June 2024 Australia
Summary Tax Time 2024
Release Schedule
- Classic Corporate and Forms V1.1: 14 June
- NextGen Corporate and Forms: 19 June
- Property Trust: 28 June
- Managed Funds: 1 August
- *Whitelisting – Efiling system open for lodgment: 20 June
Summary
Removal of Temporary Full Expensing provisions
This change relates to the expiry of the temporary full expensing (TFE) provisions
Forms impacted:
- Company tax return
- Partnership tax return
- Trust tax return
- Attribution managed investment trust (AMIT)
- Corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV)
Workpapers impacted:
- Fixed assets – forms disclosures (Corporate)
Removal of Offshore banking units concessional tax treatment
This change relates to the expiry of the concessional tax treatment for OBU’s
Forms impacted:
- Company tax return
- International dealings schedule
Workpapers impacted:
- Statement of taxable income (Corporate)
- Statement of taxable income audit trail (Corporate)
- Sundry STI Adjustments (Corporate)
- Current tax (Corporate)
- Income tax note (Corporate)
- Current tax – under/over (Corporate)
Small Business Energy Incentive
Businesses with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $50 million can claim a bonus deduction equal to 20 per cent of the cost of eligible assets or improvements to existing assets that support electrification or more efficient energy use.
Forms impacted:
- Company tax return
- Partnership tax return
- Trust tax return
- Attribution managed investment trust (AMIT)
- Corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV)
note
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023 currently under consideration in Parliament and has not been enacted into law yet.
New tax return labels for the Small Business Energy Incentive have been introduced. However, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has implemented validation rules that temporarily restrict the use of these labels. These restrictions will be removed once the Small Business Energy Incentive is officially activated.
Removal of loss carry back concessions
The Loss carry back concessions cease to apply after the 2022-23 income year. From the 2023-24 income year, loss carry back will be removed.
Forms impacted:
- Company tax return
- Losses schedule - the amount included in H Tax losses deducted in Part F of that schedule does not include loss carry back amounts.
- Consolidated group losses schedule - the amount included in I Tax losses deducted in Part F of that schedule does not include loss carry back amounts.
- Change in choice form (removed).
Workpapers impacted:
- Loss carry back supporting calculations (Corporate)
- Loss carry back audit trail (Corporate)
- Revenue losses (Corporate)
- Revenue losses – insert in head for losses automation (Corporate)
- Group losses – revenue (Corporate)
- Tax rebates, credits and offsets (Corporate)
Multinational Tax Integration Package – amending Australia’s interest (thin capitalisation) rules
Changes to Section D of the 2024 International Dealings Schedule (IDS),
New questions and new labels added to the existing thin cap reporting and insert reporting on the:
- fixed ratio test
- group ratio test
- third party debt test and debt deduction creation rules.
Forms impacted:
- International dealings schedule
Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems
Introduction to improve the quality, accuracy and integrity of annual income tax return information reported by trustees and beneficiaries.
The Changes will include:
Additional labels in the Trust statement of distribution
- F1 Gross capital gains
- F2 Capital losses applied
- F3 CGT discount applied
- F4 Small business discounts applied (recorded at this label will be small business 50% active asset reduction; small business rollover exemption; and small business retirement exemption).
Introduction of a New Form:
Trust income schedule (Target-based import capabilities)
The Trust income schedule must be included with returns where a distribution has been received from a trust:
- Company tax return
- Partnership tax return
- Trust tax return
- Fund tax return
A limit of 150 records is set for the number of entries that can be reported. In cases where the number exceeds 150, the additional entries must be consolidated.
After Upgrade
Workpaper | Description |
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| New statement structure An upgrade to our Rental Schedule statement to better accommodate the increasing volume of entries. note
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International dealings schedule | Due to significant changes in Section D: Thin capitalisation, while we have upgraded details we highly recommend a full review of this section. |
Reference List Updates
Workpaper | Description |
|---|---|
Company tax return | Removed the following country codes:
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International dealings schedule | Additional country code added to Section F: IS (Iceland) |
2024 ATO FORMS CHANGES
AMIT Schedule
No changes.
