How to find your Previous BMS ID

Overview

A Business Management software identifier or BMS ID uniquely identifies the source of employee data that has been sent to the ATO, therefore, which product the data was sent from.

Changing Payroll solution

When an Employer changes their Payroll software mid-year, they need to transfer their employee YTD data and start lodging future pays from the new software, this new data will be assigned to a new BMS ID and therefore to avoid having duplicate data, in line with the ATO the Employer needs to either Replace the existing BMS ID or Zero out amounts lodged via the old payroll product.

To transfer YTD amounts using the Previous BMS ID you need to ensure that the Employees in your new Payroll software use the same Employee Numbers as the prior Payroll product

How to find your previous BMS ID

The BMS ID that is associated with each lodgement can be found via the ATO Portal.

  • Log into the ATO's online services
  • Select Employees > STP Reporting
  • Click the drop down next to one of your submissions from the previous product
  • Copy the Business Management software (BMS) ID so you can paste it into your new Payroll Product

How to Enter the Previous BMS ID in your Reckon software

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