Payroll Activation

Hi JohnCL,

Thanks for checking first. If you’re planning to fully start using MYOB AccountRight from 1/7/2026, it’s generally better to start recording payroll in MYOB from the new financial year, rather than entering pay runs in MYOB now while still lodging STP through your current payroll provider. That’s because before you can process a pay run in AccountRight, you’ll need to set up STP in the file. Once STP is set up in MYOB, it creates a new BMS ID. If payroll has already been reported to the ATO from your other payroll software for the 2025–26 year, using MYOB STP as well can cause duplicate year-to-date/pay run reporting in the ATO records.

So the safest option is to:

• keep using your current payroll provider for all payroll and STP reporting up to 30 June 2026
• then start fresh in MYOB AccountRight from 1 July 2026

This helps keep the 2025–26 payroll year with one STP provider only and avoids any duplication issues. 

Regards,

Sai