AMIT Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q5 |
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New | Q5 |
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Removed | Q8 |
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Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Declaration |
CCIV Sub-Fund Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q5 |
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New | Q5 |
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Removed | Q8 |
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Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Declaration |
Company Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q7 | P Offshore banking unit adjustment |
Removed | Q7 | L Small business technology investment boost |
New | Q7 | Small business energy incentive |
Removed | Q9 |
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Removed | Q13 |
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New | Q24 |
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Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Public officer’s declaration |
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Schedule
Updates to wording in Taxpayer’s declaration.
Consolidated Group Losses Schedule
Updates to Declarations
Dividend and Interest Schedule
Updates to Declarations.
Family Trust Election Revocation or Variation
No changes
Franking Account Tax Return
Updates to the wording in Declaration.
Fund Income Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q8 | E-Eligible rollover fund |
Modified | N/A | Updates to wording |
International Dealings Schedule
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Modified | Q30 |
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New | Q32 |
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New | Q35 |
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New | Q35a | 35a If you were a general class investor and you entered code 1 at question 32, provide you tax EBITDA information. |
New | Q35b | Q35b A If you were a general class investor code 1 at question 32, did you rely on the group ratio test? |
New | Q35c | 35c A If you entered code 1,2, or 3 at question 32, did you rely on the third party debt test? |
New | Q35d | A Were you or a member of your tax consolidated group, a special purpose vehicle subject to section 820-39 of the ITAA 1997? |
Modified | Q36 | Were you an Authorised deposit taking institution (ADI) for the income year? |
Modified | Q37 | Were you a non-ADI and non-financial entity for the income year? |
New | Q37a | A Were you an investing financial entity (non-ADI) for the income year? |
New | Q38a | A If you were an ADO, did you rely on the arm’s length capital test? |
New | Q39a | A Did you restructure or replace an arrangement during the income year which would have satisfied the conditions in subsection 820-423A(2) or (5), if the arrangement was still in place or on after 1 July 2024? |
Removed | Q41 A - N | A – Where you an offshore banking unit (OBU) or the head company of a consolidated group that included on OBU? |
Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Taxpayer’s declaration |
Interposed Entity Election or Revocation
No change.
Life Insurance Companies Taxation Schedule
Updates to Declarations
Losses Schedule
Updates to Declarations
Non-Individual PAYG Payment Summary Schedule
No change.
Partnership Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q49 |
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Removed | Q52 |
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New | Q52 |
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Rental Schedule
No change.
Reportable Tax Position Schedule
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Category C | Questions - 2, 7, 16, 18, 27, 30, 32 and 37 |
New | Category C |
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Research and Development Tax Incentive Schedule
Updates to wording in Taxpayer’s Declaration.
Trust Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q50 |
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Removed | Q52 |
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New | Q52 |
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New | Q58 |
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Modified | Q58 |
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Classic Forms
Updates
Workpaper | Description |
|---|---|
R70 - Research and development - p4 - Pt E | Update to Label A1 Tier 1 (intensity: 0 to 2% R&D premium: 8.5%) to cap disclosure at $150,000,000. |
R92 – IDS – p10 – Q18-19 | Warning added when Q18 Label L character limit is exceeded. |
RC – AMIT tax return | The ATO has removed the validation requiring the entry of “Previous name of trust”. |
RC – AMIT tax return | Removed truncate setting on amount labels. |
RC – AMIT tax return | Daytime contact number has been hidden when non-individual. |
RS - Rental schedule |
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RU – Trust income schedule |
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TTR1 – Beneficiary details | Q57 rounding in Labels updated to remove validation triggering when it shouldn’t “Q8 Label E, Q11 Label I and Q12 Label N must equal total of Q57” . |
NextGen Forms
Updates
Workpaper | Description |
|---|---|
RA – Company tax return | Update to validation under Question 9 regarding depreciating assets as triggering incorrectly. |
RA – Company tax return | Question 29, Thin capitalization question updated as was previously locked if IDS wasn’t inserted. |
