Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Simplified Fuel Tax Credits



In April, the Australian Taxation Office announced measures to simplify fuel tax credits. Some of those changes only apply to entities claiming less than $10,000.00 in fuel tax credits, which equates to eligible fuel purchases of approximately 25,000 litres.

Another change to simplify calculating fuel tax credits relates to heavy vehicles used mainly off road. The ATO has created a list of heavy vehicles they consider to be used fully off public roads e.g. bulldozers or headers. From the March BAS period onwards it is no longer necessary to apportion on and off road use for those eligible heavy vehicles when calculating fuel tax credit claims even, if they are sometimes driven on a public road.

More information on Simplified fuel tax credits can be found using the link below.


Keeping up to date with ATO changes which may affect your business can be done by subscribing to RSS news feeds or Email subscriptions on the ATO website.



It is also recommended to contact your Accountant or Financial Advisor for assistance on your eligibility.

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Emailing Invoices from Phoenix


Recently, AGDATA sent out a survey to all clients asking for your valuable feedback. Some of the respondents advised they would like the emailing of invoicing simplified. Currently within Phoenix you can enter a new invoice and email straight from within the invoice window.

Email Invoices from Phoenix
To email invoices from Phoenix, a Customer account and Sub-account(s) must be set up to have the structure to record an invoice. For the customer to whom the invoice is to be emailed their email address must be recorded in their Card File entry.  If Customers haven’t been set up, go to Phoenix Help, select the Index tab and ‘Customer’. Alternatively, if you are using Phoenix Version 8 go to Help and select Video Tutorials to access the video on Setting up Customer and Supplier Account.

Click on the Customer button on your toolbar


Select the Customer Account from the drop down and click Ok




Once the selected Customer window is open, select the New button e.g. New: May’16 to enter the invoice details.


Once you have entered your invoice appropriately, click Save


A Confirm box will offer the option to Print the Tax invoice by selecting Yes,  or Email can be selected here.


The email with the invoice attached will appear for you to check the email address as well as add any other message you want to include in the email.


Click Send


Alternatively, if you have already entered the Invoice, selected Print but now want to email it as well, or you simply need to email the Invoice again:

Once in the Customer Account find the invoice you wish to email


To Open the invoice simply double click on it


Displayed at the top of the invoice is a Printer Icon, select the drop down arrow to the right
From this drop down select ‘Preview Invoice 0000#’
This will then open the preview of the invoice which like all reports in Phoenix can be printed, saved or emailed.

We hope that helps you.  As always our support team are here to answer that quick question to get you out of a bind.  We recommend the Signature Service Plan to ensure you are getting the most out of your investment in the Phoenix Farm Management Solutions.  The Signature Service Plan gives you greater access to our support team and the marvelous tutorial videos that they have created to help you when you need the help most.