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Release notes for QuickBooks Desktop 2022

SOLVED•by QuickBooks•1205•Updated November 30, 2023

Learn what’s new and improved in the latest updates to QuickBooks Desktop 2022 and Enterprise 22.0.

We update QuickBooks regularly to give you a better experience and fix issues. These release notes explain what's new and improved.

If you have automatic updates turned on, QuickBooks will download updates for you. But you can check for updates manually at any time.

Release 13_23(R13_23) 11/30/2023

Bulk Migration to QuickBooks Online (Accountants version)Move multiple company files to QuickBooks Online with the Batch Migration Tool.
Client Data Review• Close on the Client Data Review Main Page isn't available. Users need to select the X to close Client Data Review.

• To Customize the Tools(Add/Remove) in the Tools section of Accountant Center, select Refresh in Reconciliation section to update the Tools list.

• To Customize the Tasks(Add/Remove) in the Cleanup Tasks section of Client Data Review in Accountant Center, Reopen the Client Data Review page to update the Tasks List
Web ConnectorWeb Connector updated to R3.0.
User Login ExperienceUpgrading to QuickBooks 2023 won't sign you out of QuickBooks 2022.
Payroll 401(k)• Provide 401(k) retirement benefits to employee through Guideline 401(k) from within QB Desktop. All Enhanced & Assisted Payroll customers will be able to access Guideline 401(k).
• Sign-in as Admin in Desktop and log-in to Intuit Account to be able to access & sign-up for Guideline 401(k) retirement plan
Payroll Grow Data• Revamped the employee center experience, making it easier for users to feed required information for their employees. 
• Updated employee info page and discovery items to help users identify incomplete employee profiles, and to educate them about benefits and the need to have complete employee profiles. 
ES ShopifyProviding a new option pref type in consent screen - ‘umpnotneeded’. This option greys out the unattended access choice in consent screen, which gives developers an option to integrate the app and perform data sync only when QuickBooks is up and running.

CORE TXE to OINP Migration		• QB-Email is a subscription feature which allows customers to send emails via TxE which has been deprecated
• A more effective, secure, and better approach to send emails is via OINP.
• The entire Intuit ecosystem is onboarding to OINP and so to maintain security and follow the ecosystem wide goal, QB-Email has also been onboarded to OINP as part of this initiative.
Web ConnectorPatch support available for Web Connector 3.0 with better management of request time out scenarios.
Move to QuickBooks Online from QuickBooks DesktopMigrate to QuickBooks Online with our online tool.
Issue fixes / SDKSDK version 15 schema support in QBDT 2020 along with new tags put in place with SDK 15 and 16.
New 1099
  • Changes made to let payers set the calendar year on the new 1099 NEC & MISC forms.
  • For 2022, the FATCA Filing Requirement checkbox is Box 13. To accommodate, boxes 13–17 from the previous year are 14–18 on this 1099 MISC form as per IRS requirements.
Move to QuickBooks Online from QuickBooks Desktop
  • Your favorite reports in QuickBooks Desktop now display as favorites in QuickBooks Online.
  • Your banking rules will losslessly move from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.
Built-in browserFind out more about changes to the internal browser in QuickBooks Desktop.
Payments Receipts complianceAdditional fields in the Print customer copy of Intuit processed payment receipts for Money Transmission Licenses (MTL) compliance. (Enabled late May)
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 (enabled late June).
Intuit Account and Direct DepositFollow the prompts to sign in with your Intuit user ID to replace the Direct Deposit PIN for payroll.
Notifications will appear in the Payroll Center or after running payroll.
Enterprise subscriptionThe Enterprise subscription dashboard can also be found in the Discovery Hub.
Approval workflow for bills and purchase ordersWith the new release, customers can sync the rejected status from the approvals dashboard to the bill and purchase orders.
Issue fixFixed an issue where admin changes to draft/rejected transactions will show in reports.
Issue fixFixed an issue when you copy a draft/pending/approved/rejected transaction, the approval status doesn't copy.
Issue fixEditing a draft/rejected purchase order no longer crashes QuickBooks.
Human Capital Management (HCM)Intuit has partnered with Guideline to offer an affordable, fully integrated 401(k) plan in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. 
Setup a Guideline 401(k) from QuickBooks Desktop payroll with easy onboarding steps as the forms are pre-filled with your employer and employee information. Once setup, run payroll with your new contributions. The info and contributions are sent automatically to Guideline, so there’s no extra steps for you.
Guideline 401(k) is currently only available in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted.  We’ll add it to our other QuickBooks Desktop Payroll products soon. 
Intuit account sign-in
• Intuit sign-in screens won't use Microsoft Internet Explorer.
• Improved Intuit account sign-in prompts to explain the value of an Intuit account for use with different features and services.
Issue fixFixed an issue with company files missing company names. When opening a company file, a prompt will appear to add the company name if missing.
Credit card expiry notificationIntroduced notification of credit card expiration dates. This guides users to update their credit card information.
Audit trail of transactionsImplemented an audit trail for approval transactions, and introduced customizable purchase order approvals workflow.
Bill Pay serviceCustomers can pay their bills directly from their Vendor Information window using Bill Pay powered by Melio. Non admin users with accounts payable and banking permissions can pay bills using the Bill Pay service.

What's important about Release 1?

64-bit advanced processing powerThe full capability of a 64-bit processor can be used with QuickBooks Desktop 2022. Learn how this improves stability and performance. Accomplish your accounting tasks faster with a quicker, more reliable QuickBooks.

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