RB – Trust tax return | Print setting changed to portrait. |
RC – AMIT tax return | The ATO has removed the validation requiring the entry of “Previous name of trust”. |
RC – AMIT tax return | Removed truncate setting on amount labels. |
RC – AMIT tax return | Daytime contact number has been hidden when non-individual. |
RG – International dealings schedule | Question 21 update to label B and C formula to reference Q21A. |
RG – International dealings schedule | Warning added when Q18 Label L character limit is exceeded. |
RM - Dividend and Interest schedule | Update to validation as previously was triggering if spaces present in address lines. |
RN Research and development tax incentive schedule | Update to Label A1 Tier 1 (intensity: 0 to 2% R&D premium: 8.5%) to cap disclosure at $150,000,000. |
RQ – Interposed entity election or revocation RR – Family trust election, revocation or variation | E-filing capabilities have been enabled. |
RT1 – RT3 | NMU – TOFA 3 & 4 election workpapers added |
RU – Trust income schedule |
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Classic Corporate
Updates
Workpaper | Description |
|---|---|
Various | We have removed auto sort from various workpapers to improve performance. If sorting is required please apply via Tools. |
| Updates to print settings as previously workpaper was hiding data in print when “Show data entry cells” was selected. |
F3 – Balance sheet audit trail | ATO Forms disclosure for Total Debt has been updated to include Lease Liabilities-Right of use assets. |
F7 – Capital gains tax schedule | Updates to display rules when in review mode to display as expected. |
| Update to Label A1 Tier 1 (intensity: 0 to 2% R&D premium: 8.5%) to cap disclosure at $150,000,000. |
R92 – IDS – p10 – Q18-19 | Warning added when Q18 Label L character limit is exceeded. |
RU – Trust income schedule |
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| Subtotals for add and less in temporary adjustment sections have been updated, as previously fixed assets subtotals included R&D. |
T1 – Current Tax (Company Tax Return only) | “R&D - tax fixed asset adjustments" is removed from the Non-temporary adjustment Add section. |
| Formula updated for Custom Line Item in current assets as was previously incorrect when carrying value is selected from workpaper. |
| Updated formula in Deferred tax liability – adjusted opening balance. |
| Current period movement adjustments for current tax expense/(benefit) formula updated as previously bringing in negative amount. |
| Updates to include re-allocation of amounts already posted in comparative amount and consolidated entity columns. |
NextGen Corporate
Updates
Workpaper | Description |
|---|---|
| Form C labels have been updated for various permanent and temporary adjustments. |
A4 – Revenue losses – supporting calculations | Total available franking offsets updated to round to 2 decimal places. |
| Only PAYG amounts paid in the current period flow to the franking account. |
A24 – PAYG instalments | PAYG has updated now link to A26 – Franking and Exempting Account. There is also a provision now to exclude amounts paid in the subsequent period. The amounts paid in subsequent period will also link directly to T6-Current tax liability in TEA. |
| Updated formula in Total member entity instalments to include all columns required. |
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| Formula updated as previously was not flowing to summary workpaper. |
| Formula updated for column headers to display in review mode. |
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F3 – Balance Sheet Audit Trail | ATO Forms disclosure for Total Debt has been updated to include Lease Liabilities-Right of use assets. |
F6 Financial disclosures | “Payments to associated persons” disclosure added. |
| Opening stock and closing stock updated to link from B1 Trading stock summary. |
| Workpaper updated to include salary and wages disclosures from the income statement. |
RA – Company tax return | Update to validation under Question 9 regarding depreciating assets as triggering incorrectly. |
RA – Company tax return | Question 29, Thin capitalisation question updated as was previously locked if IDS wasn’t inserted. |
RG – International dealings schedule | Question 21 update to label B and C formula to reference Q21A. |
RG – International dealings schedule | Warning added when Q18 Label L character limit is exceeded. |
RM - Dividend and Interest schedule | Update to validation as previously was triggering if spaces present in address lines. |
| Update to Label A1 Tier 1 (intensity: 0 to 2% R&D premium: 8.5%) to cap disclosure at $150,000,000. |
RT1 – RT3 | NMU – TOFA 3 & 4 election workpapers added. |
RU – Trust income schedule |
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| “R&D - tax fixed asset adjustments" is removed from the Non-temporary adjustment Add section. |
| Updated formula in Deferred tax liability – adjusted opening balance. |
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| Current period movement adjustments for current tax expense/(benefit) formula updated as previously bringing in negative amount. |
| Updates to include re-allocation of amounts already posted in comparative amount and consolidated entity columns. |
ONESOURCE CONTENT — Property Trust — Release Notes
Summary
New import functionality for the ATO rental schedule
The Rental Schedule statement upgraded to enable import functionality to better accommodate the increasing volume of entries.
