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By Tim Yoder on July 10, 2020

Tim is a Certified TSheets Pro, QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and CPA with 25 years of experience. He brings his expertise to Fit Small Business’s accounting content.

This article is part of a larger series on Accounting Software.

The wide range of QuickBooks products helps make it the most popular accounting software among small businesses. There are four QuickBooks Desktop products: QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier, QuickBooks Enterprise, and QuickBooks Accountant. This QuickBooks Desktop comparison guide compares the cost, features, and support options to determine which QuickBooks Desktop program is right for you.

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Which QuickBooks Version Is Right for You?

QuickBooks Pro vs Premier vs Enterprise vs Accountant

QuickBooks Pro: Best for businesses with up to three users and minimal inventory
QuickBooks Premier: Best for nonprofit, manufacturing and wholesale, professional services, construction, or retail businesses with five or fewer users
QuickBooks Enterprise: Best for small to medium-sized retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers with advanced inventory needs
QuickBooks Accountant: Best for bookkeepers and accountants that provide bookkeeping or payroll services to multiple businesses

When to Use QuickBooks Online

Business owners with multiple locations might want to consider QuickBooks Online as an alternative to the desktop version. As a cloud-based solution, QuickBooks Online lets you access your data from any smartphone or computer that’s connected to the internet. If you think QuickBooks Online might be best for your business, you can learn more at QuickBooks Online vs Desktop.

💡 Tip: The only QuickBooks desktop software available for Macintosh users is QuickBooks for Mac, which has similar features to QuickBooks Pro. Macintosh users looking for additional features should consider QuickBooks Online, which will run on either Windows or Macintosh computers. You can read our full review of QuickBooks for Mac to see if it has the features your business needs.

QuickBooks Desktop Comparison: Chart of Pricing and Features

	QuickBooks Pro	QuickBooks Premier	QuickBooks Enterprise	QuickBooks Accountant
Purchase Price per User	$299.95	$499.95	N/A	N/A
Plus Subscription per User, per Year	$299.95	$499.95	$1,213	Accountant Desktop: $449 Enterprise Accountant: $799
Maximum Users	3	5	30	Accountant Desktop: 5 Enterprise Accountant: 30
Export Accountant’s Copy	✔	✔	✔	N/A
Import Accountant’s Copy	N/A	N/A	N/A	✔
Manage Sales Tax	✔	✔	✔	✔
Manage Inventory	✔	✔	✔	✔
Account for Multiple Currencies	✔	✔	✔	✔
Track Unpaid Bills	✔	✔	✔	✔
Compare Actual to Estimated Costs by Job	✔	✔	✔	✔
Prepare, Print, and E-file Form 1099s	✔	✔	✔	✔
Track and Bill Time by Customer	✔	✔	✔	✔
Choose From Industry-specific Editions	N/A	✔	✔	✔
Create Sales Orders	N/A	✔	✔	✔
Create Bill of Materials	N/A	✔	✔	✔
Create Inventory Assemblies	N/A	✔	✔	✔
Access Inventory Center	N/A	✔	✔	✔
Use Advanced Pricing Rules	N/A	N/A	✔	Enterprise Accountant
Access Accountant Center	N/A	N/A	N/A	✓
Toggle to Pro, Premium, and Industry Editions	N/A	N/A	N/A	✓
Void/Delete Transactions in Batches	N/A	N/A	N/A	✓
Manage Fixed Assets	N/A	N/A	N/A	✓
Print Detailed Reports	100+	150+	150+	150+

QuickBooks Desktop Pricing

QuickBooks Desktop software requires a separate license for each concurrent user. One license allows you to set up an unlimited number of users within a company file and install QuickBooks on two computers. However, if you want two or more users to open QuickBooks at the same time, you will need a license for each user.

QuickBooks Desktop Purchase vs Plus Subscription

In addition to deciding on a QuickBooks edition, you need to decide whether to purchase the program or enter an annual subscription, called Plus. QuickBooks Enterprise and QuickBooks Accountant don’t have a purchase option, so you must subscribe to them.

