QB forces the upgrade.  I held on as long as I could before I was forced to upgrade.  QB not only took away scan manager, but they stopped me from processing credit card transactions.  I had no choice but to upgrade.  These people are ruthless and do not care at all about their customer.  They know moving to another accounting program would be a great deal of work.  So they take complete advantage and discontinue features that cost them money.  Meanwhile, our monthly rate increases.  This is about QB bottom line regardless.  If they do bring back scan manager, it will either be a huge increase in your monthly premium or a separate charge which will most likely be an extra one, two or three hundred dollars a month.  Unfortunately, their customers will pay it because it is a great need to many of us.  I doubt my boss will be willing to pay extra.