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Peter3605
January 31, 2022
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Quickbooks Desktop replacement

  • January 31, 2022
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Hi

 

Does anyone know what Intuit mean when they say they are discontinuing Desktop, are they removing the whole package or just stopping support?

 

In previous years I continued to use versions of Quickbooks desktop without support and had no problems in keeping it up to date with help from our accountant when regulations changed.

 

If the whole package is disappearing does anyone know of a straight replacement for desktop as the online version is rubbish by comparison and does not have the functionality I need.

 

Maybe they will sell it to a third party?

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Ashleigh1
January 31, 2022

Hello Peter3605, 

 

Welcome to the Community page, 

 

So to answer your first question Quickbooks desktop is being discontinued as in the whole package is being removed and will not be supported at all, you will not be able to use it come end of January 2023. 

 

So you will not be able to use Quickbooks desktop at all as there will be no access to it come end of January 2023. So you will need to export your data out of it and save it to your pc and move to either Quickbooks online or a different software account.  

 

There will be no third party selling it either im afraid 

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martinschultz
February 1, 2022

So please tell me how we can migrate the attachments from QB's desktop to online as I know NO viable way of doing this as all users in the UK have a responsibility to keep records going back 7 years in case HMRC undertake an investigation.

Why can't QB's provide a read only version of QB's desktop to access the "historic" data.

What the point of backing up the data if there is no program to access it?

THIS IS RATHER SERIOUS

    Fiat Lux - ASIA
    Fiat Lux - ASIA
    February 1, 2022
    @martinschultz wrote:

    So please tell me how we can migrate the attachments from QB's desktop to online

     

    @martinschultz 

    You have to migrate the attachment files manually. Another option, consider buying a 3rd party conversion service and you can ask to migrate the attachments files as well.

    Fiat Lux - ASIA
    Fiat Lux - ASIA
    February 1, 2022

    @Peter3605 

    If you don't need to comply with MTD regulation and you are still using QBD 2020 or older versions, consider to purchase a one time license for QBD UK 2019 or 2020. Otherwise, you can migrate your data to QBD 2021 US version with the one time license.

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