Adding your Previous BMS ID in Reckon One

Learn how to enter your previous BMS ID in Reckon One to prevent duplicate data from appearing in employee income statements if you have transferred from a different payroll software part-way through the financial year.

Learn how to find your previous BMS ID.

When to add the previous BMS ID

As soon as you transfer to Reckon One, register your Software ID with the ATO and then enter your previous BMS ID in Reckon One.

This will ensure the balances of the pay runs reported in your previous payroll software and Reckon One will be attributed to the same income statement.

Entering the previous BMS ID

After creating your book and setting up your employees with YTD Entries, follow the below steps to provide the previous BMS ID to the ATO.

1. Go to Payroll, then STP.
2. Select Create Update Event.
3. Select the correct financial year.
4. Enter their Previous BMS ID.

1. Select which employees are to be included in the update event.
2. Enters the relevant declaration details - Name and checkbox (date defaults to todays date for current fin year or 30 June for prior years).
3. Once submitted the event is displayed in the STP submission screen.

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• Learn what to do if you have already sent STP submissions before adding your previous BMS ID