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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – 14 November 2024

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What's New?

Global Audit Management
A new Global Audit View is now available to track audits at a firm level and display analytics on their progress. Learn More

Open Banking (Closed Beta)
BGL’s open banking integration with Skript provides Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 with direct data feeds from over 110 banks (all banks in Australia), closed accounts, term deposits and loan accounts. To request beta access, email [email protected].

Transaction Recode (Open Beta)
The new Transaction Recode screen is now available to all users with access to the Transaction Recode user role. It supports the re-coding of all Investment transactions as well as select income, expense, asset and liability transactions. Learn More

Custom Form Status
A custom status can now be added to SMSF Annual Returns, BAS and IAS forms. Learn More

Entity Relationships
A new Copy All Emails function in the Entity Relationships screen provides quick copying of all contact email addresses to a clipboard or an email. Learn More

Documents
A Digital Signing Audit Report is now available for download in the Documents screen. The signing providers (FuseSign, DocuSign and Adobe Sign) issue these reports to certify digital signatures with signer details like identity, IP address and more. Learn More

Mobile View
A new mobile-friendly view is available for core functions, including logging in, setting and resetting multi-factor authentication (MFA) and passwords.

Smart Reports
The Smart Reports period dropdown now has new “Year to Date” and “Since Inception” options. Learn More

Plus, many more new features and improvements.

Stay tuned for future releases!

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

November 14, 2024
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BGL recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative companies

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BGL is proud to announce that it has once again been recognised by the AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies program as one of Australia’s most innovative companies.

BGL achieved an impressive rank of #13 in the Technology category and #83 overall on the AFR’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list. This marks the 4th time in 6 years BGL has been included on the AFR list. 

“This is a sensational achievement by the BGL team,” said BGL’s Founder and Director, Ron Lesh. “I’m incredibly proud of each and every team member for their hard work and passion for innovation.”

BGL’s 2024 AFR submission featured the BGL AI Assistant, the world’s first generative AI tool for financial analysis, transforming how BGL clients—accountants, administrators and advisors—interact with financial data, unlocking deep insights into SMSF, company and trust financial statements.

Integrated into BGL’s Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 software solutions, the BGL AI Assistant analyses balance sheets, operating statements and cash flow statements, delivering intelligent commentary, identifying trends, assessing financial strength, evaluating performance and highlighting any cash flow concerns and red flags. It enables BGL clients to unlock unprecedented insights regardless of their expertise, empowering them to make strategic decisions and optimise financial performance for their clients. 

Additionally, the BGL AI Assistant enhances workflow efficiency by automatically generating suggested tasks from financial documents and allowing users to ask specific questions about the data.

“We’ve only just begun to tap into the potential of generative AI,” added Lesh. “There are even more exciting developments on the horizon and we can’t wait to continue driving innovation for our clients.”

October 24, 2024
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BGL Education provides expert-led BGL Product Training

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BGL is proud to announce the launch of its expert-led training series, BGL Education.

Starting 30 September 2024, BGL Education offers expert training to help clients unlock the full potential of their CAS 360, Simple Fund 360 and/or Simple Invest 360 investment.

“We’re thrilled to launch BGL Education as part of our ongoing commitment to client education and support” says BGL’s Founder and Director, Ron Lesh. “Our goal is to have every BGL client feel confident and equipped to make the most of our products. Our experts will lead a series of short webinar courses to ensure clients can learn directly from BGL professionals and unlock the value of the BGL Suite.”

Daniel Tramontana, Chief Executive Officer at BGL, added, “At BGL, we know that client success is based on knowledge and skills. Education is not simply a training program; it’s an opportunity to provide our clients with the tools they need to navigate confidently in an evolving industry.”

BGL Education will run from 30 September 2024 to 18 October 2024 and deliver specialised training across BGL’s software solutions. It will start with Simple Fund 360 covering topics such as Pensions, Superstream and SMSF Essentials. This will be followed by Simple Invest 360 covering topics such as income streaming and Division 7A loans. Finally, CAS 360 will wrap up with a week of company compliance training featuring webinars on Trust Management, Annual Reviews and more.

