Moving from MYOB to QuickBooks
Intuit's switching page names MMC Convert for MYOB files. Its basic move rebuilds your opening balances, lists and open items in QuickBooks Online, and this year's transactions can follow as an extra. We bring MYOB up to date, send the file to MMC Convert and check what arrives.
What MMC Convert moves out of MYOB
- MMC Convert takes MYOB AccountRight and AccountRight Live files (.myo and .myox) as well as MYOB Essentials.
- The data goes into QuickBooks Online Essentials or Plus. A Simple Start subscription has to be upgraded before MMC Convert can be invited in.
- The basic move carries opening balances for the financial year you need, customer and supplier details, the chart of accounts, and unpaid invoices and bills with their credits.
- This year's transactions come across only in the year-to-date conversion, an extra arranged by phoning Intuit. In that version, MYOB jobs and categories can become QuickBooks classes.
- The move can take up to 5 business days. QuickBooks Online cannot be opened while it runs, and changes made in MYOB meanwhile are not carried over.
How we run a MYOB to QuickBooks move
- 01
Bring MYOB up to date
We match payments to their invoices and bills, reconcile the bank accounts, note each closing balance and keep a backup if you use AccountRight.
- 02
Hand the file to MMC Convert
With your QuickBooks Essentials or Plus subscription in place, we send the MYOB data to MMC Convert and pause work in MYOB until the move ends.
- 03
Check QuickBooks against MYOB
When MMC Convert reports the move is finished, we compare opening balances and what each customer and supplier owes with MYOB, then reconcile the bank accounts from the conversion date.
- 04
Settle the team into QuickBooks
We walk your staff through the QuickBooks Online screens that replace their MYOB routines, including where jobs and categories sit if they came across as classes.
MYOB to QuickBooks conversion details
| What it lists | As published |
|---|---|
| MYOB files MMC Convert can move | AccountRight and AccountRight Live (.myo and .myox), and MYOB Essentials |
| QuickBooks Online plans MMC Convert moves data into | Essentials and Plus, with Simple Start upgraded first |
| History in the basic conversion | Opening balances from the financial year you need |
| Customer and supplier details | Name, email, postal address, contact numbers and website |
| Chart of accounts | Each account's name, nominal code and detail type |
| Unpaid invoices and unused credit notes | Recreated in QuickBooks Online |
| Unpaid bills and supplier credits | Recreated in QuickBooks Online |
| Year-to-date transactions | An extra, arranged by phoning Intuit |
| MYOB jobs and categories, in the year-to-date conversion | Can be brought across as classes |
| How long the move can take | Up to 5 business days, with no access to QuickBooks Online |
Source: Intuit Australia Pty Ltd, Switch to QuickBooks Online. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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