculation has been corrected.

Bug fixes
This release incorporates a number of fixes for bugs that were inadvertently introduced in the last update.

1. Client Long Codes
The automatically generated client Long Codes sometimes left space characters in the code.

2. Some screens not displaying properly
Some screens (such as “Transfer ELS files”) were not displaying properly.

3. Form EI
Erroneous PAYG entry #21 was sometimes rolled over from 2016, causing problems.

Enhancements
This release also incorporates a number of small enhancements.

1. Facsimile print options
Facsimile print options for all tax returns are now saved individually for each client.

2. Data restore options
Data restore options are now also saved, thus making backups/restores easier since you most likely would use the same options every time you did a restore. This is particularly useful for clients who use Dropbox to transfer data between computers.

This release incorporates a number of usability enhancements.

1. Tax Estimate automatically prints after Tax Return Facsimile.
As requested by a user: “Why not include the Tax Estimate as part of Tax Return print when printing a complete tax return for a client. This is easy when emailing tax return to a client rather than doing two emails to them.”

2. Enter Key page accept.
One Microtax feature that long-time users particularly love is the ability to accept the data on just about any page by simply pressing the Enter key (instead of clicking the OK button).

However, we have become aware that some new Microtax users have difficulty with this, not being fully aware what is happening or why.

Therefore we have added the ability to turn this feature off. You can, of course, turn it back on anytime you wish.

Follow this procedure:

• On the Main Control Module top menu, select “Utilities” and then “Maintain system parameters”. This starts the Maintain System Parameters Module.
• On the Maintain System Parameters Module top menu, select “Global” and then “General parameters”.
• Change “Disable Enter Key page accept” to Yes.

3. Enter Unlock Code.
The Enter Unlock Code screen has been made more intuitive.

4. Client Alpha Code and Long Codes
The formats of the automatically generated client Alpha Codes and Long Codes have been updated.

This release fixes a number of small bugs reported by clients this week:

Form EI:

• Rolling in last year’s rental schedule was not working correctly.

Depreciation schedule:

• Rolling in last year’s rental schedule was not working correctly.