When transferring a business, some sellers agree to provide the purchaser with a copy of their MYOB® company file. Whilst you can provide a copy of the file in its entirety, most sellers would prefer not to disclose so must data. There is also the issue of the serial number and File ID in the company file.

One option might be to provide a copy of the company file with all of the transactions and transactional data removed, as well as all Account balances etc.

For example we can create an exact copy of your company file. It will have:

• All Accounts (no balances)
• All Cards (with no outstanding balance or history, no last invoice date, no Credit Limit etc)
• All Inventory Items (no balance on hand and no stock value) Selling price and buying price will remain in file
• All Tax Codes
• All Payroll categories with links to employees etc will stay as they were
• All linked accounts and preferences etc will stay as they were
• All Jobs/categories remain but all amounts cleared
• All Customs Lists, Identifiers etc will stay as they were
• All recurring transactions will stay as they were
• All dates (current year etc) will stay as they are
• Serial Number will be removed (unless you want that to remain)

The new owner can then enter a General Journal to set all account balances as required, and an Inventory Adjustment Journal to set Items on hand count and value. Employee payroll history and entitlement balances can be set on each employee card.

*Standard cost is $132 for outcome as outline above for files up to 200MB. More if you have specific requests or larger files. If you would like a quote, upload your file at the upload address available below and then send us an email with the Administrator password, return email address, as well as a brief explanation of what you want done.


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