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Yes, you will have the option to go back to QuickBooks Online Accountant for now. Note, if you have used account consolidation to bring your clients into one place, they will remain centralised in that QuickBooks Online Accountant account. We strongly encourage you to return to the Intuit Accountant Suite when your team is ready so you can benefit from the newest innovations.

QuickBooks Online Accountant will be discontinued on 31 December, 2026, as we transition all firms to the modern Intuit Accountant Suite platform. Similar to QuickBooks Online Accountant, the Core version of Intuit Accountant Suite is available at no cost.

Intuit Accountant Suite Core will be available at no cost, similar to QuickBooks Online Accountant.

There is no cost for Accelerate and Books Close while they are in beta. The free beta program for Accelerate and Books Close will end 31 July 2026. Starting on 1 August 2026, firms will be charged the current monthly retail price for an Accelerate and Books Close subscription. See current prices here. The first charge will appear on the firm's next billing date after 1 August 2026.

To avoid charges, downgrade to Core before 31 July 2026 by going to Settings > Firm Subscription.

We are committed to continuing to provide firms with QuickBooks clients all of the functionality you enjoyed with QuickBooks Online Accountant, plus new capabilities to drive efficiency at no additional cost with our free Intuit Accountant Suite Core tier.

You can use the resource section to start to train your team on the new platform. We encourage you to use the in-product tours, attend our webinars, and look out for additional training.

First your primary admin will switch your target QuickBooks Online Accountant to Intuit Accountant Suite. Next, your primary and company admin can transfer clients to a target account using our updated client transfer tool in Intuit Accountant Suite. Simply navigate to the settings gear and select transfer clients. We will provide resources to guide your firm through the required preparation and then provide a tool to move clients from your other QuickBooks Accounts to your target account.

Any accountant or bookkeeper can sign up for Intuit Accountant Suite. If you already have QuickBooks Online Accountant, the primary admin can switch to the Intuit Accountant Suite in billing and subscription.

Your team will continue to have the same role based access and controls to your firm and clients as they previously did in QuickBooks Online Accountant. User Groups enable bulk assignment capabilities and updated role-based permission options to help your firm scale with confidence.

Intuit Intelligence chat is now available in Beta to primary and company admins of Intuit Accountant Suite and QuickBooks Online.

In Intuit Accountant Suite Core, you can ask up to 200 prompts/ month about your firm or your client’s books without switching to their books. With Intuit Accountant Suite Accelerate, you can ask up to 1,000 prompts/ month about your firm or your client’s books. Coming soon, Accelerate will also allow for cross-client portfolio questions to compare insights across your entire practice. When working directly within a client’s books, prompts count toward their monthly total (Simple Start, Essentials, Plus, and Advanced each have 25 prompts/ month), with the option to purchase additional prompts if their limit is reached.

There is no cost for Books Close while in beta. The free beta program for Books Close will end 31 July 2026. Starting on 1 August 2026, firms will be charged the current monthly retail price for a Books Close subscription. See current prices here. The first charge will appear on the firm's next billing date after 1 August 2026.

To avoid charges, downgrade to Core before 31 July 2026 by going to Settings > Firm Subscription.

With Books Close, you can create customisable workflow templates for your firm, centralise work in one place, and track close status and assign tasks to team members all within the new dashboard.

If you cancel your Books Close subscription, your project and task data will be retained and viewable for 7 years.

Yes, Books Close provides access to client data so you can take action on the data within Intuit Accountant Suite without having to open QuickBooks Online for each client, saving you valuable time.

You will be able to assign a preparer, reviewer and approver to each client’s close and setup tasks for each role within the workflow.

After you subscribe to Books Close, we recommend you open the Settings page to customise templates, preparer/reviewer/approver roles, as well as statuses. This process is recommended before onboarding clients to Books Close and set up of their first close, but is completely optional.

Intuit Accountant Suite offers transaction checks that catch coding issues within client’s books, as well as anomaly detection on the balance sheet and profit and loss statement. This will highlight account level variances with AI generated summaries.