Hi there --
I run payroll ONLY for myself, ONLY once a month. I do not run payroll for clients. This year the cost of payroll in QB Desktop has gone up to something like $700 (I figure, since I got an email advising me my subscription that will renew on May 2 -- in 4 days!! -- will cost $1499). I would like to utilize the free QBO, which includes payroll, for my own company file but have these account-related issues with how to migrate my QB desktop file into QBO:
PROBLEMS WITH MIGRATING INTO PRO-ADVISOR PROFILE 1
I can't migrate into my main Intuit profile, because some old data from like 10 years ago is in there already. When QBO was a fairly new option, I wanted to check it out & fooled around with putting some of my personal accounts in the online version. Now there is no way to migrate my own current business QB Desktop company file into QBO. A telephone support agent confirmed this would not be possible. She suggested I just start a new Pro Advisor account with a different email address, so that's what I did.
PROBLEMS WITH MIGRATING INTO PROFILE 2
So now i'm trying to figure out how to migrate my own business company file from Desktop Accountant to my newly created Pro Advisor account.
Profile 2 Problem 1 -- When I read the how to initiate migration from the Desktop app, it says I must sign into Intuit with the same credentials I use to sign into my desktop file with. But that would be the Profile 1 account into which I cannot migrate data due to the old data that is already in there from a decade ago.
Profile 2 Problem 2 -- I found a video about migrating a company file into QBO when starting from the QBO side of things. But in my newly created Pro Advisor profile, there is no button I can find to start a migration. There is a section in the menu for "YOUR BOOKS" but there is no button to migrate QB Desktop in.
If anyone can help me find the solution to the account related problems that are preventing me from migrating my QB Desktop books into my old or new Pro Advisor profiles so I can have free payroll for myself, and save me $700, I would really appreciate it!!
