Error: "Return is locked and cannot be exported" when exporting a tax return
This support note applies to:
- AO Tax (AU)
- AE Tax Series 6 & 8 (AU)
- AE Tax (AU)
In MYOB Tax, a locked tax return indicates that the return has already been exported but not re-imported back into the tax database. The lock is activated upon exporting to ensure the integrity of the return is maintained until it is re-imported with any changes made.
If you experience this error message when exporting a return, you need to unlock the return first in order to perform the export.
To unlock a tax return
Please use the link relevant to the way that you access MYOB Tax.
- AE & AO Tax via Practice Manager: Unlocking a tax return
- AE Tax via System Release: Locking/unlocking returns using System Release
- AE Tax via Contacts: Unlocking a tax return when using Contacts to access AE Tax