Xero to MYOB migration services delivered end to end for Australian businesses, from a sole-trader Xero cutover to a multi-org Xero consolidation into MYOB with full xero to myob conversion services including payroll and BAS continuity.
Built here. Your data stays here.
Three stages. No surprises. Your live Xero data stays untouched until cutover, delivered personally by the founder.
Week 0
15-minute scoping call. We map your Xero org, the chart-of-accounts, tracking-category, and payroll structure that needs to translate to MYOB for the Xero to MYOB migration and the cleanup decisions to make on the way. Fixed-price quote inside 48 hours.
Weeks 1–N
Full migration run in a sandbox MYOB org first. Both systems then run in parallel for two weeks, every transaction, contact, balance and report cross-checked against the source. No risk to live operations.
Cutover
Production cutover on a planned window, typically a weekend. Team training, monitoring active, 30 days post-launch support. Xero safely retired with full history preserved.
Every migration project starts from a set of concrete data on the source platform and ends with the same data, cleaned and validated, on the target. Here is the shape of that move.
Where your data lives today, in Xero.
The same data, cleaned and validated, in MYOB, ready for day one.
What actually comes across
Moving the balances is the easy part. The work is the history: the invoices still open, the codes that do not exist in MYOB, the attachments nobody wants to lose, and the customer records that have drifted over years. All of it has to arrive reconciled, not approximately.
What has to move
Codes mapped to their MYOB equivalents, records deduplicated on rules you approve, then both systems run side by side until the balances agree. Cutover happens on a window you choose.
See how a conversion runsWhat you get
Every set of xero to myob conversion services is different. Here is what we typically cover when you migrate Xero to MYOB with us.
Your chart of accounts in Xero does not always map one-to-one to MYOB. We review the structure, consolidate where needed, and set up MYOB so reporting works the way your accountant expects.
Tax codes, tracking categories and account types are all mapped before any data moves.
Every contact in Xero, customers, suppliers, employees, gets migrated with ABNs, payment terms, email addresses and account codes intact.
Duplicates are merged. Stale records are flagged. The contact list in MYOB starts clean.
Invoices, bills, payments, credit notes and journal entries, migrated with dates, references and line-item detail preserved.
We validate that trial balances, aged receivables and BAS-relevant totals reconcile before go-live.
Bank transactions and reconciliation status are migrated so your team does not have to re-reconcile months of history.
Bank feed connections are re-established in MYOB with matching rules configured.
Pay rates, leave balances, super fund details, tax declarations and year-to-date figures are all migrated and validated.
We time the cut with your payroll cycle so nothing gets disrupted mid-period. STP reporting continuity is preserved.
Profit and loss, balance sheet, BAS, aged receivables and custom reports, we validate that MYOB produces the same numbers as Xero for any given period.
If you need historical comparison reports, we configure those before go-live.
Price moves with entity count, chart cleanup, payroll history, custom tax rules, connected apps, and how tight the cutover window is. Here is how we scope it.
Tell us what must survive in MYOB, what workflows or reports cannot break, and whether the move fits one fixed-price migration or needs phased delivery.
Once data scope, workflow rebuilds, connected systems, and cutover risk are clear, you get fixed-price scope covering cleansing, migration, validation, and go-live. No open-ended estimates.
If the move includes heavy history, connected systems, or adjacent rebuild work, we can split it into core migration first, then history, then integrations. Each phase has its own price and sign-off.