	QuickBooks Desktop Purchase	QuickBooks Desktop Plus Subscription
QuickBooks Pro	$299.95 per user	$299.95 per user
QuickBooks Premier	$499.95 per user	$499.95 per user
QuickBooks Enterprise	N/A	$1,213 per user per year
QuickBooks Accountant Desktop	N/A	$449 per user per year
QuickBooks Enterprise Accountant	N/A	$799 per user per year
Customer Support via Telephone (After 30 Days)	$59.95 per session, or $89.95 per 90 days, or $299.95 per year	Unlimited for no additional charge
Online Data Backups	N/A	✔
Annual Free Product Upgrade	N/A	✔
Maintenance Updates	Three years	✔

Customer support without the Plus subscription is expensive. If you know you’ll need to call QuickBooks with questions, then you probably want to buy the Plus subscription, which includes unlimited customer support. However, if you have QuickBooks experience and are confident you can answer your own questions using their publicly available online resources, then you can save money with the one-time purchase.

QuickBooks Pro vs Premier

QuickBooks Pro is a comprehensive bookkeeping program and works very well for most small businesses, but QuickBooks Premier offers additional options for managing inventory, plus five industry-specific editions.

QuickBooks Pro vs Premier at a Glance

Feature	QuickBooks Pro	QuickBooks Premier
One-time Purchase	$299.95 per user	$499.95 per user
Plus Subscription	$299.95 per user, per year	$499.95 per user, per year
Maximum Users	3	5
Connect Bank Accounts and Reconcile Easily	✔	✔
Create Invoices and Email or Print	✔	✔
Input and Track Unpaid Bills	✔	✔
Track Inventory Costs Using the Average Cost Method	✔	✔
Pay Employees With Integrated Payroll System	Additional fee	Additional fee
Assemble New Inventory From Existing Inventory, Labor, and Supplies	N/A	✔
View Available Inventory	N/A	✔
Record Sales Orders That Reduce Available Inventory	N/A	✔
Choose From Industry-specific Editions	N/A	✔
	Visit QuickBooks Pro	Visit QuickBooks Premier

Feature	QuickBooks Pro	QuickBooks Premier
One-time Purchase	$299.95 per user	$499.95 per user
Plus Subscription	$299.95 per user, per year	$499.95 per user, per year
Maximum Users	3	5
Connect Bank Accounts and Reconcile Easily	✔	✔
Create Invoices and Email or Print	✔	✔
Input and Track Unpaid Bills	✔	✔
Track Inventory Costs Using the Average Cost Method	✔	✔
Pay Employees With Integrated Payroll System	Additional fee	Additional fee
Assemble New Inventory From Existing Inventory, Labor, and Supplies	N/A	✔
View Available Inventory	N/A	✔
Record Sales Orders That Reduce Available Inventory	N/A	✔
Choose From Industry-specific Editions	N/A	✔
	Visit QuickBooks Pro	Visit QuickBooks Premier

Takeaway: QuickBooks Pro is suitable for most businesses that don’t require more than three simultaneous users. However, QuickBooks Premier is worth the additional price if your business deals extensively in inventory or operates in one of the five industry-specific editions of Premier, which are retailing, nonprofit, manufacturing and wholesaling, professional services, and construction. The industry-specific editions provide both additional reporting options and workflows customized for your industry.

QuickBooks Premier vs Enterprise

QuickBooks Enterprise is the most powerful of all QuickBooks products, including QuickBooks Online editions. QuickBooks Enterprise significantly scales up the functionality provided by Premier by allowing up to 30 users, advanced inventory, advanced pricing, and advanced reporting. However, the advanced features come at a steep price. Enterprise is more than twice the cost of Premier.

QuickBooks Premier vs Enterprise at a Glance

Feature	QuickBooks Premier	QuickBooks Enterprise
One-time Purchase per User	$499.95	N/A
Plus Subscription per User, per Year	$499.95	Silver: $1,213 Platinum: $1.940
Maximum Users	5	30
Maximum Products and Services	10,000	1 million
Maximum Employees, Customers, Jobs, and Vendors	14,500	1 million
Choose From Industry-specific Editions	✔	✔
Create Charts With Advanced Reporting	N/A	✔
Set Complex Pricing Rules With Advanced Pricing	N/A	✔
Calculate Inventory Cost Using the First-in, First-out (FIFO) Method	N/A	Requires Platinum
Track Inventory With Bar Code Scanning	N/A	Requires Platinum
Track Inventory by Location and Bin	N/A	Requires Platinum
Manage Fixed Assets	N/A	✔
	Visit QuickBooks Premier	Visit QuickBooks Enterprise

