@independent repair 

Do you need to access to what?

If you don't like that price hike, wait until you see what Intuit will charge by forcing you to move to online this year.  I've been using Quicken/Quickbooks for 33 years.  I'm mom and pop business with one employee and three "company files".  My rate would go up 300% to stay with Intuit (from an already outlandish rate).  I've just thrown in the towel.  If anyone can recommend a competitive software, I'm in the market.  Intuit's business model is merely extortion now, knowing how difficult it will be having access to my 33 years of records denied. 

@PSEditor 

Which QB Desktop year version do you have? 2024?

How can you switch to an old version? Every time QBDP does a substantial upgrade it updates your company file and says it will no longer work on a older version.

The ability to revert to an older version of QuickBooks after upgrading is not possible. However, you can restore a backup from a version that has not yet been upgraded.

Here's how:

1. Navigate to the File menu and choose Open or Restore Company.
2. Select Restore a backup copy and click Next.
3. Opt for Local Backup and then Next.
4. Browse your computer for your backup company file. It should look like this: [Your company name].qbb.
5. Choose a folder to decide where to save your restored company file. Then select Open.
6. To protect your existing data, consider renaming either your current company file or the backup for uniqueness. Alternatively, you can save the backup in a different folder.
7. Once you’re ready, click Save. If any prompts appear regarding data overwriting, choose the option that aligns with your preferences, but be cautious not to overwrite any files unless you are sure.

For any transactions that are not present in the restored version, you can add them manually. Running a report can help verify that everything has been imported correctly.

We're looking forward to hearing updates from you, @dipvacations. Please let us know if you have further questions about managing your QuickBooks. We'll be right here to help you anytime.

@dipvacations 

You should contact @Fiat Lux - ASIA directly by email for assistance. They can help to open your company file on an older version.

Intuit is a complete ripoff - a 33% price increase this year for three users.  Does anyone know of a competitor that can convert QB files to their file format?  We can certainly afford to pay this, but if prices keep doubling every three years, eventually all of our revenue will go to QuickBooks.

@Darlene1957 

What kind of solution do you prefer? There is no proper desktop-based program to replace QB Desktop. Most developers are moving to cloud-based, unless you don't mind using ERP.

The price increase is ridiculous, and for any type of technical support, we were charged an extra $700.

an extra $700 for what kind of support? I believe you have been scammed.

Thankfully my current accountant is retiring and my new accountant will not be using Quickbooks. Freeedom!

Hope others find a good path out as well! Never again Intuit.

49%?  Try 67% in my case.  No notice... they tried to run it without any notice whatsoever.  Thankfully AMEX blocked them as a potentially fraudulent charge (and rightfully so.)  I never approved the charge, nor the 'add ons' (that I don't remotely need).  I am a one person business.   They want almost $1,500 for an annual subscription.  Its insane.  This will be the final straw... customers will start to bail and another competitor will finally offer a clean qbb conversion and folks will quickly dump. They're forcing out desktop users, but still can't make the basic reports I need available online.  Every time I say that - someone tries to get involved and show me how I can.  Then the Intuit rep inevitably concedes 'oh, you're right, Desktop won't do that'...  Online has been available for years and they still have functions you can't do??

I owned the stock for goodness sake.  Dumping after hours (literally selling all shares on Thinkorswim (at the offer right now in after hours market.)  Horrible service for years... Once a great company.  For years now - customer service calls are Run around LONG phone calls - that are packed full of people clearly incentivized to sell even more products over servicing what I've been paying for continually for 25 years (in 3 separate businesses.)

Tried my card for $1,399 today (AMEX blocked as fraud.)  Insanity.

Mine's going from 287 to 405 - the plan is to force desk top users to switch to the absolutely INFERIOR product

QB Online.  Dandy for a small business - useless for anything else.  Accountants helped build the Intuit company and now they are treating us like this?  Pretty poor business practice.  Look into Account Edge - way back when that (MYOB) is what they build QBooks from.  Way less cost - that's where our firm will be heading for our bookkeeping software. QB Online is not the way to go.