Quickbooks is turning into an awful experiance

This isn't the experience we want you to feel about the pricing in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), Richard. 

We're aware that this price increase has a big impact on your business. Our price increases are in line with industry standards. Like any other product, we've implemented a price change to continue developing new features and meeting your needs. 

QBDT is a highly developed, robust product that has seen dozens of recent enhancements. It includes a significant performance boost (64-bit enhanced computing power), numerous time-saving automation features (Receipt/Bill entries), and security upgrades. Accountants and customers will also benefit this year from the addition of a new cash flow hub, which improves cash flow visibility by monitoring inflows and outflows in a single dashboard. 

For further information, please visit this link: Announcing changes to QuickBooks products and pricing + QuickBooks Desktop FAQs.

On the other hand, you may read our Help Articles for future reference: QuickBooks Support.

If you have any QuickBooks-related concerns, please don't hesitate to leave your reply below. We're always here to help.

@Richard Y 

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