For more information and to register for each webinar individually, please visit bglcorp.com/education. 

September 30, 2024
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – 12 September 2024

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What's New?

AuditCover Integration
The integration with tax audit insurance provider AuditCover allows Simple Fund 360 clients to offer their SMSF clients an option for cover against unexpected accounting fees when responding to tax audits. With AuditCover, your clients hold their own policy so that admin is minimal and renewals are automated. Learn More

This feature is exclusively available in Simple Fund 360.

Macquarie Account
The Open New Macquarie Account feature initiates the account opening process at Macquarie with prefilled information, making it more streamlined and efficient. Learn More

Wind Up Wizard
The new Wind Up Wizard provides a step-by-step process for winding up a fund and managing SuperStream payments. Learn More

This feature is exclusively available in Simple Fund 360.

Trust Income Schedule
A new CSV import feature enables the bulk import of schedules without modifying transactions. Learn More

Investment Income Generation
The new Investment Income Generation feature assists in capturing income for all entity types where a bank feed is not available. Learn More

Feed Management
A new Registry HIN/SRN Report feature provides an export of HIN/SRN and postcode information for investments across all entities. Learn More

BGL SmartDocs – Unmatched Transactions
BGL SmartDocs now extracts data from ASIC invoices and council rates. When an ASIC or Council Rates transaction has a relevant document attached, BGL SmartDocs will now automatically locate the document and display it in the Smart Matching screen. Learn More

BGL SmartDocs – Coded Transactions
As BGL SmartDocs now extracts data from ASIC Invoices and Council Rates notices, when a document is uploaded after a transaction has been coded, BGL SmartDocs automatically attaches the document to the transaction. These files will also seamlessly flow into the Accounting Workpapers. Learn More

Corporate Actions
4 new mergers have been added to Corporate Actions:

  • SIH: 14/08/2024

  • PGL: 02/08/2024

  • ALU: 02/08/2024

  • AWC: 02/08/2024

Plus, many more new features and improvements.

Stay tuned for future releases!

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

September 12, 2024
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – 22 August 2024

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What's New?

Support Calls
The user interface and search functionality for support calls have been upgraded to improve the user experience. Learn More

SMSF Annual Return and Schedules Report
A new report of the SMSF Annual Return and the schedules containing data has been added. Learn More

Workflow
The following improvements have been made to Workflow:

  • Templates can be rearranged by users.
  • Financial year and completion date have been added to Template Usage export.
  • The same template is now selectable from Workflow Jobs view for multiple financial years.
  • The Last Task Description and Completion Date are now in separate columns in the Workflow Jobs export

Corporate Actions
The following mergers have been added to Corporate Actions:

  • HAU.AX 28th June 2024
  • BLD.AX 10th July 2024
  • QVE.AX 16th July 2024
  • BYE.AX 17th July 2024
  • MRM.AX 26th July 2024
  • CSF.AX 29th July 2024
  • ALU.AX 1st August 2024
  • GNX.AX 1st August 2024

Plus, many more new features and improvements.

Stay tuned for future releases!

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

August 27, 2024
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – 1 August 2024

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What's New?

Reports Screen
A new Trust Income Schedule Reconciliation Report is now available in Workpaper Reports. This new report makes it easier to reconcile the data on the ATO Trust Income Schedule for the 2024 financial year. Learn More

Contacts
Duplicate contacts can now be merged using the new Contact Merge feature. Learn More

Special Disability Trust
Special Disability Trust has been added as a trust type in the Entity Details and Entity Setup screens. Learn More
This feature is exclusively available in Simple Invest 360.

Reports
A new report setting allows customisation of the titles of Financial Reports. Learn More
This feature is exclusively available in Simple Invest 360.

Division 7A
The Division 7A Loans screen can now be exported to PDF. Learn More
This feature is exclusively available in Simple Invest 360.

Corporate Actions
A question mark icon and brief explanation have been added to the Donation/Refund feature for Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRPs). The validation also now prevents Donations or Refunds from being processed if the residual balance is zero. Learn More

Corporate Actions
The NVIDIA (NVDA) 10 for 1 share split and the following 6 mergers have been added to corporate actions.

