All 2026 forms are now available to be created.
ATO Updates
Click on what’s new this year for individuals and further information on the 2026 changes.
Other notable inclusions:
Taxable payment information reported by third parties to the ATO is now populated directly via ATO prefill into the Individual Tax Return.
Removal of General Interest Charges from Tax Affairs Deductions. Existing prior year returns are unaffected.
Trust Statement of Distribution has been updated with new labels to separately identify amounts attributable to managed investments.
The Reportable Tax Position (RTP) schedule has been added to Fund, Trust, AMIT, and CCIV return forms.
Known Issue: T7 and T8 Tax Offsets (ESIC/ESVCLP)
The ATO has identified an issue affecting the T7 (Early Stage Investor Tax Offset) and T8 (Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership Tax Offset) fields. This issue originates from the ATO's SBR specification and is pending a fix from the ATO, expected to be delivered on 18 July 2026.
Users who need to claim a T7 or T8 offset through direct investment, or entitlement through a partnership, will be unable to lodge the return until that update has been applied. We recommend these clients hold their return and attempt lodgement following our next update. Where a claim at T7 or T8 offset is made due to a managed fund or trust distribution only, users will be able to lodge these returns without issue.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will communicate further once the fix has been confirmed.
APS Tax Forms Installer Restructure
APS Tax forms installer has been split into two components:
Archive installer: APS Tax forms from 2011 to 2021.
Current installer: APS Tax forms from 2022 to the present year (updated each release).
By separating these, the routine annual update download becomes significantly smaller, saving time and bandwidth for the majority of users. Both installers must be run on the first adoption of this release. Only the current installer will be required for future updates.
Fixes and Improvements
The following updates have been included since the previous release.
Description | Reference |
Updated the AS list for showing already lodged Activity Statements. | AAEP-35408 |
Fixing the AS List has now enabled the creation of amended Activity Statements. | AAEP-35112 |
AS Prefill has correct GST Reporting Option however G1 is still non-editable on Simple BAS. This has been updated so if there is no ATO indicator stating G1 is to be read-only, G1 will now always be editable for Simple BAS. | AAEP-36142 |
W1 and W5 is not enabled as the Activity Statement is making the PAYGW items read only due to no data from prefill. This has now been fixed to allow the PAYGW fields to be enabled even if there is no information from prefill if the form type allows for PAYGW. | AAEP-35838 |
Removed the ‘None’ option from GST Reporting Methods and defaulted to blank for Activity Statements. | AAEP-35407 |
For Activity Statements, added new GST Reporting options that displays ATO prefilled data. | AAEP-35440 |
For Activity Statements, label 4/W5 now displays again with the amount for Form Type “I”. | AAEP-35042 |
For Activity Statement, fixed labels that now display as "PAYG", "Total amo" and "Total" when they used to show "4/W5", "8a/2A/P1" and "8B/2B" in the printout. | AAEP-35674 |
Fixed the sharing of CGT Sale Expenses for 2025 and 2026 Individual returns. | AAEP-35063 |
The Net capital gains distribution details now display the correct total amounts. | AAEP-35287 |
Added sub-categories of Reportable Tax Position for category C options 35, 44, 45, 46 and 47 for both 2025 and 2026. | AAEP-34932 |
Fixed validation error VR.ATO.IITR.730507 from displaying incorrectly by populating A2 values when taxpayer is part-time resident. | AAEP-33382 |
Fixed spelling mistake in Other Attachments Schedule printout. | AAEP-34931 |
Updated IITR Profiling service to the latest ATO interaction info to resolve the technical error with the ATO Profile Compare service. | AAEP-33522 |
Updated the Add Return Wizard screen to show Access APS Tax. | AAEP-35915 |
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