Overview of the Tutorial 1. Introduction to the Practice Lab
In this Accounting Cycle practice lab, you will learn bookkeeping for a small business by using a
computerised accounting software, MYOB. You start by creating a set of chart of accounts for relevant
business and enter the opening balance for each account. You will then enter within the given business
transactions. Finally, you will generate accounting reports as required.
In this practice lab, you will use MYOB software (MYOB AccountRight v 19) to complete both practice
sets and assessment sets available on the Perdisco website (please refer to the instruction given to
you along with access codes distributed to you in your tutorials). You will then upload in your results
on the Perdisco Virtual Tutor available on the Perdisco website. The Perdisco Virtual Tutor will grade
your answers and provide an immediate feedback immediately. This feedback is an opportunity for
you to correct your mistakes at MYOB. According to the feedback from Perdisco website, you must
instantly correct mistakes in the MYOB if there is any. Otherwise, the error will carry on to affect your
overall monthly accounting reports. Now, please watch the welcome video from Perdisco
(http://www.perdisco.com/au/myob/default.aspx).
http://www.perdisco.com/au/myob/default.aspx
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2. The Structure of Practice Sets
There are two sets available on the Perdisco website, Trial or practice version and Assessment version.
Both sets are similar, but with different business scenarios and different business transactions. Each
set has 14 sections and requires up to 19 hours to complete each (see details in the following table).
Please note that the practice version or trial version is for practice only, not for your assessment. So,
the grades you will be receiving during your trial version will not be recorded. . This version provides
you enough practice for the final assessment version. Remember your final result for this course is
based only on the grades you receive from the Assessment practice set.
The Structure of Practice Sets
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3. Instructions to the Trial Practice Set
This document provides a detailed discussion on the above mentioned 14 Sections. This document is
a step by step approach, specially designed to support you to complete the Trial practice set. In order
to provide you a better conceptual understanding, we have also included few ‘test yourself’ questions
at the end of each section. Answering these questions will help you in summarising the steps you
followed in each section. You are required to summarise what you have done for each section.
Although this tutorial is focused only on the Trial practice set, but the main aim of this tutorial is to
help you in applying your understanding and learning from the practice version to the Assessment
practice set.
4. Be Ready to Start the Trial Practice Set
The Perdisco practice and assessment versions require the MYOB AccountRight Plus v19. The MYOB
AccountRight Plus v 19 is available in your student desktop in all computer labs in the campus.
Alternatively, you can download the trial version on your home computer/laptop (at your own risk,
please don’t forget to save your work). Before starting the practice version on Perdisco website, make
sure to check the following;
The practice will be done by using MYOB on the PC. All the tasks for the Trial practice set is on the
Perdisco website. Ensure you have done the following two steps before you start the tutorial for the
Trial.
1) Check MYOB (check the version if doing in your laptop) has been installed on the PC in the lab
or on your own PC.
2) Login into the Perdisco website (by using the access codes given to you during your tutorial)
Once again, the Trial practice set is optional. You may pause or stop the Trial practice set and start the
Assessment practice set at any time when you are confident to complete it by yourself.
In practice set, you cannot go back to the sections that you have already submitted. In order to
correct previous errors in MYOB, print every section and related information or save them to your
USB.
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Section 1: Creating the company file 1. Start MYOB and click Crate to create a new file for the company. Click Next button.
2. Fill in company details as given in the Perdisco online practice set. Click Next button.
Company Name: Hi-Fi Way (Dinithi Ranasinghe)*
A.B.N.: 44 596 545 628
Address: 85 Tyler-Sharman Street Adelaide, SA, 5000 Australia
Phone Number: 1800-954-8873
Fax Number and E-mail Address (leave those fields blank)
*Remember, if your full name was Chris Smith, your company name would be “Hi-Fi Way (Chris Smith)”.
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3. Currently, it is 1 January 2019. Therefore, the current financial year for The Hi-Fi Way is
2019 which starts in July 2018 and ends in June 2019, (i.e. a new file in MYOB for Current
Finical Year: July 1, 2018 –June 30, 2019). Choose Last Month of Financial Year as June and
Conversion Month as January.