  • GSR: 18 Jun 2024

  • ABC: 02 Jul 2024

  • MEA: 28 Jun 2024

  • SLR: 20 Jun 2024

  • PBP: 19 Jun 2024

  • MGF: 22 Jul 2024

Plus, many more new features and improvements.

Stay tuned for future releases!

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

August 2, 2024
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – 11 July 2024

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What's New?

Oxygen SMSF Loans Integration
Oxygen SMSF Loans, a specialist SMSF mortgage lender with some of the lowest-rate SMSF loans in the market, now integrates with Simple Fund 360 via BGL’s open API. This integration provides instant insights into how much a client can afford for property investments. Learn More

2024 SMSF Annual Return
The 2024 SMSF Annual Return can now be exported to Xero Tax via their API. This feature is exclusively available in Simple Fund 360. Learn More

2024 Audit Workpapers
For SMSF Auditors who do not use specialised audit software, Simple Fund 360 enables the printing of prefilled workpaper templates and reports. This feature is exclusively available in Simple Fund 360. Learn More

In-Person Digital Signing
DocuSign’s in-person signing feature is now available. When meeting with a client in person, use in-person signing to simplify the signing process and keep documents digital. This can be done on portable devices like iPads or computers. Learn More 

New Report:
Trust Income Schedule Reconciliation report for Trusts and Companies has been added. This feature is exclusively available in Simple Invest 360. Learn More

Reversing Journals
General ledger journal transactions can now be automatically reversed on a future date, with the same accounts but debits and credits reversed. This can be actioned:

  • At the time of posting the transaction, by including a reversal journal at a future date.
  • By editing any general ledger journal transaction and posting a reversal journal at a future date.

This feature is exclusively available in Simple Invest 360. Learn More

Corporate Actions
Improvements to Corporate Actions now allow the processing of Donation or Refunds within Dividend / Distribution Reinvestment Plans (DRP) and Share Purchase Plans. Learn More

BGL SmartDocs
BGL SmartDocs’ AI extraction capabilities have been updated to support a wider variety of dividend statements. Consequently, more dividend files are expected to be automatically attached to cleared transactions upon file upload. Learn More 

Plus, many more new features and improvements.

Stay tuned for future releases!

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

July 12, 2024
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Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 Product Update – 20 June 2024

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We’re excited to share the latest Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 updates, which include the 2024 Trust and Company Income Tax Returns!

What's New?

2024 SMSF Tax Time Updates

2024 Income Tax Returns: This release supports the 2024 Trust and Company Tax Returns with updates to the PDFs and the Simple Invest 360 user interface.

New ATO Trust Income Schedule: From the 2024 income year, entities receiving 1 or more distributions from trusts (including ETFs, managed funds, and stapled securities) must complete and attach a Trust Income Schedule to the tax return. Simple Invest 360 will automatically populate this as part of the year-end process.

Tax Component Fields: New tax component fields have been added in the following areas:

Previous Year Figures: The option to display the prior year’s tax return detail is now available.

2024 Trust Tax Return: 6 additional Capital Gains labels have been added to the Statement of Distribution section of the tax return. New fields have also been added to accommodate the small business energy incentive.

2024 Company Tax Return: New fields have been added to accommodate the small business energy incentive and digital games tax offset.

The above 2024 Trust and Company tax time updates are exclusively available in Simple Invest 360.

2024 SMSF Annual Return
The ability to export the 2024 SMSF Annual Return to other tax lodgment platforms is now available. Integrated platforms include:

Document Splitting
The Document Viewer on the Documents Screen now allows document splitting. If BGL SmartDocs detects separate documents in a PDF file, it will automatically split the document and determine the new document name.

Documents Screen Enhancements

  • The filter was redesigned to provide instant results across all filter types.
  • Any page can now be selected via the Page selector.
  • Document Details have been separated into tab groups.
  • The vertical separator line can now be adjusted.

Documents Viewer Improvements

  • Next or previous document navigation with a preview for PNG and JPEG image files.
  • The vertical separator line can now be adjusted.
  • The option to delete the document being viewed.
  • Digital Signing information is now displayed.

