Finance & Operations · Australian accounting
MYOB
integration & API.
MYOB integrations for Australian businesses still on the local accounting standard.
M What is MYOB?
MYOB in plain English.
MYOB is a long-established Australian accounting and payroll platform. While Xero has overtaken it in cloud accounting, MYOB remains widely used — particularly for businesses that have used it for decades and have payroll workflows tied to it.
What businesses use it for
Common MYOB
use cases.
- 01 Bookkeeping for established Australian businesses
- 02 Payroll and STP compliance
- 03 BAS and GST reporting
- 04 Inventory management
- 05 Job costing and project accounting
Why custom?
Beyond the default MYOB integrations.
MYOB is the established Australian accounting platform. The API is workable but quirky. We build MYOB integrations that fit Australian tax and payroll requirements, with proper handling for the things MYOB does its own way.
What we build with MYOB
Common MYOB integrations.
Sales and payment sync from ecommerce and POS
Inventory sync
Payroll integration with operational systems
GST and BAS reporting
How a MYOB project usually unfolds
How a MYOB project usually unfolds.
- 01
Discovery with the bookkeeper or accountant
A working session with the people running MYOB day-to-day to understand which MYOB product is in use, how invoicing, payroll, GST and the chart of accounts are set up, and where the current operational-to-MYOB flow is creating rework.
- 02
Design the integration around the MYOB API in use
API access provisioned for the right MYOB API, the contact and invoice data model agreed, tax treatment confirmed, and the reconciliation flow designed so payments and refunds land properly. Decisions made here so the bookkeeper does not have to redo our work later.
- 03
Build the integrations in phases
Highest-pain flow first — usually the sales-to-invoice sync from ecommerce or the operational system, or payroll touchpoints — then bills and expenses, then any custom reporting. Each phase is shipped, reviewed by the bookkeeper, and live before the next starts.
- 04
Handover with documentation and a maintenance arrangement
Finance and operations team training, runbooks covering the integration points and what to check when a sync looks off, and an agreed ongoing support arrangement as MYOB or the operational systems evolve.
Typical investment $15K–$60K depending on scope
Typical timeline 5–12 weeks to first delivery
What you can expect
What a MYOB integration usually delivers.
Sales and payments flowing in without re-keying
Orders, invoices and payments from ecommerce and the operational systems land in MYOB with the right contacts and tax codes — no end-of-month copy-paste from a spreadsheet.
GST, BAS and STP handling that holds up
Tax codes and payroll touchpoints set up so the BAS and STP reporting line up with what MYOB shows, without manual adjustments to chase the numbers.
Custom integrations where the MYOB API gets quirky
The corners of the MYOB API that the default app store integrations do not handle well — multi-currency, unusual tax treatments, particular product lines — covered properly so the data quality holds up.
A clean call on MYOB vs Xero when the time comes
If migrating to Xero is the right move, the same team can plan and run the phased move — without paralysing finance during the change.
Commonly paired with
MYOB works with the rest of your stack.
How we build
Production-grade.
Not Zapier in a trench coat.
Every MYOB integration we ship handles failure properly: idempotent jobs, retry logic, dead-letter queues for unrecoverable cases, and observability so you can see exactly where data is at any moment.
Tested
Real test suite, real edge cases. Not just "it worked once."
Observable
You see what is happening — events logged, errors surfaced.
Maintainable
Documented, version-controlled, handed over properly.
More Finance & Operations
Other finance & operations platforms we connect.
X Xero
Xero integrations that keep accounting in sync without the bookkeeper rework.
Q QuickBooks
QuickBooks integrations for businesses that need data flowing in cleanly from everywhere.
A Airtable
Airtable integrations for teams running operations on a flexible spreadsheet-database hybrid.
N Notion
Notion integrations for teams running their playbook, CRM, or roadmap on Notion.
FAQ
Common questions about MYOB integration.
Should we move from MYOB to Xero?
Depends on your team and processes. If your bookkeeper or accountant is comfortable on MYOB and you have customised workflows, the migration cost is real. If you are starting fresh or want stronger app integrations, Xero is usually the better choice.
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