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If you regularly make the same types of payments, you can set up rules to automatically allocate these to your MYOB Essentials accounts, saving you from manual data entry. For example, this can be helpful for regular utility bill payments or purchases you make a lot, like petrol.

You can set up a rule using any unique description or amount (or multiple descriptions or amounts) in the bank transactions you import into MYOB Essentials. When the same type of transaction always uses the same text or amount, you can use it to automatically allocate the transaction to the correct MYOB Essentials account.

There are two ways you can create a rule: from a bank transaction if you want to create a rule based on an existing transaction, or from Manage rules page. For information on editing or deleting allocation rules, see Managing rules.

To create an allocation rule from a bank transaction

Go to the Banking menu and choose Bank transactions. The Bank transactions page appears, showing your bank transactions from your bank feed or imported bank statements.

If you're using the new banking

If you're on the new banking, you'll see a bank transactions page like this:

  1. Find the bank transaction you'd like to base your allocation rule on and click the down arrow in the right column to expand the transaction.
  2. Click the Create rule button.
  3. Edit the description in the Name field so that it will match all transactions you want this rule to apply to. This field is not case-sensitive. For example, if the field says "POS 0392342-BUNNINGS NUNAWADING VI", you might change it to simply say "BUNNINGS".
  4. Choose your conditions from the drop down lists
    1. Description, select Contains, Begins with, or Ends with from the drop down menu, and type the description text.
    2. For an Amount, Equals is automatically selected. Type the numerical amount.
  5. To create more than one condition, click Add conditionand repeat step 4. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you're satisfied with the rule's conditions
  6. In the Allocate to section, start by choosing whether you want to allocate by percentage (%) or dollar amount ($)
    1. For allocating by percentage (%), type the percentage amount in the Percentage box, select the account in the Account drop down, and select the tax code from the final drop down. Add more than one percentage allocation by repeating the above steps in the boxes stacked below the row you're on. Filling out those boxes will make additional allocation boxes appear. Note that the total percentage amount must equal 100%.
    2. To allocate by dollar amount ($), type the amount in the Amount box, select the account from the Account drop down, and select the tax code from the final drop down. Filling out the allocation boxes will make additional allocation boxes appear below. Repeat the above steps to create additional allocation destinations.
  7. If you'd like to assign the allocation to a supplier, check the Assign to supplier box and select a supplier from the drop down list.
  8. When you've filled out the allocation rule to your liking, click Save. Your new allocation rule will apply to all past and future transactions, and the rule will be saved under your Manage rules.
 
If you're using the old banking

If you're on the old banking page, your bank transactions page will look like this:

  1. Find the bank transaction you'd like to base your allocation rule on and click the transaction description. The Deposit details or Withdrawal details window appears.

  2. Click Create rule. The Create Allocation Rule window appears. If you can't see this window, try scrolling down the page.

  3. Edit the description in the If your bank transaction description contains field so that it will match all transactions you want this rule to apply to. This field is not case-sensitive. For example, if the field says "POS 0392342-BUNNINGS NUNAWADING VI", you might change it to simply say "BUNNINGS".
  4. In the and the amount is field, choose whether you want the rule to apply to all transactions matching this description, or only those with the same amount as the transaction you're basing the rule on. This can be useful if, for example, your regular phone and internet bills are from the same company, but for different amounts.
  5. In the allocate the transaction by field, choose whether you want to split the allocation by percentage or by dollar amount. If you're not splitting the transaction between more than one account, choose percentage.
  6. In the Percentage or Amount field, enter the percentage or amount you want to allocate to the first account. If you're allocating the whole amount to one account, leave this value as 100% or Full amount.
  7. In the Account field, choose which account you want to allocate this amount to. The Tax rate field is filled in automatically, but you can change it if you want.
  8. If you're splitting the transaction between more than one account, enter the percentage or amount in the next line and choose the account and tax code.
  9. Repeat step h until the full amount has been accounted for.
  10. Click Save. The rule is created and applied to any unallocated or unmatched transactions.

 
To create allocation rules from the Manage rules page

You don't need to base your allocation rules on the transactions that have already appeared in your bank feed or bank statement. If you already know the transactions you'll be allocating, just go to the Manage allocation rules page and set up your rules there.

  1. Click Manage rules from the Banking drop down menu. The Allocation rules page appears.
  2. Click Create rule. The Create rule page appears.
  3. Edit the description in the Name field so that it will match all transactions you want this rule to apply to. This field is not case-sensitive. For example, if the field says "POS 0392342-BUNNINGS NUNAWADING VI", you might change it to simply say "BUNNINGS".
  4. Choose your conditions from the drop down lists
    1. Description, select Contains, Begins with, or Ends with from the drop down menu, and type the description text.
    2. For an Amount, Equals is automatically selected. Type the numerical amount.
  5. To create more than one condition, click Add condition and repeat step 4. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you're satisfied with the rule's conditions
  6. In the Allocate to section, start by choosing whether you want to allocate by percentage (%) or dollar amount ($)
    1. For allocating by percentage (%), type the percentage amount in the Percentage box, select the account in the Account drop down, and select the tax code from the final drop down. Add more than one percentage allocation by repeating the above steps in the boxes stacked below the row you're on. Filling out those boxes will make additional allocation boxes appear. Note that the total percentage amount must equal 100%.
    2. To allocate by dollar amount ($), type the amount in the Amount box, select the account from the Account drop down, and select the tax code from the final drop down. Filling out the allocation boxes will make additional allocation boxes appear below. Repeat the above steps to create additional allocation destinations.
  7. If you'd like to assign the allocation to a supplier, check the Assign to supplier box and select a supplier from the drop down list.
  8. When you've filled out the allocation rule to your liking, click Save. Your new allocation rule will apply to all past and future transactions, and the rule will be saved under your Manage rules.
 
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