Why HELLO PEOPLE
DIY spreadsheet migrations, vendor migration tools, and offshore migrators all promise to move your data. Here's how HELLO PEOPLE compares on the things that actually matter to an AU SMB owner.
| Concern | HELLO PEOPLE | DIY spreadsheets | Vendor migration tool | Offshore migrators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data preserved end-to-end | 100% + validated at every step | Usually yes, no validation | Advertised complete, some fields drop | Depends on the vendor |
| Downtime during cutover | Zero. Parallel run + weekend cut | Days to weeks | Hours to days | Often days |
| AU BAS / GST / payroll fit | AU-native, understood | You own the risk | Usually generic | Variable |
| Pricing model | Fixed price, one-time | Your team's time forever | Per-record or flat fee | Per-hour + revisions |
| When something breaks | We own the fix, no charge | You own it | Support ticket queue | Time-zone gap |
| Data cleansing | Included in scope | Optional, often skipped | Usually not | Quoted separately |
| Post-cutover support | 30 days included, plan optional | None | Chat support tier | Depends on contract |
A Perth-based services group with 60+ staff moved off their legacy accounting stack to a modern cloud platform, taking multiple entities across in one coordinated cut. Chart of accounts consolidated, payroll continuity preserved through cutover, and BAS lodgement continued on time.
Read the full case studyWe had been putting off the switch for over a year. They made it painless, scoped it clearly, migrated everything, and our team was up and running in MYOB within weeks. The data was cleaner than it had been in years.
A structured process so you know what is happening at each stage. No ambiguity, no surprises.
We audit data quality, volume, complexity and connected integrations. You get a clear scope and a fixed price before anything starts.
Duplicates merged, dead records removed, formats standardised. Your data is cleaned in Xero before anything moves.
MYOB is set up to match your business, accounts, custom fields, user roles, tax settings. No generic template.
Chart of accounts, contacts, invoices, bills, bank transactions, payroll history, leave balances, super fund details and opening balances, extracted, transformed and loaded into MYOB. Validated against the source at every step.
Balances checked. Reports compared. Edge cases tested. Your team reviews the data in MYOB before we go anywhere near production.
We cut over at the right moment and stay close for the first month. Xero stays accessible as a reference until you are confident.
Depends on data volume, chart-of-accounts complexity, payroll history, connected apps, and which MYOB product you are landing on (AccountRight, Business, Exo). We scope your Xero org first, then quote fixed price before any work starts.
About 2 to 4 weeks for most Australian businesses. Simple Xero to MYOB Business conversions finish faster. Multi-org Xero consolidation into MYOB AccountRight with payroll sits at the longer end.
Yes. We are a Perth-based Xero MYOB migration company delivering Xero to MYOB conversion services Australia-wide. About half our conversions run for clients in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Delivery is fully remote.
No. Every invoice, bill, payment, and journal is extracted from Xero, validated at each step, and reconciled in MYOB before sign-off. Xero stays untouched until you approve the MYOB file.
Yes. Xero stays live until cutover. Both systems run in parallel for the final two weeks so nothing gets stuck mid-conversion.
Yes. Pay rates, leave balances, YTD figures, super fund details, and STP Phase 2 reporting all migrate. Cutover is timed to your payroll cycle so no pay run is disrupted.
Yes. ServiceM8, Simpro, Tradify, Shopify, WooCommerce, HubSpot, Salesforce, Deputy, Employment Hero, and Power BI connections all rebuild against MYOB as part of the scope.
Yes. Xero tracking categories map to MYOB jobs or categories depending on the target product. Reporting structure is preserved so your accountant sees the same numbers post-cutover.
Where people go after Xero varies, and we scope the move to whichever system you have chosen: Xero, MYOB AccountRight, MYOB Business, MYOB Acumatica, QuickBooks Online, Reckon, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Sage 50, Sage 300, Sage Intacct, Odoo, Zoho Books, FreshBooks, Saasu, SAP Business One, Oracle and Workday. If the one you have picked is a poor fit for how you actually work, we will say so before you have paid for a conversion into it.
The parts that decide the timeline are the same wherever you land: the chart of accounts, the general ledger, the customer and supplier master, open purchase orders and sales orders, opening balances and payroll history, and how much history you export out of the old system and import into the new one, rather than leave behind in a readable archive. Hosted files, local files and vendor exports each come out differently.
If you are looking because Xero is too old, out of support or reaching end of life, that is a question of timing rather than whether. It is worth comparing the alternatives and moving away on your own schedule rather than on the one the vendor picks for you.
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