I didn't say or do anything that I need to "prove". I wasn't casting dispersions on anyone. I asked a question about something that didn't seem right to me. In my world, when something is too good to be true, it usually is. 

@salaudio 

They are legit. No worries.

Hi ltm1801

Don't blame your accountant.  Accounting professional's QBD pro has been an annual subscription for years.  With the introduction of an annual subscription for regular

users in 2022, the prices for accounting professionals has doubled annually along with a.hard push to migrate existing desktop clients to QBO.  When QBD goes out of support it is not just the loss of security updates but also, the.loss of bank features such as connections to update transaction info or even importing QBO files download from the bank.  No one has the time for manual entry.  

Unfortunately, pretty much everything a business needs to operate has gone to cloud-based, subscription software.  Adobe, office,.etc. have all done the same and the versions you purchased in the past, no longer function with the add ons needed to make them powerful tools or with the updated computers you need to run Windows 11.  I wish I could tell you QBO is a.viable alternative but it isn't.  Someday a bright entrepreneur will come up with an accounting package that takes us back to the robust functionality of QuickBooks desktop so accountants can make the switch.  We just have to cross our fingers Intuit doesn't buy that as well and bury it like they've done with pretty much anything else that worked.

No, not blaming my accountant at all, they have to keep up with technology changes, but small business people like me have to upgrade also to be able to open files sent by an accountant using a more recent year.  Forcing small businesses to incur unnecessary costs is a money grab by QB and for a software that isnot without its problems makes it even more disgusting, in my opinion.

I agree that $1700 for a one year subscription fro the desktop version is exhorbitant for a small business.  The online version is not as good as the Desktop version and it's really difficult to keep tract of balances, etc., with the online version.  It forces us to use online version and the accounts did not transfer properly.  A Bank acct. was closed several years ago with zero balance was transferred with a balance.  I'm not impressed with the online version.  

I replied on a thread here directly to the Quickbooks folks and have been largely ignored. Pure greed. They put a kill code in to the software so that it stopped importing .QBO files from CC companies after 2022. There was no need for that. It would work exactly the same. It was purely to push you to the online. I keep explaining that there are a million small business out there, who have to watch every dime, who may be doing just fine with a slightly older verison of QB Desktop. And who would be willing to spend the $200/year to upgrade to the latest verison, so it keeps up with OS and Windows upgrades and "security upgrades". But we don't want to be on the cloud or a subscription that you're held hostage to. They don't care, at all. They are basically now like every other big company out there: sign up new users with a BS come-on rate to trap them in, and f-- all the long time customers who've gotten them to where they are now. You want help? Pay for it! Really sucks.

It sucks is the correct word to use in this instance. They don't care.

@Quickuser3 

If $1700 is expensive, how much are you willing to pay for your current license?

AND....  they make such a big deal about "you won't have security updates. You'll be safer in the cloud". I don't know about you, but I get a letter twice a month from some big company I'm somehow involved with, telling me that theyve had a security breach, we don't think you're totally scrwed, but we don't know for sure, so we'll give you a year of "credit monitoring" for free, which means they're just gonna sell your info to the lowest bidder (watch how your junk mail upticks after you agree) and move on. Meanwhile they could have just used that money to pay a programmer to update the software for Desktop

I would pay the $250 /year to get the newest version of desktop. In fact, they don't even need to do upgrades; just allow me to continue to use all the features that exist now: specifically importing bank transactions.

I paid $588 last year and asked last week what it is going to cost when my renewal comes up in a couple of months, they couldnt tell me.  Good entrapment tactic, so when I need it last minute is when I will get a price.  I dont use inventory, or invoicing, or payroll, or bank downloads.  I wouldnt mind if even their support was helpful but it isnt.  Ive spent hours on the phone with them only to end up teaching them how to solve MY problem or in the end just giving up (this is for the QBO version which a few of my clients use)

I would be willing to pay no more than $600. and would need a refund for the money I paid for the online version.  $1700 that I was quoted is ridiculous!

I agree, I would have liked to continue to use the 2025 and they cut me off completely back in April.