Getting started

1. Go to www.abs.gov.au/businessreporting and click 'Create account'.

2. Enter your email address, mobile number, first and last name, and press 'Next'.

3. A verification link will be sent to your email address. You will need to click this link to finalise creating your account.

1. Go to www.abs.gov.au/businessreporting and click 'Create account'.

2. Click 'Log in with Xero'.

3. Enter your Xero credentials and press 'Log in'.

4. Enter your authentication code if you have set up two factor authentication and press 'Confirm'.

1. Go to www.abs.gov.au/businessreporting and click 'Log in'.

2. Enter the email you used to create your ABS Business Reporting account and press 'Next' to receive a verification email. If you have previously logged in using your Xero account credentials you can use the email associated with your Xero account.

3. Press the link in your verification email to log in.

1. Go to www.abs.gov.au/businessreporting and click 'Log in'.

2. Click 'Log in with Xero'.

3. Enter your Xero credentials and press 'Log in'.

4. Enter your authentication code if you have set up two factor authentication and press 'Confirm'.

1. Click 'Continue with Xero'. If you have logged in using your ABS account you will need to log into your Xero account.

2. Use the drop down (if you have multiple businesses associated with your Xero account) to select the business you want to report for. If you have only one business, it will automatically be selected. Read over the information that ABS Business Reporting will access. ABS Business Reporting does not offer customisation of what data is accessed. 

3. Press ‘Allow access’. This will link your accounting software with ABS Business Reporting. 

4. You can now begin reporting for this business in ABS Business Reporting.

1. Click ‘Continue with MYOB’.

2. Sign into MYOB using your MYOB account credentials.

3. Enter your authentication code if you have set up two factor authentication. 

4. Read over the information that ABS Business Reporting will have access to.

5. Press ‘Allow access’. This will link your accounting software with ABS Business Reporting. 

6. Use the drop down to select the business you want to report for and read over the information that ABS Business Reporting will access. ABS Business Reporting does not offer customisation of what data is accessed. 

7. Press ‘Connect business’.

8. You can now begin reporting for this business in ABS Business Reporting.

1. Click ‘Continue with QuickBooks’.

2. Sign into QuickBooks using your QuickBooks account credentials.

3. Enter your authentication code if you have set up two factor authentication.

4. Use the drop down to select the business to select the business you want to report for and read over the information that ABS Business Reporting will access. ABS Business Reporting does not offer customisation of what data is accessed.  

5. Press 'Connect'. This will link your accounting software with ABS Business Reporting.

6. You can now begin reporting for this business in ABS Business Reporting.

If your accounting software is not listed, or if you don’t want to connect, you can Continue without accounting software to enter information manually into a web form.  

1. Click 'Continue without accounting software'

2. Enter your Reference number and press submit to begin reporting to the ABS. Your reference number is two letters (AT or MU) followed by eight numbers such as ‘AT12345678’. This can be found in the letter or email you received asking you to report. 

1. Press ‘Manage connections’ in the sidebar of your dashboard.

2. 

Press ‘Disconnect business’ next to an active business

or

Press the ellipsis then ‘Disconnect business’ next to an authorised business to confirm the business’ removal. 

Note: after disconnecting a MYOB business from within ABS Business Reporting, MYOB will still show a connection to ABS Business Reporting. Please visit MYOB Account - Authorisation to log in to your MYOB account and disconnect. 

Xero

You can disconnect ABS Business Reporting from within Xero. Please visit Update, disconnect or review connected apps – Xero Central for instructions. 

MYOB

You can disconnect ABS Business Reporting from within MYOB. Please visit MYOB Account - Authorisation to log into your MYOB account and disconnect. If you have disconnected a MYOB business from within ABS Business Reporting, MYOB will still show a connection to ABS Business Reporting until you disconnect at this link.

QuickBooks

You can disconnect ABS Business Reporting from within QuickBooks. Please visit the QuickBooks website for instructions.