CCH Accounts Production 2024.2: Release Notes
Release Highlights
This release provides a maintenance and compliance update for many entities. In addition there are a number of enhancements and other usability improvements:
- Allowing an LLP to be included in a group.
- Fixes for the Charity FRS 102 Master Pack which was heavily updated in 2023.3.
User Guides are available in Help here and the earlier Release Notes can be found here.
Prerequisites
Installing CCH Accounts Production 2024.2
This release is installed using the Central Suite Installer. This ensures that all prerequisites are in place and that all the products for which you are licensed are installed in the correct sequence. Click here to learn about the Central Suite Installer.
Note that if you are upgrading from an old release, before 2023.2, then the Accounts Production Database Upgrade is slow as it is loading new iXBRL tags. Loading the iXBRL tags was speeded up for the 2023.2 to 2023.3 upgrade. But earlier upgrades are still slow.
Legislative & Compliance Updates
Packs updated
The following master packs have been updated for this release. These are discussed in more detail in the following sections.
- Limited (FRS 102) – pack 49.00
- Consolidated (FRS 102) – pack 41.00
- Limited Micro Entity (FRS 105) – pack 32.00
- Limited Liability Partnerships (FRS 102) – pack 36.00
- Limited Liability Partnerships (FRS 105) – pack 19.00
- Limited IFRS – pack 41.00
- Consolidated (IFRS) – pack 15.00
- Charity (FRS 102) – pack 25.00
- Unincorporated - pack 22.00
- Medical - pack 16.00
Key changes that apply to multiple packs
Include LLP subsidiaries in Group 102 pack: An extended exercise was carried out to enable Group (102) financial statements to include LLP subsidiaries. This involves substantial changes to the LLP chart and name ranges but also several changes to the Group pack and minor changes to other packs.
Limited (FRS 102) Master Pack 49.00
Format amendments
Exrep - Exception report: VSTS 219742 - Added row to indicate use of the refiling of accounts option
Paragraph amendments
Name range amendments
Amended descriptions of name ranges to remove refs to "held to sale" or "other charges":
LLBHLD, LLBDHLD, LIHLD, LIDHLD, INVPHLD, INVPDHLD, INTC3HLD, INTC2HLD, INTC1HLD, INTA3DHLD, INTA2DHLD, INTA1DHLD, GITRFHLD, GCHLD, FLBHLD, FLBDHLD, FFHLD
New ranges:
OCIPL OCI passing through profit and loss OCIASSJV+OCITAXRE+REACDIFOCI+REOTHTRFS
CASHX Cash and equivalents excl current 7810..788Z
Chart of accounts amendments
Renamed:
7880 Other cash (was Exchange differences)
Statutory database amendments
- The strategic report has new paragraphs for a sustainability report.
Consolidated (FRS 102) Master Pack 41.00
Limited (FRS 105) Master Pack 32.00
Limited Liability Partnerships (FRS 102) Master Pack 36.00
Limited Liability Partnerships (FRS 105) Master Pack 19.00
IFRS Master Pack 41.00
Consolidated IFRS Master Pack 15.00
Charities (FRS 102) Master Pack 25.00
Unincorporated Pack 22.00
Medical Master Pack 16.00
Software Enhancements
Revised financial statements
The Limited FRS102 master pack now supports the issue of revised UK financial statements, where these replace defective financial statements as set out in SI 2008/373 The Companies (Revision of Defective Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
CCH Working Papers
Changes to make editing a template easier
There are several changes here:
- If you edited a template that was used in a pack, the template previewer in Working Papers Designer still showed the old version. You only saw the new version on exiting Central and re-entering. The Working Papers Designer now consistently shows the latest version of the selected template, even though the pack itself may actually contain an earlier version.
Quality Improvements
CCH Accounts Production
ADO 333941 - Error in nominal formula following release 2024.1
The error can appear with even a simple nominal formula like =AP("a,0010"). In the case sent in, it appeared when both a main account and its subaccount had a balance. This is not normally possible, but there were balances on both 9900 and 990001.