Removal of Temporary Full Expensing provisions
This change relates to the expiry of the temporary full expensing (TFE) provisions
Forms impacted:
- Trust tax return
- Attribution managed investment trust (AMIT)
- Corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV)
Small Business Energy Incentive
Businesses with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $50 million can claim a bonus deduction equal to 20 per cent of the cost of eligible assets or improvements to existing assets that support electrification or more efficient energy use.
Forms impacted:
- Trust tax return
- Attribution managed investment trust (AMIT)
- Corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV)
The Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023 currently under consideration in Parliament and has not been enacted into law yet.
New tax return labels for the Small Business Energy Incentive have been introduced. However, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has implemented validation rules that temporarily restrict the use of these labels. These restrictions will be removed once the Small Business Energy Incentive is officially activated.
Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems
Introduction to improve the quality, accuracy and integrity of annual income tax return information reported by trustees and beneficiaries.
The Changes will include:
- Additional labels in the Trust statement of distribution
- F1 Gross capital gains
- F2 Capital losses applied
- F3 CGT discount applied
- F4 Small business discounts applied (recorded at this label will be small business 50% active asset reduction; small business rollover exemption; and small business retirement exemption)
- Introduction of a New Form:
- Trust income schedule (Target-based import capabilities)
The Trust income schedule must be included with returns where a distribution has been received from a trust.
A limit of 150 records is set for the number of entries that can be reported. In cases where the number exceeds 150, the additional entries must be consolidated
Updates
Workpaper | Description |
|---|---|
R92 – IDS – p10 – Q18-19 | Warning added when Q18 Label L character limit is exceeded. |
RC – AMIT tax return | The ATO has removed the validation requiring the entry of “Previous name of trust” |
RC – AMIT tax return | Removed truncate setting on amount labels |
RC – AMIT tax return | Daytime contact number has been hidden when non-individual. |
RS - Rental schedule | An upgrade to our Rental Schedule statement to better accommodate the increasing volume of entries.
note
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RU – Trust income schedule |
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TTR1 – Beneficiary details | Q57 rounding in Labels updated to remove validation triggering when it shouldn’t “Q8 Label E, Q11 Label I and Q12 Label N must equal total of Q57”. |
2024 ATO forms changes
AMIT Schedule
No change.
AMIT Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q5 | Small business boost A Small business technology investment boost |
New | Q5 | Small business bonus deductions C Small business energy incentive |
Removed | Q8 |
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Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Declaration |
CCIV Sub-Fund Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q5 |
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New | Q5 |
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Removed | Q8 |
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Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Declaration |
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Schedule
Updates to wording in Taxpayer’s declaration.
Family Trust Election Revocation or Variation
No change.
International Dealings Schedule
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Modified | Q30 |
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New | Q32 |
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New | Q35 |
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New | Q35a | 35a If you were a general class investor and you entered code 1 at question 32, provide you tax EBITDA information. |
New | Q35b | Q35b A If you were a general class investor code 1 at question 32, did you rely on the group ratio test? |
New | Q35c | 35c A If you entered code 1,2, or 3 at question 32, did you rely on the third party debt test? |
New | 35d | A Were you or a member of your tax consolidated group, a special purpose vehicle subject to section 820-39 of the ITAA 1997? |
Modified | Q36 | Were you an Authorised deposit taking institution (ADI) for the income year? |
Modified | Q37 | Were you a non-ADI and non-financial entity for the income year? |
New | Q37a | A Were you an investing financial entity (non-ADI) for the income year? |
New | Q38a | A If you were an ADO, did you rely on the arm’s length capital test? |
New | Q39a | A Did you restructure or replace an arrangement during the income year which would have satisfied the conditions in subsection 820-423A(2) or (5), if the arrangement was still in place or on after 1 July 2024? |
Removed | Q41 A - N | A – Where you an offshore banking unit (OBU) or the head company of a consolidated group that included on OBU? |
Modified | N/A | Updates to wording in Taxpayer’s declaration |
Interposed Entity Election or Revocation
No change.
Rental Schedule
No change.
Trust Tax Return
Change | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
Removed | Q50 |
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Removed | Q52 |
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New | Q52 |
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New | Q58 |
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Modified | Q58 |
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