Learn what’s new and improved in the latest updates to QuickBooks Desktop 2021 and Enterprise 21.0.
We update QuickBooks regularly to give you a better experience and fix issues. These release notes explain what's new and improved.
Each new update includes all the changes from earlier updates.
If you have automatic updates turned on, QuickBooks will download updates for you. You can check for updates manually at any time.
Release 17 (R17) - 3/28/2024
What's important about Release 17_20?
Service Discontinuation | Added prompts to message that service discontinuation will occur after May 31st, 2024 for the following: • Accountant Copy File Transfer (ACFT) • Multi currency - Download exchange rates • Contributed Reports - Sharing, rating of custom reports • Online banking services • Payments and eInvoicing • QuickBooks Email • Payroll • T-sheets • IPD |
Release 15 (R15) - 7/25/2023
QuickBooks Online | QuickBooks Desktop Canada favorite reports and vendor categories will move to QuickBooks Online. |
Release 14 (R14) - May 2023
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Move to QuickBooks Online from QuickBooks Desktop | QuickBooks Desktop favorites will move to QuickBooks Online. |
QuickBooks Email | QuickBooks Email has moved to a more efficient and secure platform. No customer action required. |
Issue fixes | Fixed an issue where QuickBooks Desktop closes without error after selecting Receipt Management from Vendors. |
Release 13 - only for Canadian QuickBooks
Release 12 (R12) - December 2022
Web Connector | Patch support available for Web Connector 3.0 with better management of request time out scenarios. |
Issue fixes / SDK | SDK version 15 schema support in QBDT 2020 along with new tags put in place with SDK 15 and 16. |
Release 11 (R11) - November 2022
New 1099 |
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Move to QuickBooks Online from QuickBooks Desktop |
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Release 10 (R10) - June 2022
Built-in browser | Find out more about changes to the internal browser in QuickBooks Desktop. |
Payments Receipts compliance | Additional fields in the Print customer copy of Intuit processed payment receipts for Money Transmission Licenses (MTL) compliance. |
Assisted Payroll 401(k) | You can setup a Guideline 401(k) from within QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. Forms are preset with employee/company info. Contributions are sent automatically to Guideline with no extra steps for you. Only available in QuickBooks Desktop Assisted Payroll. |
Enterprise subscription | The Enterprise subscription dashboard can also be found in the Discovery Hub. |
Release 9 (R9) - April 2022
Account Management - Direct Deposit | Direct Deposit is now linked to your Intuit Account. Prompts to sign in with your Intuit Account will appear in the Payroll Center. |
Built-in Browser | Learn about changes to the built-in browser in QuickBooks Desktop. |
Release 8 (R8) - October 2021
What's important about Release 8?
Note: Release 7 is for Canada.
Payroll Workforce | Workforce enabled company files have the ability to upload payroll data for the current year and previous last three years. • You don't have to manually update previous payroll data after enabling WF. • Make historical pay stubs available to EEs. • Helps provide info to verification services regarding employee's employment, income, and Social Security. |
Account management | Improved Intuit account sign in prompts to explain the value of an Intuit account for use with different features and services. |
File management | Company files with missing company names will be asked to update the name. |
Credit card expiry notification with Plus enablement | Introduced notification of credit card expiration dates. You can notify users to update their credit card information. |
Release 7 (R7) - June 2021
What's important about Release 7?
-2021 Payroll Compliance (including Tax Table 11430003)
Release 6 (R6) - May 2021
Reporting | Fixed an issue that prevented opening memorized reports created in QuickBooks 2018. Performing a Rebuild Data after updating to this release repairs memorized reports. |
Release 5 (R5) - April 2021
User Management / Data Level Permissions | Intuit account will be disconnected from the company file for the QuickBooks Admin user who:
Non Admin users of QuickBooks Enterprise with the Accounts Payable role can now send a Request for Access (RFA) to the Primary Admin to join the company file Intuit account. |
User Management for Accountant edition | When opening an existing company file, or creating a new one, the admin will be prompted to sign in to their Intuit account. |
Account Management | Accessing Manage My QuickBooks account, from the Help menu, no longer requires an Intuit account to sign in if the user has already done so elsewhere in the file. |
Payroll | New Federal compliance rules require Payroll customers using Direct Deposit service to update their Payroll account information by July 31, 2021 to avoid disruption. |
Discovery hub | A new way to explore the best of what QuickBooks has to offer. Open Discovery Hub via an icon in the top menu bar to learn about the latest and relevant features. |
Payment Links | Get paid quickly and conveniently by emailing selected customers a secure Payment Link. Collect advance deposits and prepayments on statements or initial consultations. |
Issue fix | Fixed issue where Processed Payment Receipt wasn't aligned after processing transaction. |
Release 4 (R4) - February 2021
What's important about Release 4?
Data Level Permissions (v1), released in QuickBooks Enterprise 21 R1, provides granular data level access for Customers and Vendors. In R4, this feature supports Employees as well, providing detailed data access at the record level.
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User Management / RFA enhancements | Admin users can now create a request for access (RFA) for the Secondary Admin (Intuit account) role. |
Tax 1099 NEC and MISC | QuickBooks Desktop now supports 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC print and eFiling. Third-party applications can use the latest Software Developer Kit (SDK) to support e-filing of 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC forms for QuickBooks Desktop customers.> |
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Release 3 (R3) - October 2020
What's important about Release R3?
User Management |
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Improvements in Online Banking | Users can now
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Scheduled Statements | Users will now be able to send statements to customers who are dynamically added to the group after the group has already been sent statements. |
Receipt Management | Users can register a custom email id for the company file and send receipts via email. The emailed receipts will be extracted and can be reviewed before adding to the register. Users can also batch edit and delete the transactions as needed. |
Inventory Aging Reports |
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Bug Fixes |
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