easyFBT 2023 change log

May 2025 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.6):

Standard Business Reporting (SBR)

• Applied a fix to the SBR2 lodgement process to facilitate a known connection to the sending service provider.

• Centralised the Ozedi SBR2 ebMS3/AS4 client into a shared location for all easyFBT releases that require SBR2 lodgement allowing easier updating of the client in future. Note: Where this is not found it will revert to the existing release location.

• Updated the SBRInteraction.log to output the location of the client used for lodgement.

General Changes

The following additional changes and enhancements have been made:

• On the Entity Manager, changed the DB version reference to the Entity version to avoid confusion.

• On the Interactions tab in the Options, updated the Whitelisting references to the latest. Also updated the Anti-virus threat protection file reference to display the utilised Ozedi SBR2 ebMS3/AS4 client location (see above).

March 2025 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.5):

Login Authentication

The Login Authentication dialog has been updated to fix the visibility of the e-mail address and password entries. More details about the issue are explained here.

Standard Business Reporting (SBR)

The Ozedi SBR2 ebMS3/AS4 client has been updated to the latest release.

November 2023 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.4):

Workpaper editing

Enhanced the editing process to better track exiting edit mode when leaving the active cell.

Application startup

Updated the plug-in loading process during startup to capture additional exception queries.

June 2023 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in the June release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.3):

Workpapers

Fixed an issue in the Car (Vehicles) worksheet where under certain conditions changing a vehicle from Leased (any option) to Owned caused a system error.

General changes

The following additional changes and enhancements have been made:

• Updated the Export Entity and Auto Backup routines to avoid any file writes if nothing is required to be exported

• Updated the Auto Backup routine (for the Backup entities only when changes have been made option) to be flagged after using the In-House Benefit Allocation and SBR Interaction wizards

• Added a log file to track the Auto Backup process

April 2023 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.02):

Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2023 and SBR Interactions

The ATO Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) Return 2023 form has been added to this version and can be produced as a paper form for manual lodgement with the ATO as per prior years or when using the Electronic Lodgement (SBR) Interaction Manager to lodge electronically.

SBR interactions in easyFBT 2023 are processed through the latest SBR2 gateway where you are required to Validate (formally Pre-lodge) or Submit (formally Lodge) your returns.

General changes

The following additional changes and enhancements have been made:

• Updated the Workpaper Column help with some additional information

• Updated all components and packages used by easyFBT to the latest available versions

• Fixed a very specific issue with licence key determination where the entered key was not saved in the Start-up Wizard.

September 2022 Release

The following changes and enhancements have been made in this release of easyFBT 2023 (2023.1.0.1):

Workpapers

Electric Cars Legislation (Car Workpaper)

We have updated the Car Workpaper to cater for the proposed introduction of the Electric Cars legislation which will cut the tariffs and remove fringe benefits tax (FBT) from 1 July 2022. At the time of this release (September 2022), the Treasury Laws Amendment (Electric Car Discount) Bill 2022 is still progressing through parliament. Any subsequent amendments made prior to being passed into law will be made available in a future update to easyFBT 2023.

Please refer to the Workpaper Column Help for further information on these new fields.

Email Services

Removed Google G-mail from the list of available services as the ability to send e-mail via a 3rd party service has been de-activated.

Further information is available here.

General changes

As with each FBT year, rates and other values are required to be updated. The following changes have been made for the 2023 FBT year:

• Updated the Car Parking public holidays table with the 2022/23 State/Territory gazetted public holidays;

• Updated CPI Indexation factors for Housing;

• Updated the Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA) country codes and rates

• Update Declarations for 2023 FBT year