@AnniJerome It's really the crux of the issue. The "user experience" team really got this one wrong, thrusting new layouts and features on us during filing season (when we are clocking the most billable hours to clients.)

Since any future "fix" of this core issue will not have been implemented in time to mitigate the subsequent additional time spent doing work during our most busy time; My advice to the professional user community at large is to include language on signed engagements with clients that sets an expectation for possible increases in billed time when dealing with QBO as a result of this possibility occurring in the future.