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MYOB Linked Accounts

To keep things simple and easy, MYOB uses linked accounts to complete accounting entries for you.

This means you do not have to understand the concept of accounting, i.e. debit or credit which account, when performing your day to day functions like issuing a sales invoice, making a payment, etc.

myob linked accounts

Linked accounts are the default accounts that MYOB uses to complete an accounting entry when you record a transaction.

For example, when you create a sales invoice, MYOB needs to know which account to debit and which account to credit.

Some linked accounts are required.

The account for tracking receivables is one such account.

It’s important, therefore to understand linked accounts in MYOB and set it up correctly to ensure that your accounts are correctly maintained.

When you first create your company file, MYOB sets up a number of linked accounts for you.

At the very least, these are the accounts that MYOB needs to function correctly:

Default account numberAccount name
1-1100General cheque account
1-1200Undeposited funds
1-2000Trade debtors
2-2000Trade creditors
2-3300Sales tax payable
3-8000Retained earnings
3-9000Current earnings
3-9999Historical balancing account

All these accounts can be re-named or re-numbered to make them follow the structure of your chart of accounts.

Or if you prefer, you can create your own accounts and link them as necessary.

For the accounts in italics bold above, the Retained and Current earnings accounts, you can edit and re-number and/or re-name them, but you cannot change the linking.

You also cannot delete these accounts.

Caution:
Ensure that the correct accounts are linked before you start entering transactions.
For example, linking any account other than your Trade Debtors to receivables tracking will result in incorrect accounting entries when you enter sales.


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