Changing Subscriptions from essentials to self employed

you can not, there is no path to QBSE or back from it

You are self employed if you own a company by the way

QBSE is a step backwards in business accounting, why do you want to do that>

Thanks for the reply. I am self employed and I was under the impression that QBSE was what I should be using? I didn’t do my homework when originally picking. So, now Being it is a new year, I am revisiting everything and seeing if I can make any adjustments. 

Hi @KimberlyT,

 This is exactly what I am looking for and going into the new year I’d like to switch as soon as possible. Should I put a call into QB? What would be the best way to handle this? 

Thanks 

Hello KEE Tradesman LLC,

QuickBooks Online Essentials and QuickBooks Self-Employed are two different subscriptions. They differ on how to account transactions and functionality. In your case, you'll need to sign up for a new QBSE account. Once you're done setting up your Chart of Accounts, etc., you can start importing your bank transactions. 

Here's how: 

1. Select the Gear icon at the top.
2. Select Imports.
3. Select Import older transactions on the right for the account you want the transactions to belong to.
4. Follow the instructions onscreen to finish importing your data.
5. Select Import.

Please note that the data you have in QuickBooks Online Essentials can't be imported to your new account. You'll need to manually record them. 

If you have any questions, please let us know. We're here to help. 

That's great to hear, @KEE Tradesman LLC! Here's what you'll do - 

Let's wrap up a couple things in your QuickBooks Essentials account first: 

1 - Download all of your reports for your records 

2 - Cancel your QBO Essentials account from the Gear Icon

• Sign in to your QBO Essentials account
• Select the Gear Icon
• Select Account and Settings 
• Select Billing and Subscriptions
• In the QuickBooks section, select Cancel
• Select Continue to Cancel, then Continue to Cancel again
• Finally, answer the exit survey questions (to help us improve QBO/understand your reason for canceling), then scroll down and select Confirm Cancel

Now that you've canceled your QBO Essentials account, we can start your QB Self-Employed account: 

3 - Sign up for QBSE

• You can choose to Buy now for 50% off for the first 3 months (pricing is subject to change) or toggle to sign up for the Free trial for 30 days 
  
  
• Upon sign-up, you'll be asked to start an Intuit account. Since you already have an Intuit account (your username and password for your QBO Essentials account), you can select Sign In and use your existing Intuit login credentials. Check out my second image attached as an example.

4 - Setup your account

• Start by setting up your bank accounts for automatic categorization
  • From the Gear icon, select Bank Accounts and setup your banks
  • Once the bank accounts are set up, you'll see your bank transactions in the Transactions tab. This is where you'll categorize your transactions as "Business" or "Personal". You can also set up Rules which allow QBSE to automatically categorize recurring transactions for you. 
• Setup your Tax Profile
  • This is very important in order for QuickBooks to accurately estimate your quarterly taxes.
  • From the Gear icon, select Tax Profile and complete all the information in the profile and save. 
• Setup your Vehicle Profile (if you will be tracking your business mileage)
  • From the Gear icon, select Vehicle Info and enter your vehicle's information and save. 
  • Once you wrap this up, you'll track your mileage in the QuickBooks Self-Employed mobile app on your cell phone (we'll cover this a bit later).
• Setup your Home Office profile (if you have a home office)
  • From the Taxes tab on the left-hand menu, select Annual, scroll down and expand Home Office Deduction. Complete the information about your home office. 
• Setup your Invoicing
  • From the Invoices tab on the left-hand menu, you have the option to set up your Merchant Services account or create an invoice. We encourage setting up your merchant services account to receive your payments faster from your clients. 
  • Setup your Invoice Profile 
    • Select Create a new invoice and from the bottom of the invoice, fill out your Invoice Profile

I hope this helps! Please feel free to let me know if there's any place of confusion, or if you have any more questions. 

Hello I have an expired Quickbooks online Plus, I dont need that level anymore as I am single member LLC operating as S corp. No employees. I want to be able to produce reports for 2019 for tax purposes. What the best way to get the cheapest subscription that will do that?

thanks Mike Smith

Can I import the data from the Online Plus account? 

Welcome to the QuickBooks family, @cleverterra.

Let me share some information about the subscriptions in QuickBooks.

In QuickBooks Online, you have the option to downgrade your Plus version to Essentials or Simple Start. It will depend on what's the best plan for your business.

As long as you have your data within the system, you'll be able to produce reports. However, please note that once you switch to a lower version, the reports available will decrease to enhance or general reports only (see the comparison chart link).

Downgrading the existing account will retain the data and remove other features (see screenshot below for the Downgrade option). I suggest reaching out to our QuickBooks Sales Team to help you decide on the product and check for any discounts that you can avail of.

I recommend visiting the following resources for the detailed steps and information about the difference QuickBooks versions:

• Downgrade your QuickBooks Online plan.
• QuickBooks Comparison Chart.

If you also consider switching to the Self-Employed version, I suggest you check out the articles below. It contains useful information, as well as a test drive for you to try the product without making a purchase:

QuickBooks Self-Employed Overview.

QuickBooks Test-Drives and Trial Links.

Feel free to hit that Reply button if you have any other questions. Have a great day ahead.

@cleverterra 

As additional reference

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/new-subscriptions/should-i-use-quickbooks-self-emp...

If you have decided switching to QBSE, make sure to click the Buy button to get discounted price $1/month for 12 months.

https:// quickbooks.grsm.io/US

https:// quickbooks.grsm.io/us-promo

That doesnt work. You still have access to the QBO for the rest of the month so when you go to login to the QBSE it automatically redirects you to QBO.... How is it possible QBSE cant record COGS and QBO cant file taxes...... And its been years of people complaining....its obviously on purpose. Also how is state taxes not an option in QBSE.... crazy . i might as well use godaddy bookkeeping atleast they fill out the form and give me COGS

@michaeljrgrin 

You may explore this AST Filing and Reporting app to integrate with QBO.

https:// taxjar.grsm.io/mytax

You may need a 3rd party service converting your data to GoDaddy (Formerly Outright)

less expensive

I can't seem to cancel my QBE. I want to change to the self employed. In the account and settings-->billing and subscriptions it tells me to contact my account, when I click to email it, the email doesnt work. How can I cancel this to switch to the self employed option? 

Hi there, WinterBrooke.

Thanks for reaching out to us.

I can see that QuickBooks Online isn't the right fit for your business. I'll make sure that you can cancel your subscription so you'll be able to switch to QuickBooks Self-Employed.

Based on the error message, it seems that your subscription was added to the wholesale billing plan of your accountant. You'll want to ask your accountant to remove your company from their wholesale billing plan. Please share these steps with your accountant:

1. Make your client the primary admin of their company file.
2. In QuickBooks Online Accountant, go to the Gear icon.
3. Choose Subscriptions and billing.
4. Click the Your subscriptions tab.
5. Select the client you want to remove.
6. From the Select actions drop-down menu, select Remove from Wholesale.

After that, sign in to your QBO account as an admin user to cancel your plan. Here's how:
 

1. Click the Gear icon.
2. Select Account and settings.
3. Go to the Billing & Subscription tab.
4. Under the QuickBooks section, select Cancel subscription or Cancel online.
5. Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the process

Take note that you'll still have read-only access for a year before we permanently delete all your data. I suggest exporting the records and reports that you might need in the future.

Once done, you can now subscribe to QuickBooks Self-Employed through this link: QuickBooks Plans & Pricing. I also encourage visiting our Getting Started page to help set up your new account.

Feel welcome to visit us again with any concerns or questions you may have. The Community always has your back.