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QuickBooks 2020 Discontinuation Scheduled

Counting down the life expectancy for non-subscription versions of QuickBooks desktop, here’s the Intuit announcement that they are discontinuing an older version of QuickBooks Desktop. If you are using QuickBooks 2020 then you won’t be able to use certain services and features after May 31, 2023. This is particularly important when you consider that Intuit announced that starting […]

QuickBooks 2020 R16 Released

Intuit has released QuickBooks 2020 R16, which includes changes in 1099 forms, changes that primarily affect users who use any QuickBooks add-on software, and a few other items. This update will be available via automatic updates. You can also go to the QuickBooks Update site to download the patch. QuickBooks 2020 R16 Add-On Changes There […]

QuickBooks 2022 R7 Released

Intuit has released QuickBooks 2022 R7, which includes changes that primarily affect users who use any QuickBooks add-on software. It also has changes that support migrating from QuickBooks desktop to QuickBooks Online. This update will be available via automatic updates. You can also go to the QuickBooks Update site to download the patch. QuickBooks 2022 […]

QuickBooks 2021 R12 Released

Intuit has released QuickBooks 2021 R12, which includes changes that primarily affect users who use any QuickBooks add-on software. This update will be available via automatic updates. You can also go to the QuickBooks Update site to download the patch. QuickBooks 2021 R12 Add-On Changes There are two primary ways that add-on software can interact […]

QuickBooks Desktop Release Numbering

Let’s talk about QuickBooks Desktop Release numbering and how to understand the impact of the release number on how you run your business using QuickBooks. Intuit releases updates to each year’s version of QuickBooks Desktop throughout the year, to fix bugs and change features. You can see the year and release number of your product […]

QuickBooks 2021 R11 80040400 Error

If you are using any add-on products that work with QuickBooks Desktop, I strongly recommend that you do not update your product to QuickBooks 2021 R11. I’m getting reports from a variety of users who have that version and are reporting an 80040400 error. Note that this is an internal QuickBooks error number, your add-on product might not […]

QuickBooks 2021 R11 Released

Intuit has released QuickBooks 2021 R11, which includes changes that primarily affect users who use QuickBooks to file 1099 forms. This update will be available via automatic updates. You can also go to the QuickBooks Update site to download the patch. QuickBooks 2021 R11 1099 Changes This release includes a few changes that affect 1099 […]

QuickBooks 2022 R6 Released

Intuit has released QuickBooks 2022 R6, which includes changes that primarily affect users who use QuickBooks to file 1099 forms. This update will be available via automatic updates. You can also go to the QuickBooks Update site to download the patch. QuickBooks 2022 R6 1099 Changes This release includes a few changes that affect 1099 […]

QuickBooks 2023 R3 Released

Intuit has released QuickBooks 2023 R3, the first bug release update of the new product. I always recommend that you avoid using an R1 release, because we know that they are already working to fix bugs when they first release a new product year, based on the last minute reports from the beta testers. There […]

Introducing QuickBooks 2023 Desktop

Intuit has announced the QuickBooks 2023 desktop version (for the US). Here’s my quick impressions of what is new, and changed, for this year. This is just a quick summary with some opinion thrown in. I’ve not had a chance to actually play with all of these features in detail. Please note that I’m talking […]