How do I import my quickbooks online data into turbotax business desktop?

that function is not available as I understand it

I would like to add my name to the list of people wanting an answer on this question. It's completely unacceptable to me that two Intuit products can't communicate with each other in a meaningful way. Does Intuit not want or expect its QB customers to use Turbotax?

I read a set of instructions for how to set this up, and frankly it's an embarrassment. You are required to install QB desktop software with a trial license, then use a version of Internet Explorer that is so outdated it literally cannot be installed on any modern Windows OS, and this is mandatory to download your QB file to the desktop software. Then and ONLY then can you export your file to Turbotax. I can't even...

You don't!  

I got to say that I am surprised there is still this issues. 15 years ago I built a team to do tax software conversions between different tax package used by professionals. It turns out that most thought is was a good idea to encrypt their databases to make it almost impossible for one to access their own data except with the manufactures software. Seems this model persists.

Who is working on a solution for this. My guess is not for 2018 tax reporting.

Henry

I spent my entire year detailing hundreds of expenses in QuickBooks making sure that there were receipts and that everything was categorized properly. Then this week I go to file my taxes with TurboTax and I have to manually enter in all of the data again. I literally thought that was the sole purpose of QuickBooks was tax preparation functionality. I'd like to request that the development team focus the next eight months to make this problem solved by 2019 tax year.

The solution is, like most things in business, you have to pay for the integration.

'To 'Intuit' or not to 'Intuit'... that is the question'.  Sadly, Intuit has been buying up the competition.

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Lacerte by Intuit is the best overall tax software for tax preparers. Lacerte’s base price starts at $447 and goes up depending on your customized needs. Lacerte has more features and digital integrations compared to other tax software. For example, Lacerte can import data from the desktop and online versions of QuickBooks as well as practice management software like OfficeTools. No other product on our list integrates with all three of these programs.

ProConnect Tax Online is best for accountants whose clients use QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Self-Employed. That’s because ProConnect Tax Online integrates very tightly with QuickBooks Online Accountant. ProConnect Tax Online has pay-per-return pricing ($20.95 to $54.95) with no annual fee. ProConnect can import Excel files and download clients’ 1099 data from financial institutions.

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Unfortunately, these are now both Intuit products.

To get something else, probably just easier to get a CPA - their pro products can import the QB Online data and build the return for you.

What a ridiculous problem- all software from the same company. This is why I bought turbotax and use QBO. Terrible software. 

It did last year. For some reason it won't do it this year. Why do I pay for a dual subscription then? Really annoying. Started my taxes and Turbo tax doesn't even ask about most of my deductions. 

I have 3 seperate companies and have been using Quickbooks Online for many years now. I was advised to switch from Quickbooks Desktop version to Quickbooks Online by Intuit, because of the inability for it to update when using multiple machines. I knew it would be more expensive in the long run, but made the switch. I was using Turbo Tax at the time and did not realize that QBO was not compatible. A year ago I stumbled upon this thread and have been following along silently, waiting for a solution.

'theaccountableartist' said it perfectly, direct and very professional in their post. This individual even addressed a Quickbooks Team Member that previously concluded, "if you need anything else. I'm here to continue helping...". Why no response to his post, Quickbooks Team Members?

I am Pro-Advisor (only because I have 3 seperate Quickbook Online Accounts) and spoke with another Intuit Pro-Advisor staff member and he came to the same conclusion that 'theaccountableartist' suggested. You need to generate Profit & Loss statements and manually enter that data into Turbo Tax. It will get the job done, but is not a solution to the problem and is time-consuming. Not to mention, no Quickbooks Team Member has managed to suggest generating P&L statements. The Trial Desktop/Export 'solution' does NOT work anymore, because of the lack of support for IE. This is a serious problem for us QBO users that has not been fully addressed by Intuit. 

Why has Intuit not implemented an actual solution yet or at least indicated that it's something currently being worked on?

Lie everyone else has found, there is no TurboTax integration. I too was enticed into QBonline, wasted an entire day setting it all up, downloading from Quicken, and my bank, catigorizing, and prepping for taxes that are due soon! 

then did the same thing when I discovered the issues and tried to move everything to QB Self Employed, which won’t work either. 

I gave up on QB and went back to Quicken Home and Business Desktop.

call customer service!!  I demanded a refund on the crap products, and got it.