MYOB desktop version
I've just been advised that as a loyal user and recommender of MYOB since the 1990's, because my serial number is a "professional partner" serial number it will be cancelled and my client's data fil...
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Thank you so much Sai. It worked out fine. As a small NGO we have managed to save the high cost demanded by the Agent.
Cheers
Hi DF5
When some-one offers you something for free, you should always ask want it is going to cost you or what the catch is. Companies like MYOB don't generally give things out for free. They are there to make money. Take a read here. Speculation is that one day MYOB will tell you that if you want to continue to use their software, the company file 'must' be online and you 'must' use the browser access. Under AR2018 you had a right to use the company file offline in perpetuity. Under AR2024 you do not.
Regards
Gavin
Hi DF5
gavin12345 is correct.. MYOB's business plan, as sold to financial advisors a few years ago, is to get all MYOB users into the online monthly subscription option. Once everybody is online paying subscriptions, they can jack the price up whenever they feel like earning even more profit. If you took a backup before upgrading, go to the link that gavin12345 sent (and I sent too) to get your fully owned and paid for version working again. MYOB couldn't give a toss if you are a NFP. Believe me I tried with one of my NFP clients.
regards,
Liz
Hi gavin12345 Beach and DF5 . There is no conspiracy here, MYOB is not forcing our customers to go online, and we are certainly not doing so to allow us to 'jack the price up whenever we feel like'.
From a compliance perspective files are required to be online, for STP2 in Australia for example, payroll is submitted to the ATO online through the software, this would not be possible offline. Online also allows for the latest security, utilising MYOBs secure servers and the latest identity processes such as 2FA. Outside of security and compliance, being online also saves our customers time, being able to utlilise online features such as bankfeeds helps to automate slow processes like reconciliation giving customers more time to focus on their business.
In reference to price increases, these typically happen annually and are a reflection of rising business costs as well as the investment and improvements to our software. For further transparency, MYOB has absolutely stopped selling our desktop perpetual software, and in many cases it is no longer supported as well, but there is no plan to force people who have already purchased this software online.not true... there are 3rd party software (fully legal according to ATO) that access the payroll data from even the old classic V19 files and lodge successfully to ATO. By stopping file confirmations MYOB is breaking the licence agreement that came with the original software purchase. Stopping file confirmations does force people into the MYOB subscription model. I have many clients that still use V19 and use the 3rd party software to be fully ATO compliant. They refuse to pay MYOB a monthly fee for software when their current, fully owned, MYOB software works well and meets all ATO requirements.
Hi Gavin, Thanks for the info.
Ohh that's new thing for me to hear. Guess I am already in the trap if that's true. If that happens then maybe will look at other options/software to replace MYOB. This is so because we are a small NGO operating in Fiji and we only got funding once to buy the software. We will not be funded for subs etc and that might be issue for us in future.