Feature	QuickBooks Premier	QuickBooks Enterprise
One-time Purchase per User	$499.95	N/A
Plus Subscription per User, per Year	$499.95	Silver: $1,213 Platinum: $1.940
Maximum Users	5	30
Maximum Products and Services	10,000	1 million
Maximum Employees, Customers, Jobs, and Vendors	14,500	1 million
Choose From Industry-specific Editions	✔	✔
Create Charts With Advanced Reporting	N/A	✔
Set Complex Pricing Rules With Advanced Pricing	N/A	✔
Calculate Inventory Cost Using the First-in, First-out (FIFO) Method	N/A	Requires Platinum
Track Inventory With Bar Code Scanning	N/A	Requires Platinum
Track Inventory by Location and Bin	N/A	Requires Platinum
Manage Fixed Assets	N/A	✔
	Visit QuickBooks Premier	Visit QuickBooks Enterprise

Takeaway: Because of the high price, most businesses will probably wait to upgrade from Premier to Enterprise until they require more than five concurrent users. However, if your business spends a lot of time dealing with inventory in multiple locations, Enterprise might be worth the additional cost.

QuickBooks Premier vs Accountant

QuickBooks Accountant Desktop has all the features of QuickBooks Premier but has special tools and capabilities designed to help professional bookkeepers work with many different clients. For instance, QuickBooks Accountant Desktop can toggle between all the industry-specific versions of Premier as well as Plus. It can also access QuickBooks Desktop files that are from prior-year versions without updating the file. This is important so that clients with older versions of QuickBooks Desktop can still open the file when it is returned.

QuickBooks Premier vs Accountant at a Glance

Feature	QuickBooks Premier	QuickBooks Accountant Desktop
Purchase Price per User	$499.95	N/A
Plus Subscription per User per Year	$499.95	$449.95
Maximum Users	5	5
Requires QuickBooks ProAdvisor Membership	N/A	Included in subscription
Transfer Accountant’s Copy File	Export only	Import only
Access Industry-specific Editions	Select one	Toggle between all
Batch Process Transactions	N/A	✔
Review and Adjust Client Data With Special Tools	N/A	✔
Manage Fixed Assets	N/A	✔
Send Journal Entries to Client	N/A	✔
	Visit QB Premier	Visit QB Accountant Desktop

Feature	QuickBooks Premier	QuickBooks Accountant Desktop
Purchase Price per User	$499.95	N/A
Plus Subscription per User per Year	$499.95	$449.95
Maximum Users	5	5
Requires QuickBooks ProAdvisor Membership	N/A	Included in subscription
Transfer Accountant’s Copy File	Export only	Import only
Access Industry-specific Editions	Select one	Toggle between all
Batch Process Transactions	N/A	✔
Review and Adjust Client Data With Special Tools	N/A	✔
Manage Fixed Assets	N/A	✔
Send Journal Entries to Client	N/A	✔
	Visit QB Premier	Visit QB Accountant Desktop

Takeaway: If you are a bookkeeper or accountant looking to provide accounting services to clients that use QuickBooks Pro or Premier, you need QuickBooks Accountant Desktop. However, the license requires a current and active ProAdvisor membership. You can purchase and access the program immediately but are eventually required to complete about 20 hours of training and pass an exam.

QuickBooks Pro: Best for Businesses With Minimal Inventory

QuickBooks Pro contains the core accounting features needed by most small and midsize businesses (SMBs) like importing bank transactions, tracking unpaid bills, invoicing clients, and printing detailed reports. However, QuickBooks Pro isn’t a good fit for businesses that require advanced inventory features like adjusting inventory for outstanding sales orders and viewing available inventory.

