MYOB Training in Australia: Courses and a Practice Pack

Choose MYOB training around the work you need to do and the product you will use. An owner learning invoices and bank matching needs a different starting point from someone responsible for payroll or preparing for bookkeeping employment.

Start with MYOB Academy, then compare paid support if you need assessed exercises, a trainer to ask or a structured timetable. Check the product version, support and certificate requirements in the course outline.

Choose your learning path

For payroll, learning the screens is only part of the work. Keep employment and tax questions separate from the exercise and ask the relevant adviser before changing a live setup.

Pick the product before the course

MYOB Business Lite and Pro share a browser-based product. AccountRight also has browser functions, alongside its Windows application. A course using an old desktop interface may not teach the steps you need in the browser.

Read the syllabus for the product, country and version. Ask when the screenshots and exercises were last updated. If a course retains an older product name, ask which current software it actually teaches rather than rejecting or accepting it from the title.

Our Lite and Pro guide compares their plan limits and a worked cost example. The AccountRight comparison covers the separate product choice. Confirm the required software access and any subscription cost before buying training.

Free and paid course options

The Academy catalogue offers courses, learning paths, videos and events by product and task. Browse the official catalogue for the course’s enrolment details. Eligible students can also check MYOB’s student software offer; its conditions are separate from general course access.

Paid training is worth comparing when you need a marked assignment, a trainer’s answer or scheduled classes. Ask for specifics: how questions are submitted, how long replies take, which exercises are assessed and whether access ends before you are likely to finish.

The Applied Education course guide is the source for those listed prices, checked on 7 October 2026. A listed RRP is not a guaranteed checkout price. Compare the course outline and support terms yourself; we have not assessed these providers’ teaching quality.

Try a small practice file

Use a separate demonstration file. Do not connect a real bank account, send invoices to real customers or lodge these records. The practice transaction sheet contains fictitious data; it is a worksheet, not a universal MYOB import format.

1. Start with $1,000 in the demonstration bank account and no opening receivables or payables.
2. Enter DEMO-101 for $550 and DEMO-102 for $330. For this exercise only, both are fully taxable sales, including $50 and $30 GST respectively.
3. Record a $550 receipt against DEMO-101. DEMO-102 stays unpaid.
4. Enter and pay the $220 demonstration business expense, including the assumed $20 GST.
5. Reconcile the bank to $1,330: $1,000 + $550 − $220. Check that the receipt has not created another sale and the payment another expense.
6. Export the receivables and accrual profit-and-loss reports, then reopen them. The exercise targets are $330 receivable, $800 sales before GST and $200 expense before GST, giving $600 profit before other costs and tax.

These figures check the arithmetic under the stated assumptions. They are not a BAS calculation or evidence that a particular MYOB plan has been tested. We have not completed this pack inside a live MYOB trial.

For the browser workflow, follow MYOB’s instructions for working with bank transactions and reconciling accounts. Record mismatches before changing entries.

Product and plan:
Browser or desktop version / date:
Separate demonstration file name:
Opening bank balance: $1,000
Invoice DEMO-101: $550, paid $550
Invoice DEMO-102: $330, unpaid
Paid expense DEMO-E01: $220
Closing bank balance target: $1,330
Receivables target: $330
Accrual sales excluding GST target: $800
Expense excluding GST target: $200
Assumptions: fully taxable transactions; entire expense for business; no opening debtors, creditors or GST balances; no other entries.
Actual reports and differences:
Bank transactions matched rather than entered twice:
Report exports reopened successfully:
Questions for trainer / adviser:
Do not submit this demonstration data to the ATO.

Keep qualifications separate from software skills

Check the national training register for FNS40222 Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping and the provider’s authority to deliver it. A short MYOB completion certificate does not become that qualification because both courses use accounting software.

For paid BAS services, check the TPB’s registration qualifications and experience requirements, including approved studies, relevant experience and other registration conditions. Completing a software exercise does not establish registration or authority to provide those services.

Key takeaways

• Match the course to your product, country and work.
• Compare practical support and assessment alongside price.
• Use fictitious practice records and check the resulting balances.
• Verify qualifications and registration separately from product badges.

Where to get help

Use MYOB Academy for product learning and MYOB support for the current workflow. The software trial checklist helps you record what you have actually tested.