To continue providing you with reliable and secure software for income taxes, we are currently undertaking extensive technical modernizations.

These include adjustments to the infrastructure as well as changes to the software itself.

The list of changes listed here is not exhaustive. Further changes are described in the release notes for version 24.

Assessment period 2023

This version enables users to prepare their tax return for the year 2023 in Germany. The tax authorities have provided new forms for the SPIF and SPIFA for corporate income tax. The SPIFA form will be available with version 24.3.1.

Version 24.2.1 must be awaited in order to carry out splits using the tax return module.

Changes in the infrastructure

We have outlined the infrastructure changes that impact you as an on-premises customer in a distinct document.

The most important points for you as a customer of Income Taxes (formerly GlobalTaxCenter) are

• No support for MySQL

• Last support for Oracle

• MSSQL must be kept up to date

• Income Taxes is already operated in the GTC Suite:
  The Portal 24.1.1 and Tax Data Hub 24.1.1 modules require a Tomcat 10.1 installation

Changes in the software

We are modernising the technical basis of our web application software to make it more secure and enable new functions. The old Struts framework is being replaced by the newer and more trustworthy Spring framework.

The first visible changes are integrated in version 24.1.1. Here you will find an overview of the most important changes.

No creation of v1 and v2 periods possible

Long-standing customers may still remember the period types v1 and v2. These older variants were discontinued several years ago. It is therefore no longer possible to create new periods of this type with the latest version.

In one of the upcoming versions, we are also planning to restrict the display of existing v1 and v2 periods.

Supported special custom functions

In the recent past, we have informed you through of warning messages in the application if you are using special functions that will no longer be supported soon.

The deadline for discontinuing these features will expire with the version that will be released in October. If you continue to use at least one of these features, you will see the following message:

Design in the user interface

Due to the technical changeover, elements / components in the user interface have also been adapted. In addition to the actual layout, this also changes the functionality of individual elements.

Selection lists

Selection lists (dropdown, pulldown) no longer provide the ‘All’ and ‘None’ filters. A mass selection can still be made using the key combination CTRL + A (select all).

Tables

The new type of tables still supports sorting (A-Z, Z-A). Sorting is activated by clicking on the column name in the table header.

Filtering is done via the filter symbol in the table header. The filter is set to ‘contains’ by default.

In addition to the filters, a search field is now available for the table, which can be used to search the entire table. The search also takes into account data records that are not displayed in the current view (e.g. if only the first 50 of 100 companies are displayed).

The Excel and PDF formats are available as export functions in these tables. The Excel export also displays those columns that are currently hidden in the overview. Only the data records that are visible in the current view of the page are exported.

Conversions

Conversions can no longer be created in the company master data from the 2023 form set.

The conversion function has only been implemented in a rudimentary way and only provides a proposed tax rate for the tax calculation. In future, conversions must therefore be mapped outside of income tax. The calculated effect can still be entered in the tax calculation.

Master data area / Current taxes

The entire master data area and the tax calculation have been converted to a new technology, which has led to slight changes in the layout. However, the structure of the single dialogues remains unchanged.
The presentation of some overview tables has been simplified by reducing the number of columns displayed.

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Balance sheet comparison

The balance sheet comparison is one of the more complex dialogues in the application. To make navigation easier, we have therefore moved the tabs into separate dialogues. The dialogues can now be opened directly via the menu tree.

Furthermore, the names and delete functions in the dialogues have been harmonised.

The deletion of values was previously triggered via rubbish bin icons in the table headers or via the ‘Reset differences’ button. We have merged these functions in the new ‘Delete values ...’ button.

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MVB

We have adapted the dialogue in line with the balance sheet comparison.

OBD

This is an optional additional function.

The dialogue guidance has been modified. Data records are now created and edited in a separate sub-dialogue instead of directly in the table.

The ‘Deferred taxes’ milestone, which is linked to this dialogue, can only be classified as plausible if the ‘Update calculation’ button (previously ‘Save’) is pressed. With this action, all OBD subjects are included in the subsequent calculation.

Summary

To improve clarity, additional tables, such as previous year's values, are not displayed directly but can be opened via a link.

Rollforward LCF

The different types of losses have been summarised in a table.

Loss carried forward

The presentation of values from previous periods has been removed.

Subgroup / Others

The dialogue has been removed.