New and Updated Reports

  • Fund Snapshot Report for SMSFs (Simple Fund 360 only)
  • Trustee Declaration and Notes to Financial Statements (Reporting entities) per the 2024 XYZ Financial Statements (updated)
  • Franking Account Worksheet for Companies (Simple Invest 360 only)

Your Feedback
We have introduced a new AskNicely for your feedback. Your feedback is closely monitored to ensure the continuous improvement of Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360.

Plus, many more new features and improvements.

Stay tuned for future releases!

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

June 20, 2024
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Tax Time Tips: How to Prepare Your Clients for Lodging

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As we approach the end of the 2024 financial year, it’s essential that you understand all BGL-recent Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 updates. This knowledge will help you prepare for tax time and ensure your clients are ready for lodging. The changes outlined below are significant and require your immediate attention. 

New - Trust Income Schedules

Changes to SMSF, Trust, and Company Tax Returns will take place on 1 July 2024 as part of the ATO’s Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems (MTAS) project. These changes affect lodgements for the 2023–24 income year onwards and include:

  • Labels in the statement of distribution, which forms part of the Trust Tax Return, have been modified to improve the reporting of beneficiary details. 
  • All trust beneficiary types (including SMSFs) who receive trust income must now lodge a new Trust Income Schedule with their SMSF, Trust and Company Tax Returns.

Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 have been updated to accommodate these changes. Follow the links below for more information:

2024 SMSF Annual Return

The good news is that the  ATO did not change the 2024 SMSF Annual Return this year.

BGL released an update to Simple Fund 360 on 30 May 2024 to support the new return, including for funds that have been wound up. The new Trust Income Schedule was also included in this release and will affect many SMSFs. Learn More

The SMSF Annual Return can be lodged using Simple Fund 360, or if your firm uses Xero Tax, you can send it directly to Xero for lodgement.

From the 2024 income year, if an SMSF receives one or more distributions from trusts, including (ETFs, Managed Funds, & Stapled Securities), you must complete and attach a Trust Income Schedule to the SMSF Annual Return.

The ATO expects any investment with trust income recorded in the SMSF Annual Return at item 11 Income – labels A, D, M or U2 to complete a Trust Income Schedule. After Creating Entries for the 2024 Financial Year, Simple Fund 360 will automatically create a schedule for each investment that receives a distribution during the financial year. Learn More

2024 Trust Tax Return

The 2024 Trust Tax Return in the Statement of Distribution section has 6 additional Capital Gains labels to match the new Trust Income Schedule. New fields have also been added for the small business energy incentive.

From the 2024 income year, if you received one or more distributions from trusts, you must complete a Trust Income Schedule and attach it to the tax return. This will be automatically populated by Simple Invest 360 as part of the year-end process.

As part of the year-end process, Simple Invest 360 allows you to automatically post inter-entity journals where a group has multiple trusts. This will help avoid data duplication and ensure the accuracy of Tax Components. Learn More

What is Simple Invest 360?

Simple Invest 360 is the complete accounting, investment and tax solution for non-SMSF entities – taking you from bank transaction feed data to tax return lodgement with everything in between! Leveraging BGL’s advanced AI technology, Simple Invest 360 can also automatically extract data from bank statements, rental statements, property settlement statements and annual tax statements to match transactions to the ledger.

New - Family Tax Election

A Family Trust Election form can now be created and lodged via Simple Invest 360 for Trusts. Learn More

2024 Company Tax Return

The 2024 Company Tax Return has new fields to cater to the small business energy incentive and Digital Games tax offset.

From the 2024 income year, if you received one or more distributions from trusts, you must complete a Trust Income Schedule and attach it to the tax return. This will be automatically populated by Simple Invest 360 as part of the year-end process. Learn More

Coming Soon

Later this year, BGL will import Due Dates for all entities directly from the ATO and you will be able to lodge Return Not Necessary (RNN) Forms.

Jeevan Tokhi
General Manager of Product – Simple Fund 360, Simple Invest 360 and BGL SmartDocs 360
E: [email protected] | P: 1300 654 401
Connect with me on LinkedIn

June 17, 2024
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