QuickBooks Desktop still works, and Intuit has stopped selling most Desktop editions to new US customers. Intuit stopped selling new Desktop Pro Plus, Premier Plus and Mac Plus subscriptions in the US on 30 September 2024. People who already subscribe can keep renewing. Desktop 2023 lost support on 31 May 2026. If you are on an older version, or your job software only connects to QuickBooks Online, plan the move now and run it on your own date.
Is QuickBooks Desktop being discontinued?
New sales have stopped for most US small business editions. Support continues for current versions, and Enterprise is still sold.
| Edition | Where it stands |
|---|---|
| Desktop Pro Plus, Premier Plus, Mac Plus | No new US subscriptions since 30 September 2024. Existing subscribers can renew. |
| Desktop 2024 and Enterprise 24.0 | The last yearly releases. Intuit now ships ongoing updates instead and has not announced an end date. |
| Desktop 2023 | Discontinued on 31 May 2026. No security updates, payroll tax tables, bank downloads or live support. |
| Enterprise | Still sold to new customers. |
Source: Intuit, the Desktop stop sell notice, the Desktop release process and the service discontinuation policy. Read 14 October 2026.
What QuickBooks Online costs
| Plan | List price a month | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Start | $38 | 1 |
| Essentials | $85 | 3 |
| Plus | $140 | 5 |
| Advanced | $340 | 25 |
Two limits catch people who arrive from Desktop. Every plan below Advanced holds up to 250 accounts in the chart of accounts. Classes and locations only exist on Plus, which allows 40 between them, and on Advanced.
Source: Intuit, QuickBooks Online pricing and usage limits. US list prices before any introductory discount. Read 14 October 2026.
What the conversion moves, and what it leaves behind
Intuit's own tool moves the books: customers, vendors, items, transactions and balances. Several things you use every month stay behind.
Comes across
- Custom fields on customers and vendors.
- Reconciled status, as the R marks on each transaction.
- Memorized transactions, which become recurring transactions.
- Attachments of 30MB or less.
- Past paychecks and year to date totals. This year's paychecks arrive combined into lump sums.
- Multiple currencies, but only into Plus or Advanced.
Stays behind
- Memorized reports and past reconciliation reports.
- The audit trail.
- Budgets. Plan to rebuild them in Online.
- Bank connections and anything uncategorized in the bank feed.
- Users, and saved customer card details.
- Custom fields on items and employees.
Source: Intuit, what to expect when you switch from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online (updated 13 October 2026). Read 14 October 2026.
Where a conversion goes wrong
Inventory. Intuit says both first in, first out and average cost carry over. Check the valuation on a test copy before you trust it. A change of inventory method can need IRS Form 3115, which is a question for your accountant.
Reports that do not match. On the accrual basis, the profit and loss and the balance sheet should match Desktop after the move. Cash basis reports may not. Run both reports in each program for all dates on the accrual basis, and look hardest at accounts receivable and undeposited funds.
Sales tax. Past sales tax payments can attach to the wrong filing. Intuit's advice is to delete them and enter them again in Online.
Timing. The Online company has to be under 90 days old, or 180 if an accountant set it up, and the import overwrites anything already in it. That cannot be undone. With payroll, run the move two or three business days after a payroll and at least seven business days before the next one.
Size. The file has to be under 4,000,000 targets, a count Desktop shows when you press F2. Files over 750,000 targets can take longer to convert.
Should you move at all?
Staying is a fair answer if you are on Desktop 2024, renewing, and your bookkeeper is happy. Enterprise users with complex inventory should test a converted copy before deciding, because inventory handling differs between the two programs.
Moving makes sense when you are on 2023 or older, when you want to reach the books away from one office computer, or when your job software needs it. Jobber, for one, has no active sync with QuickBooks Desktop. Its connection only runs to QuickBooks Online.
How we run the move
We convert a copy first and compare the two sets of reports line by line before anything is final. Then we rebuild what stays behind: the reports you use every month, the bank connections, the users. Then we connect Online to the software where the jobs or appointments live, so an invoice is entered once. If you cancel Desktop Pro Plus, Premier Plus or Enterprise, the company administrator can still open the file in view only mode for a year, which gives you something to check against. Mac Plus does not include this.
A move like this is priced on its own. Your free Business Analysis states that price before you decide, and it will say so if the right answer is to stay on Desktop.
QuickBooks Online help: setup, cleanup and support
Why Jobber and QuickBooks figures never agree
Common questions
Is QuickBooks Desktop being discontinued?
Not all at once. Intuit stopped selling new Desktop Pro Plus, Premier Plus and Mac Plus subscriptions in the US on 30 September 2024. Existing subscribers can keep renewing, Enterprise is still sold, and Intuit has not announced an end date for the 2024 release. Desktop 2023 was discontinued on 31 May 2026.
Can I convert QuickBooks Desktop to Online myself?
Yes. Intuit's tool does the conversion from inside Desktop. The risk sits in what you check afterward: whether the accrual reports match, how inventory came across, and the reports, bank connections and users you have to set up again by hand.
Will my reports match after converting?
On the accrual basis they should. Cash basis reports may not, and Intuit says so. Compare the profit and loss and the balance sheet in both programs, on all dates, before you stop using Desktop.