ADO 331671 - Opening an accounting period can occasionally be very slow
In the example sent in, it took 6 minutes to open any accounting period. It should just be a second or two.
ADO 330520 - Changes to a parent officer are not copied to the group officer
This happened if the parent officer appeared in more than one period as is usually the case. For instance if you ticked Balance Sheet Signatory on the parent company, it was not copied to the group. Also you could see the error "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Officer'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'AP.Officer'" going into the group Officers screen.
ADO 334606 - Error deleting an officer if it has no End date
Usually you add an End Date to terminate an officer, but if you have added the wrong officer in error and immediately realise your mistake you will want to press the Delete key to remove it. Following a change in version 2024.1 this gave an error "Object Reference not set to an instance of an Object".
ADO 334464 - Import/Export - After importing a partnership client, the subaccounts for the linked nominals may be incorrect
For instance, on the source database you might have allocated subaccounts 01 and 03 to 2 partners. But after importing to the destination system, the Chart of Accounts shows the correct codes for each partner, but the Linked Nominals screen shows 01 and 02.
CCH Review and Tag
ADO 309334 Replace the message that these accounts may contain the DPL
The warning message is now based on the inclusion of the bus_ReportIncludesDetailedProfitLossStatementTruefalse tag and its status. This is now automatically set to True if any DPL formats are included when generated from Accounts Production.
CCH Working Papers
ADO 300965 - If a PDF file cannot be viewed in the WP viewer, use the system default viewer instead
Some PDF files cannot be viewed by the Working Papers PDF viewer. In some cases, Central freezes . This is not necessarily either the fault of the PDF or the Working Papers viewer as PDF files can contain a huge (and changing) variety of internal file formats and we are not aware of a viewer that supports all of them.
Notable Issues
CCH iXBRL Review & Tag - Known Issues
| Date Raised | ITS | Description | Workaround ( If applicable) | Scheduled/Resolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/03/2021 | 62820 | Companies House credentials are reset after a CSI upgrade. We have had a small number of reports that the Companies House online filing credentials are being removed/reset after an upgrade using the CSI installer. |
Re-enter the credentials using the reviewandtagsettings.exe located in the Deploy folder. | TBC |
| 08/01/2021 | 61714 | IFRS accounts produced in Accounts Production errors on Information Page. Certain address and 3rd party information cells on the Info page on the IFRS format have updated to create duplicate tags. This will show as duplicate fact value errors when exported to CCH iXBRL Review & Tag. |
In CCH iXBRL Review & Tag double-click on the duplicate fact value error within the Exceptions tab. This will take you to the tagged area that has the error. Left-click on the tagged area and amend the dimension to the correct value. |
TBC |
| 24/12/2020 | 61704 | Companies House submission database showing Client Code as NA The submission database was updated in 2020.3 to include the client code from CCH Central to enable users to report on filings by client code. This code is obtained by matching the company name within the CCH iXBRL Review & Tag file to the database within CCH Central. If, however your client's name in CCH Central does not match the Company name reported within the accounts, the entry will be logged as NA. |
Ensure that you client name in CCH Central and the Company name reported in the accounts match. | TBC |
| 15/12/2021 | 61694 | Micro Entities set to Full accounts when using reduced filing option. When accounts produced in CCH Accounts Production for FRS105 Micro entities the option to use reduced filing sets the accounts type in CCH iXBRL Review & Tag as (Full Accounts). This is due to there being no legal form of accounts recognised as filleted so the option defaults to Full. |
If you are producing reduced filing accounts for Micro entities to file at Companies House. Leave the entity type as Micro Entities (Full Accounts). Do not change to Small Companies Reduced filing. | TBC |
