how can businesses with muti-currency and/or whose home currency is anything other than GBP migrate to QBO without massive compromises? Why has Intuit left so many (previously) happy customers high and dry?

You can purchase a 3rd party service to convert data multi currency transactions to QBO or other accounting apps.

Which one?

The Intuit recommended provider "Move my books" does not do it.

All other solutions are not endorsed by Intuit.

Yes its multicurrency.

To confirm, the process is:

1. Change the system date to 30 June 2023

2. Start Quickbooks

3. Change the system date back to today's date and everything works as normal.

It is only during programme start-up that the date needs to be 30 June 2023 (or earlier). Once QB Desktop has started, it does not re-check the date and so you can change your system date back to the current date and all works as normal.

Obvioudly disable all QB updates!

What are you referring to?

@HariV 

You can email @Fiat Lux - ASIA and they can convert your data with multi currency transactions. Often they suggest converting current fiscal year + 1 historical year. You'll access your historical data in QB Desktop to lower your conversion costs. You can use the trial version of QB Desktop 2021 for good if required.

I set up a Virtual Machine and simply reinstalled QB 2021 on that machine.

Make sure that you don't enable internet access to that machine as that is what triggers activations etc. ie. set system date manually.

Simply copy the data files into your directory along with the Attach folder which holds your scans, re link them,  and hey presto, of she runs.

I think the way Intuit changed the model so that people like us who had bought the product since 1996 ended up on this subscription thing which allowed intuit to bully us into the online version was scurrilous. And to not even let you access old data, well, what can you say..............

I agree - it was deceptively changed from "you own the product" to "you rent the product"

I have been migrating as many of my clients onto Xero just on principle.

I know its not supported, I don't care, as all I want to do is access historic data easily.

You came up with the ridiculously convoluted data retrieval system, that no doubt an intern came up with because no self respecting software bod would allow their name to be put to such an abysmal 'thing'.

An so what if someone wants to use a program that isn't 'supported'. HMRC allow you to keep accounts on a spreadsheet and report VAT etc with bridging software.

We're using QB 2021 which I think was a subscription licence?

It appears that if you 'island' the software by not setting up any sort of internet connection on the Virtual Machine the Intuit servers can't interfere. You just keep your data files and Attach folder on the VM and it seems to work.