End of QuickBooks Desktop sales (2026 Update)

Sep 18, 2024 Last reply: 4 months ago 2 Replies
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We all knew this was coming. QuickBooks Desktop will no longer be sold to new subscribers after September 30, 2024.



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Services requiring Internet access used through QuickBooks like bank feeds and payroll will still work through the end of their three-year cycle. The main QuickBooks bookkeeping features without Internet access will work indefinitely.



I didn't upgrade on the three-year cycle. I use the payroll feature manually, entering tax rates myself, and I live without the bank feeds. However, links to help pages don't work, so I usually find the help text on the Intuit Web site. I assume all these Help pages will be taken down.



I won't use QuickBooks on line; it's an entirely different product. I have real concerns about privacy of my books, and the idea of subscriptio software to maintain access to critical files is unwelcome.



Am I the last Desktop user?



I'm also using GnuCash but it would take a big effort to make it work for nonprofit books.



Years ago, there was a programming team being paid to develop bookkeeping software for the nonprofit industry. Alas the project was abandoned.


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fwiw, on a used computer I just bought, with Windows 11, I was able to install QuickBooks 2016. Intuit's desktop version download page is still available. I was able to register the application.

Some of the Windows features with regard to printing to PDF had to be enabled, which QuickBooks relies upon for reports. Once I did that, QuickBooks worked. Updates were still available, and the same Critical Fixes update is repeatedly offered without being installed, same problem I had on the Windows 8.1 machine.

Obviously I didn't try to purchase a desktop version license so I can't tell you if that truly did end, but this alleviates my concern about whether it's possible to install a verion with an existing license on another computer.

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QuickBooks 2024, 1 user, with lifetime activation but no support subscription for U.S. customers only

$199.87 Premier Plus $249.87 Enterprise Platinum (I don't understand what the Enterprise version for 1 user gets you) $289.97 Accountant

This site sells the program with an original license registered under a

3rd party authorized reseller. It is being sold without the three-year Intuit support subscription. Bank feeds are not available but you should be able to work with a web-connect .qbo file. Payroll is an extra subscription as always.

If you are new to QuickBooks, and don't need the subscription support, this is a legitimate way to buy the software with lifetime activation.

Current and former subscribers could still make the purchase and receive a three-year subscription to support and lifetime activation if they buy directly from Intuit.

There is a note that company files maintained in a version before 2019 must first be upgraded using a version of QuickBooks 2019 and later to be maintained in QuickBooks 2024.

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