QuickBooks Pro Strengths	QuickBooks Pro Weaknesses
Most affordable QuickBooks Desktop edition	Cannot view units of available inventory
Track income and expense by customizable classes	No industry-specific editions
Print or email customizable invoices	Cannot print balance sheet by classes
Compare actual to estimated job costs	Cannot create bill of materials from job estimate

QuickBooks Pro Pricing

QuickBooks Pro can be purchased for a one-time fee or as a Plus subscription:

One-time purchase: $299.95 per user with a maximum of three users
- Includes required maintenance updates for three years
Plus subscription: $299.95 per user per year with a maximum of three users
- Includes unlimited customer support, annual upgrade to the newest edition, and off-site backup of data

QuickBooks Pro Features

Connect bank accounts: Users match imported transactions to existing transactions or assign imported transactions to the appropriate accounts.
Create invoices: Invoices can be customized and either printed or emailed to customers.
Track unpaid bills: Unpaid bills can be entered when received and tracked to make sure they are paid on time. Unpaid bills are included as expenses on accrual-based financial statements to provide a better understanding of true profitability.
Create jobs: You can create multiple jobs for a single customer and produce an estimate of total job costs. Actual expenses are then assigned to jobs as they are incurred.
Export Accountant’s Copy: The Accountant’s Copy allows you to continue to work on current year activity while locking all prior-year activity so your accountant can review it and make changes.
Prepare Form 1099s: Vendors can be designated as eligible to receive Form 1099. QuickBooks will track payments to these vendors and prepare Form 1099 at the end of the year.
Run payroll: Payroll can be added for an additional fee and will be integrated into your bookkeeping automatically.

You can learn more about QuickBooks Pro and whether it will meet your business needs by reading our QuickBooks Desktop Pro review.

QuickBooks Premier: Best for Businesses in Niche Industries

QuickBooks Premier offers industry-specific tools and reports for five industries: manufacturing and wholesale, retail, professional services, contractors, and nonprofit. These industry-specific versions include a customized chart of accounts list, products and services lists, and reports that you won’t find in QuickBooks Pro.

QuickBooks Premier Pros	QuickBooks Premier Cons
Available in a general business edition plus five industry-specific editions	Cannot track activity for multiple locations
Track income, expense, assets, and liabilities by customizable classes	Cannot manage fixed assets
Create sales orders that reduce the quantity of available inventory	Cannot use FIFO costing for inventory
Create purchase orders from estimates of job costs	No advanced pricing features

QuickBooks Premier Pricing

QuickBooks Premier can be purchased for a one-time fee, or as part of a Plus subscription:

Purchase price: $499.95 per user with a maximum of five users
- Includes required maintenance updates for three years
Plus subscription: $499.95 per user per year with a maximum of five users
- Includes unlimited customer service, an annual upgrade to the latest edition, and off-site backup of your company data

QuickBooks Premier Features

QuickBooks Premier has all the features of QuickBooks Pro, plus these additional features:

Select an industry-specific edition: There are five industry-specific editions with special workflows and reporting.
Change unit of measure: You can buy and sell inventory using different units of measure. For instance, you could record the purchase of rope by the yard and sell it by the foot.
Create purchase orders: After creating an estimate for a job, the information can be copied automatically into a purchase order to send your supplier.
Record sales orders: Available inventory will be reduced when you record a sales order from a customer, helping to make sure you always have enough inventory on hand.
Assemble inventory: You can define Inventory Assemblies that combine inventory items and labor to produce a new item of inventory.

Learn how QuickBooks Premier is tailored for your industry, or read about the general business edition in our reviews:

QuickBooks Enterprise: Best for Businesses With Extensive Inventory Needs

QuickBooks Enterprise is the top of the line QuickBooks Desktop product. It is for businesses with complex inventory needs such as tracking inventory at multiple locations and using bar scanning technology. With QuickBooks Enterprise, you can have up to 30 users, making this the best option for midsize companies. QuickBooks Enterprise comes in a general business edition plus the same five industry-specific editions as QuickBooks Premier.

QuickBooks Enterprise Pros	QuickBooks Enterprise Cons
Available in a general business edition plus five industry-specific editions	Much more expensive than QuickBooks Desktop
Manage fixed assets	Cannot purchase for one-time fee
Track inventory costs using FIFO or average cost	No tools to help review client files
Advanced inventory and pricing (with Platinum)

QuickBooks Enterprise Pricing

Unlike QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Premium, there is no option to purchase QuickBooks Enterprise for a one-time fee. QuickBooks Enterprise is available in three levels:

Silver: $1,213 per year for the first user
Platinum: $1,940 per year for the first user
- Includes a subscription to QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll
Diamond: $3,825 per year for first user
- Includes a subscription to QuickBooks Assisted Payroll

All Enterprise subscriptions include unlimited customer support, off-site backup of your company file, and an annual upgrade to the latest edition. There may be discounts for additional users, so contact QuickBooks before you purchase Enterprise.

