After downloading the pre-fill report, you can use the downloaded information to pre-fill into Tax.
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Any existing pre-fill information in a Tax Return will be overwritten.
Select the Tax return you wish to pre-fill. It should have a Pre-fill Status of “Ready for Pre-fill”. You will not be able to select the return if:
the return is currently downloading or pre-filling
the Return Name, Client Code, Agent, or TFN is blank
the Agent is not onboarded.
Click Pre-fill into Tax in the Tasks bar.
You will see a notification message depending on the status of your selected return(s). See the Pre-fill notification message matrix below for more information. Click Yesto proceed, or Noto close the dialog and resolve the issue.
The Pre-fill Status will change to “Pre-filling…”
When the pre-fill is finished, the Pre-fill Status will change to “Pre-fill Complete”, and the Date Pre-filled will change to today’s date.
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If there are any issues during the pre-fill process, an error message will display with a link. See Pre-fill errors for more information.
Click the Return Name link to open the Tax Return.
Once in Tax, press [F3] to validate the Tax return and review the pre-fill data before completion and lodging. The Validation summary window will display, showing any errors that need to be resolved. It will also show any fields that have been pre-filled.
Pre-fill Status
Return
Deleting pre-filled data in a tax return
If you would prefer not to use the pre-filled data, delete the schedule. See Deleting Schedules for more information.
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Pre-fill data cannot be edited in a schedule. Pre-filled values in the Return Properties can be edited, and their “Pre-filled” label will be removed afterwards.
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Pre-fill notification message matrix
Pre-fill Status
Tax return status
Message (single return)
Message (multiple returns)
Received, return
Actions you can take (single return)
Actions you can take (multiple returns)
Ready to pre-fill (return not yet rolled forward
Not completed
)
Any status other than Completed
Selected return is not rolled forward yet. Do you want to roll forward and pre-fill now?
X of your Y selected returns are not rolled forward yet.
Choose "Yes" to roll forward and pre-fill all returns, "Skip" to skip returns not rolled forward and pre-fill the rest, "No" to cancel the pre-fill.
You can choose to roll forward and pre-fill.
For those returns not yet rolled forward, you can choose to:
Roll forward and pre-fill all returns
Skip the returns that are not yet rolled forward
Cancel the pre-fill.
Received,
Ready to pre-fill (return rolled forward
Not completed
)
Any status other than Completed
Pre-fill return for (tax return name)?
Pre-fill returns for X clients?
Confirm that you wish to pre-fill this return.
Confirm that you wish to pre-fill the selected returns.
Pre-fill complete
Not completed
(one or multiple returns, and all returns can be pre-filled)
Any status other than Completed
(Tax return name) has already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite the return?
X of Y selected returns have already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite these returns?
Confirm that you wish to overwrite the pre-fill data.
Confirm that you wish to overwrite the pre-fill data in the selected returns.
Pre-fill error
Not completed
(none previously pre-filled)
Any status other than Completed
Pre-fill return for (return name)?
Pre-fill returns for X clients?
Confirm that you wish to pre-fill this return.
Confirm that you wish to pre-fill the selected returns.
Pre-fill
failed, but return(s)
error (some or all returns previously pre-filled
Not completed
)
Any status other than Completed
(Tax return name) has already been pre-filled. Do you want to overwrite it?
X of Y selected returns have already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite these returns?
All X selected returns have already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite these returns?
Confirm that you wish to overwrite the pre-fill data.
Confirm that you wish to overwrite the pre-fill data in the selected returns.
Multiple statuses, including
returns with pre
Ready to Pre-fill
errors and weren’t successfully
and Pre-fill Error (but not previously pre-filled
Not completed
)
Any status other than Completed
N/A
Pre-fill returns for X clients?
N/A
Confirm that you wish to pre-fill the selected returns.
Multiple statuses, including
returns with pre-fill errors and returns that were previously pre-filled
Not completed
N/A
:
Ready to Pre-fill and/or Pre-fill error (not successfully pre-filled)
X of your Y selected returns have already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite these returns?
N/A
Confirm that you wish to overwrite the pre-fill data in the selected returns.
If you would prefer not to use the pre-filled data, delete the schedule. See Deleting Schedules for more information.
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Pre-fill data cannot be edited in a schedule. Pre-filled values in the Return Properties can be edited, and their “Pre-filled” label will be removed afterwards
Multiple statuses, but some of the selected returns cannot be pre-filled (for instance, if there was an error when downloading pre-fill data)
Any status other than Completed
N/A
X out of Y selected returns can be pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill them?
X out of Y selected returns can be pre-filled. X of these have already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite these returns?
X out of Y selected returns can be pre-filled. These have already been pre-filled. Do you want to pre-fill and overwrite these returns?
N/A
Confirm that you wish to pre-fill (and overwrite, if applicable) the returns that can be pre-filled.