MYOB AccountRight Explained: Stock, Jobs and Windows Access

MYOB AccountRight is worth evaluating when stock, purchasing, jobs or an established Windows workflow are central to your bookkeeping. It has browser access, but you still need Windows for setup and some features. That matters if your team expects to do everything on Macs.

This guide covers the AccountRight family, with Plus as the starting reference. It does not describe MYOB Business Lite or Pro.

What you are paying for

AccountRight Plus lists a standard price of $165 a month on MYOB's Australian pricing page, checked 9 September 2026. Compare the ongoing subscription and any additional services; introductory discounts do not tell you the cost of keeping it.

Premier has additional capabilities, including multicurrency. Do not buy Plus on the assumption that every feature shown in an AccountRight demonstration belongs to both plans. Check the current plan list and Plus product details.

If your needs are mainly invoices, a few bills and ordinary bank reconciliation, first compare the browser products in MYOB Business vs AccountRight.

How a stock transaction moves through the books

An ordinary purchase can involve several different events: ordering goods, receiving them, getting the supplier invoice and paying it. Those events may happen on different days. Your demonstration should preserve those differences.

Ask the demonstrator to order ten items, receive six and leave four outstanding. Sell two of the received items. Then inspect the stock quantity, purchase order and supplier balance. Each number should have an explanation.

The illustration shows the questions to ask: what is on hand, what is on order and what is it worth? It doesn't prove that your particular warehouse, returns or costing process is covered. Use the inventory demonstration checklist to go beyond the sales screen.

Windows and browser access aren't identical

List the work each person needs to perform and the device they use. A director checking reports in a browser has different needs from a bookkeeper processing transactions in the desktop application.

Have the vendor demonstrate each critical job on that device. Ask about time billing, multicurrency, detailed stock functions and any import process you rely on. A general statement that the product “works online” is too broad for this decision.

Include hardware, Windows access and IT support in the comparison if you do not already have them. A subscription price cannot capture that whole cost.

Jobs, payroll and month-end reporting

For job tracking, start with the question you want answered. “Did this installation make money?” needs agreed treatment of materials, employee time, subcontractors and overheads. A job code alone won't make the report meaningful.

Australian payroll is part of the Plus/Premier offering. Payroll still requires accurate setup, review and an agreed reporting process. During a migration, keep payroll history and opening balances in the handover checklist rather than assuming they will follow the sales ledger automatically.

At month end, review the bank accounts, unpaid customer invoices, supplier balances and stock records together. A profitable report with unexplained bank differences is unfinished work.

Before signing or switching

Ask for a written list of the plan, features, support, conversion scope and recurring charges. Identify who owns the subscription and how you retrieve records if you change advisers.

Test an export or backup and have your adviser confirm what it contains. A list of invoice totals may not include attachments, audit history or old reconciliations. Our migration checklist helps define what must survive.

For a comparison with any other package in this range, open the accounting software selector.

Key takeaways

• Evaluate AccountRight around stock, purchasing and job requirements.
• Test desktop-dependent tasks on the devices your team actually uses.
• Confirm Plus versus Premier entitlements before buying.

Where to get help

Use MYOB's support resources for product-specific instructions. Ask an adviser familiar with your stock and job workflow to review the demonstration and migration scope.