Home topics news via MYOB.com/au News News MYOB’s new AI tools promise to take the quarterly BAS burden off small business owners Yajush Gupta March 3, 2026 Late payments, BAS prep, and bank recs are draining small businesses. MYOB has rolled out an AI suite to tackle all three. What’s happening : MYOB has announced a suite of AI-powered tools for small and medium businesses, including what it describes as Australia’s first agentic BAS solution. Why this matters : The tools most likely to shift that number are not the ones that replace human judgment, but the ones that remove the administrative burden that consumes the hours business owners never get back. BAS compliance and late payment management sit near the top of that list. Every quarter, approximately 2.61 million GST-registered small businesses in Australia face the same obligation: preparing and lodging their Business Activity Statement. For many, it is one of the most time-consuming, error-prone and anxiety-inducing tasks in the business calendar. MYOB has announced a suite of AI-powered tools aimed squarely at that problem, and several others like it. The rollout, which includes what the company describes as Australia’s first agentic BAS solution, is currently in beta across MYOB’s product portfolio, including Solo by MYOB, MYOB Business Lite and Pro, and AccountRight. MYOB CEO Paul Robson said the launch represented a deliberate shift in where the company is directing its innovation investment. “We are focused on investing our innovation in areas we know will drive maximum value for