Intuit is changing gears again. I just opened QB Pro 2020 and had a popup inform me that the "new" desktop versions would no longer be available to subscribe to after July 31, 2024. Further, since I am using an unsupported, non-subscription version, I am susceptible...blah blah blah...and should upgrade to the latest version ($600 a year?) by 7/31.
I've used Quickbooks since the semi-lame "version 1" and was part of the population that helped Intuit grow with Quickbooks, TurboTax personal and TurboTax business. Now it seems Intuit is saying, "Yeah but we now want more from you. Take it or leave it." I do my 2-person payroll manually, use IRS fill-in forms for 941's, and free Social Security Business Services Online for annual W2's and W3 with automatic online filing of government copies.
I hope to continue with my "unsupported" QB2020 for a few more years and then just quit. All that's left for Intuit to do to me is block integration of QB2020's export to TurboTax Business. They've not threatened that yet, but it seems like something the new devil management at Intuit might do, and if they do, I'll just enter data manually into Turbotax (or whatever tax programs I switch to after over 20 years.)
Observation: It seems to me that Microsoft has an opportunity here. Either dust off their old Microsoft Office Accounting, which was almost a Quickbooks clone anyway, or offer a "light" version of their Dynamics 365 for very small businesses. I can understand they might have had government fears previously, but now that Intuit has all but abandoned small businesses, they could jump in and own the small business accounting market, and at the same time offer an upgrade path to a system that is vastly superior to Quickbooks Enterprise. In the meantime, fingers crossed for my 2023 1120S return and continuing with my unsupported QB2020!