4. Click “Next” for selecting a list of provided accounts.
5. Select the “Industry Classification” and “Types of Business”.
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6. Now go to Perdisco and answer the Perdisco online multiple choice “Questions on entering
basic company information” before you click button “Next”.
7. After completion of three online multiple choice questions, click “Next” button to create
and save the company file. Click “Change” button to relocate to new folder, e.g.
Accounting 102, in your USB drive or H: drive. (Your data may be deleted when you login
next time. So, the best choice is to save it on your USB drive or your own computer.
8. Click “Command Centre” button to continue.
9. Click on button “Account” and item “Accounts List” in the chart.
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10. Now go to Perdisco, answer the online “Questions on the default accounts list” carefully
and submit. You will see the answers and your points immediately.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the first section of Conversion to MYOB.
Fill in the following blanks. (You may refer to these notes for your Assessment practice set that is
similar to this Trial.)
a) Use minimum words to summarise what you have done from Step 1 to 4.
________________________________________________________________.
b) Use minimum words to summarise what you have done from Step 5 to 7.
________________________________________________________________.
c) Use minimum words to summarise what you have done from Step 8 to 9.
________________________________________________________________.
d) Use minimum words to summarise what you have done in general in this section.
________________________________________________________________.
e) Your score out of 24 is _____ _.
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Remember:
1. After finishing each Section, please do not forget to back up your MYOB file to your
computer or USB drive. You also have to bookmark Perdisco website after finishing any
tasks that you choose as a starting point to further practice.
2. To back the file, click File menu, select Back Up item. Remember the path of backup file,
MYOB[MMDD].ZIP (e.g. MYOB0324.ZIP).
3. If you find your data from MYOB is different to the results from the Perdisco website, you
may need to restart from a task when it was correct.
4. Subsequently, you need to restore a backup file on a latest date when it was the same as
that on the Perdisco website.
5. To restore the backup file, click File menu, select Restore item, and then find a latest file
and click OK.
6. Check details of the restore file (e.g. trial balance, etc.) to find out the task to restart. Be
careful, don’t redo the tasks that have already been done.
7. After repeating the tasks, check your new results to match the answers from Perdisco
website.
8. Otherwise, restore a backup file and repeat the tasks until you get the same data from
MYOB to those from Perdisco website.
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Section 2: MYOB Setup
1. Set up preference so that you are able to modify transactions in MYOB if you made errors in the practice.
1) In MYOB, from Setup menu, select item Preference. 2) Click on tab Security and ensure there is no tick in the box for Transactions CAN’T be
Changed.
2. Go to Lists, in the menu bar, Tax code list for Hi-Fi Way (by adding and deleting tax codes)
so that it exactly matches the tax code list report that is provided below (as given in the
Perdisco website).
Code Description Tax Type Rate Tax Collected Tax Paid
CAP Capital Acquisitions Goods & Services Tax 10% 2-1310 (GST Collected)
2-1330 (GST Paid)
FRE GST Free Goods & Services Tax 0% 2-1310 (GST Collected)
2-1330 (GST Paid)
GST Goods & Services Tax Goods & Services Tax 10% 2-1310 (GST Collected)
2-1330 (GST Paid)
ITS Input Taxed Sales Goods & Services Tax 0% 2-1310 (GST Collected)
2-1330 (GST Paid)
N-T Not Reportable Goods & Services Tax 0% 2-1310 (GST Collected)
2-1330 (GST Paid)
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*Note that you are required to modify some existing tax code and delete all other tax codes
that are not in the list below so that you can follow the next instructions. Your final Tax Code
List should be as follows.
1) From Lists menu, select item Tax Codes.
2) For example, to modify tax code by click Edit button or double clicking the tax code item.
And then enter details in terms of Tax Code, Description, Tax Type, and Rate. Click on
combo box for Linked Account for Tax Collected and select accounts of GST Collected
from Lists. Click Use Account button. Similarly, click on combo box for Linked Account
for Tax Paid and select accounts of GST Paid from Lists. Click Use Account button. (if you
don’t see the empty boxes press TAB)
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