Quickbooks Online is a TOTAL DUMPSTER FIRE

I hear your sentiments, Rick. 

This isn't what I want you to experience with our features in QuickBooks Online. I'm here to assist you with your concerns one at a time.

When printing a check, ensure your printer is set up for QuickBooks. This way, your checks align and are printed out seamlessly.

A bank register that takes seconds and is slow to open depends on your number of transactions. Otherwise, too much historical data from your browser causes discrepancies that affect the view and performance of your QuickBooks. We can try logging in to your account in an incognito window to determine if this is a browser-related issue. You can use either of these keyboard shortcuts: 

• Google Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + N
• Safari 11 or newer: ⌘ + Shift + N
• Mozilla Firefox: Shift + Ctrl + P
• Microsoft Edge: Ctrl + Shift + N

If it works, you can return to your original browser and clear its cache to start fresh. You can also use another supported, up-to-date browser to narrow down the results.

To help me get on the same page about writing your checks, would you share if this is an expense check or an income? This way, I can guide you through the process.

We can only turn off auto-pay for employee taxes at the end of the month because we need to ensure first that the funds are deposited in the employee's bank.

Also, I'd agree with you about using Adobe to align checks, as this is recommended when printing checks. 

When splitting your checks with the amount in categories, are these in the banking or the write check window? Additional information can help me determine the exact steps to provide.

If you need further assistance managing your books, feel free to sign up for our QuickBooks Live Bookkeeping. With this, you can meet with your bookkeeper at regular monthly appointments. 

Please let me know if you have additional questions or concerns about managing your QBO tasks. You can reach out to the Community at any time.

Intuit needs to realize there are, at the very least, TWO customers they serve:

1. that bills, makes invoices, blah, blah, blah and needs 80 - 90% of what even the most basic Quickbooks is.

and

2.  A business that only needs a bank register and payroll because they utilize software for everything else.

This is the bottom line.

I'm thinking Quicken and Payroll separately.  Hopefully Peachtree or some other company can do this because this is incredibly above and beyond anything I really need.

It's not up to me to learn this software anew - not at my age.  I simply got forced into a product that isn't what I need AT ALL.  Time for me to go shopping elsewhere.

But, thank you.  I just simply laugh at how incredibly hard, tucked away, brutally un-intuitive this software now is.

Oh, and not to meantion it's a continuous advertisement for more products and monthly subscription fees.

@RickInHouston 

If you are working solo on a desktop (PC or Mac) to manage your book and only need basic features, you should explore a free program. You can use the program for as long as you like, use all the features and enter as much data as required. There are no time limits, no usage limits, no ads (at this time). This program is quite popular in Asia and Europe. Then use a separate payroll app.

Well,

Dumpster Fire Report #2

I just printed payroll checks.  I had to separate a check from my 3 checks per sheet that works with printing bills.  I had to take a blank sheet of paper and fold over the top edge and put a check in each sheet because payroll checks now print a sheet of paper per each employee.  Stupid, I know.

The alignment is about 1/4 inch too high.  So you have to align payroll checks different from bill paying checks you print.  That's totally stupid.

How does Intuit get away with this?

Sad.

It's been a week and I still can't find a way to enter a split transaction.

It was so simple in quickbooks.  

Why did they break SO MUCH in this online version?

Is there any way to revert back to desktop (maybe buy desktop 2022 online?

I seriously can't do this.

Hi there,

I can see there are features in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) that you'd want to do in QuickBooks Online (QBO). Know that QBO and QBDT are two different QuickBooks products with unique features. Thus, there are features in QBDT that are not present in QBO.

If you want to revert to QBDT, here's what you'll need to do:

1. Download QuickBooks Desktop.
2. Sign in to QuickBooks Online and download the migration tool.
3. Prepare a file for export and select your data in QuickBooks Online for export.
4. Run the QuickBooks Desktop migration tool.
5.  Verify your info export correctly.
6. (Optional) Cancel QuickBooks Online.

For more detailed steps in transferring your data, see this article: Move your QuickBooks Online data to QuickBooks Desktop.

To learn more about managing your company data, here's a resource you can visit: Learn how features and data move from QuickBooks Online to QuickBooks Desktop.

If there's anything else you need help with, let me know by adding a comment. I'm more than happy to assist you. Have a great day!

@RickInHouston 

Which QB Desktop year version did you use?

I was on the 2020 version and the three years was up to update it (they make you every three years).  I'm figuring I'm the first on the three year cycle that are being forced onto online since 2023 desktop isn't even being offered.  By getting 2021, or 2022, I'd be good for at least a year.

I am really, really stressed any time I have to even open Quickbooks, now.

I also have Payroll, btw.    That's what really needs the updating, not Quickbooks desktop.

You can still purchase QBD 2023 Pro Plus or Premier Plus to integrate with QB Desktop Payroll. Another option, use your old QBD 2020 but you will need to use a separate payroll app as a workaround.

Yes, that's my direction I am looking at...  Looking forward to the long weekend I can dump this current combination.

A separate Payroll away from intuit since it forces you online.  Maybe even dumb down to Quicken and separate payroll.

I just don't understand why a bank register needs to be buried so far inside it takes 6 clicks to get to it.

Crazy.

Sometimes the button you have to click is top left, sometimes it's bottom right, sometimes it's bottom left...

Who designed this layout???

And advertisements.  More advertisements, please, Intuit.  There simply isn't enough.

I'm going to continue ranting until I can sign up for paychex and continue using my three year old Quickbooks that hasn't changed in 12 years but was made to buy a new one ever three years...

Just wanted to jump into this conversation. I have been talking to Intuit about the QB online and do not need or want any of what they are offering. I watched a video on how it connects to your bank then creates a page that is virtually just like my banks page. Can I not open a second window, connect to my bank and do basically the same thing? I just want my payroll to work and don't want the headache of reinventing the wheel. After several conversations and feeling like I have no other options they tell me I can update to Desktop 2023. What the Heck!!! Why didn't they offer that to begin with? Hopefully it will solve the problem and I can go back to using QB like I have since 2005. 

Thank you, Texas for making me feel better.

Our desktop version had a corrupted file in September 2023 and the Quickbooks team fixed the file.  However, I suggested we go to Quickbooks online.  The migration of AP, AR and General Accounting went well.  I called to get help with moving over Payroll and they said there wasn't a migration file for this and I had enter in manually. In the meantime, Quickbooks desktop updated and deleted payroll and I had to reenter the missing files manually.  After 2 months of reentering payroll and getting the data over to online, I had to input employer payroll taxes, but the number online calculated was different than desktop.  After three people and nearly two hours, the person on the other end deleted all of the payroll information I had input online and said when I run my first payroll, call them and they will put in the history for me. He didn't ask my permission or give me options. He just did it. Why didn't they just do this in the first place?  Why couldn't payroll migrate automatically? Two months of hard work just dumped down the drain.  Thanks Quickbooks.