QuickBooks Enterprise Features

QuickBooks Enterprise has all the features of Pro and Premier, plus these additional features:

Track multiple locations: Users can track income and expense separately for multiple locations.
Create advanced reports: Companies can create reports that combine visual graphics with summaries and detailed reports.
Pay employees with QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll (Platinum only): QuickBooks calculates payroll taxes for an unlimited number of employees for no monthly fee. It also tracks the taxes collected and paid, as well as files the quarterly payroll tax returns.
Pay employees with QuickBooks Assisted Payroll (Diamond only): Diamond subscribers can access QuickBooks Assisted Payroll for no monthly fee and just $1 per employee, per pay period. Your company must issue the paychecks, but QuickBooks will make all payroll tax payments and file all payroll tax returns.
Track inventory with more detail and efficiency (Platinum and Diamond): Businesses can better manage their inventory with tracking across multiple locations, serial number tracking, bar code scanning, and mobile bar code receiving.
Implement advanced pricing (Platinum and Diamond): Advance pricing allows users to create quantity discounts, charge different prices by location, set prices for promotional periods, and more flexibility in managing price rules.

To learn more about QuickBooks Enterprise’s advanced inventory management and other features, read our complete review of QuickBooks Enterprise.

QuickBooks Accountant: Best for Professional Bookkeepers & Accountants

QuickBooks Accountant is a must-have for bookkeepers to review client files and is available in two editions. QuickBooks Accountant Desktop is used to review client files from QuickBooks Pro or Premier. QuickBooks Enterprise Accountant is used to review client files from QuickBooks Enterprise. Both editions have the same features to make it easier and faster to work with data from multiple clients.

QuickBooks Accountant Pros	QuickBooks Accountant Cons
Import Accountant’s Copy transfer file from clients	Requires a current and active QuickBooks ProAdvisor membership
Utilize Accountant Toolbox to review and adjust client books	Cannot purchase for one-time fee
Toggle between Pro and Premier, including all five industry-specific editions	Cannot export Accountant’s Copy
Open company files from the prior-year edition

QuickBooks Accountant Pricing

QuickBooks Accountant Desktop and QuickBooks Enterprise Accountant are only available as part of a QuickBooks ProAdvisor Membership. You must be a current and active ProAdvisor to purchase the software. However, you have access to the program as soon as you join the ProAdvisor program, even if you aren’t certified yet:

ProAdvisor Premier Software Bundle: $449 per year for each ProAdvisor and includes:
- QuickBooks Desktop training and certifications
- QuickBooks Accountant Desktop
ProAdvisor Enterprise Software Bundle: $799 per year for each ProAdvisor and includes:
- QuickBooks Desktop training and certifications
- QuickBooks Accountant Desktop
- QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Accountant
- QuickBooks Mac Desktop
- QuickBooks Point of Sale Desktop

QuickBooks Accountant Features

QuickBooks Accountant Desktop and QuickBooks Enterprise Accountant have all the features of QuickBooks Premier and QuickBooks Enterprise, respectively. In addition, both the Accountant editions have features to help professional bookkeepers import, review, adjust, and communicate changes with their clients.

Import Accountant’s Copy: Clients provide an Accountant’s Copy of their company file, which allows them to continue working on current-year activity while their external accountant reviews and makes adjustments to prior-year activity.
Enter transactions in batches: You can save hours of data input by importing transactions from an Excel spreadsheet.
Review client data: Accountants can quickly find and correct tax and bill payments that were entered as expenses. Also, accountants can compare the clients’ prior-year balances to the correct balances on the tax return or financial statements and make an adjusting journal entry automatically.
Send adjusting journal entries: Post adjusting journal entries and email them to your client who can import them into their company file.
Prepare financial statements with QuickBooks Statement Writer: You can format high-quality financial statements along with all the necessary footnotes directly from QuickBooks Accountant.