| 25/08/2020 | 59571 | FRS102 Sec1 A small Companies - Full Accounts filing throws an error “Document missing mandatory tag Statement on quality and completeness of information provided to auditors" is reported when Customers try to file an FRS102 Sec1A Full accounts to Companies House. The majority of the FRS102 Sec1A Small Companies file Small company reduced filing version, there is nothing to prevent filing of a full accounts to CCH. The entity type is set to full in error and this causes the error. | The error can be ignored, and accounts filed. To prevent the error, change the entity type in document information to Small Companies Reduced filing. If after making this change, another exception on Applicable Legislation appears, you need to add this tag in other data and select Small Companies Regime. | TBC |
| 01/12/2017 | TBC | FRS 105 Audited – reduced filing Companies House Submissions in CCH iXBRL Review & Tag We do not currently support iXBRL filing for audited 105 accounts. The concept of audited 105 is still in its infancy; please paper file until we receive more guidance on this issue. |
For Information only | |
| 01/10/2020 | 60609 | Charity FRS 102 -Filing exception on Directors responsibilities note from balance sheet for charitable companies The paragraph on directors’ responsibilities on the balance sheet is not switching the word items #wd18 and #wd3 for charitable companies where a single director is marked as the balance sheet signatory. It is not switching to the singular term 'acknowledge' and 'his/her ' from 'acknowledges' and 'their'. This causes a fatal 9999 error in CCH IXBRL Review & Tag when filing to Companies House. |
This is an issue in CCH Accounts Production but CCH iXBRL Review & Tag users need to be aware. Workaround -Update/edit the tag in review and tag to the correct wording and submit. When editing it is good practice to edit the content, copy to a note pad and then copy back and apply the tag. |
For Information only |
| TBC | FRS 102 Limited - Statement of Changes in Equity (Page7SOCE) A minor tagging issue affecting 1st year only financial statements. This results in a a tagging error for FRS102 that includes as SOCE |
This is an issue in CCH Accounts Production but CCH iXBRL Review and Tag users need to be aware. Open the format, click Draft and Show iXBRL Tags on the ribbon bar. Then on Row 47 right-click and use the Suppress Tag option on the numeric cells. Alternatively, you can delete the Prior Year tags in CCH iXBRL Review and Tag. |
For information only |
CCH Working Papers
Our current Notable issues list is available from Customer Communities on UserDocs.
CCH Accounts Production
ITS/67726 – Management Collection - showing cost of sales and selling costs on separate schedules
This release contains a new option to show the cost of sales and selling costs on separate schedules. The option only applies to the Format 1 Profit and Loss account, but it also appears for the Format 2 Profit and Loss account. If selected for Format 2, it has no effect.
237416 - Transferring fixed assets from CCH Accounts Production to CCH Corporation Tax for IFRS
The link from CCH Accounts Production to CCH Corporation Tax for Tangible Fixed Assets does not work for IFRS clients.
The data must be entered manually in CCH Corporation Tax.
Unable to travel images
Any images stored in the Image Library will not be available in the travelled database.
Unable to load accounting period if server data format is MM/DD/YY
An issue has been identified that prevents CCH Accounts Production from loading the Accounting Period if the date format in your environment is not dd/mm/yyyy. There is no solution to this at present, other than to amend your Date/Time settings in Windows.
206581 - FRS 102 – Countries that are incorporated in region 3
We have an issue with the Directors Report and Investment Property note not printing correctly. The majority of users are unaffected as accounting periods incorporated in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all set to region 1. Republic or Ireland and Eire are set to region 2. Other countries fall into region 3 and there may be a format issue caused by the print condition or row conditions incorrectly testing on either region 1 or region 2.
234971 – Text entered into paragraph is more than one page in length
We have an issue where text entered into a paragraph node in the statutory database does not print correctly if it is more than one A4 page in length. The bottom of the text ‘falls off’ the A4 page and is not continued on the following A4 page. The workaround is to split the text across two or more nodes, or if that is not possible, enter the text directly into the format cell and make the format local.