For more information on all the features that will save you hours of valuable time working with your clients, read our QuickBooks Accountant Desktop review.

Bottom Line

Now that you’ve learned about the QuickBooks Desktop product line, and it’s time to pick your version. If your business needs sophisticated inventory tools, then go with QuickBooks Enterprise. If you don’t need these inventory features and have less than five users, go with either Pro or Premier.

QuickBooks offers a variety of powerful software to fit almost any need. Whichever QuickBooks edition you choose for your business, you can get started with either a 30-day free trial or 50% off for three months.

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About the Author

Tim Yoder

Tim Yoder is a subject matter expert at Fit Small Business focusing on small business bookkeeping, accounting, and tax content. He received his Ph.D. from Penn State and then taught tax and accounting to undergraduate and graduate students as an Assistant Professor at both the University of Nebraska Omaha and Mississippi State University. Tim is a Certified TSheets Pro, QuickBooks ProAdvisor for both the Online and Desktop products, as well as a CPA with 25 years of experience. He most recently spent two years as the accountant at a commercial roofing company utilizing QuickBooks Desktop to compile financials, job cost, and run payroll.

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Trisha Singh

August 4, 2020 at 5:49 pm

I’m a bookkeeper that has multiple clients. I currently use Enterprise 2018. I create and maintain the Quickbooks files for my clients, entering all transactions for them. My clients don’t have their own copy of Quickbooks, so I generate the financial reports for them and create a portable company file for the CPAs that my clients use at year end. What would be the advantages in my situation to using the Accountant’s version over the Enterprise version I’m currently using? My clients use an online payroll servicer, but none use Intuit’s payroll service. I use and prefer the desktop version of Quickbooks. I do not necessarily want to switch to cloud based Quickbooks. I’m trying to decide if the Accountant’s desktop version would be more beneficial as my client list grows, or will Enterprise Desktop work just as well. Thank you in advance for your time.

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- Tim Yoder
  
  August 4, 2020 at 8:53 pm
  
  Hi Mandy, The accountant features are most helpful when you are reviewing and adjusting somebody else’s work. In your case, it sounds like you are the primary bookkeeper so I’m not sure you would get a huge benefit from the accountant edition of enterprise. The accountant edition will let you toggle to any of the other industry editions, so that might be nice if your clients operate in multiple industries.
  
  Whether you go regular Enterprise or Enterprise Accountant, you’ll have to enter an annual subscription to purchase the most recent version. QuickBooks no longer offers Enterprise as a one-time purchase. It’s still the desktop software (not QuickBooks Online) but you have to pay annually. I’d continue using the 2018 version as long as possible! They’ll stop supporting it soon, but if you don’t have to process payroll it may not matter if it’s not supported.
  
  I hope this helps!
  Tim
  
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Dianne Rossi

July 28, 2020 at 4:56 pm

Hi Tim! Great article. I am a bookkeeper successfully using QB desktop 2015. I process many 1099 forms for my clients each year. I have seen that the form has changed for 2020. Do you know anything about this? Will I need to buy QB 2020? I see that the accountant version is no longer available for desktop only. So I will have to pay $449 per year to have this software? Your advice would be most helpful! Thanks!

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- Tim Yoder
  
  August 4, 2020 at 9:06 pm
  
  Hi Dianne,
  Yes, the 2020 1099-Misc is a little different than the 2019 and since QB 2015 is no longer supported you will need to purchase the 2020 version. The $449 per year is for your ProAdvisor membership, which includes QuickBooks Desktop Accountant 2020. If you choose to not renew your ProAdvisor membership in 2021 you won’t have access to the new Accountant 2021 or any of your ProAdvisor benefits, but they shouldn’t revoke your software license for Accountant 2020. In other words, you can continue to use Desktop Accountant 2020 without renewing your $449 membership next year.
  Thank you for reading the article and I hope this helps!
  Tim
  
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Haazim Ali

July 24, 2020 at 3:01 am

I have Quickbooks Premier 2007 – can I export a file to an Accountant with QB Enterprise and can that accountant import that file into QB Enterprise?

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- Tim Yoder
  
  July 24, 2020 at 11:44 am
  
  Moving a file from Premier to Enterprise is generally not a problem, but you’re file is so old I’m not sure it will work. Here is my suggestion:
  1. In your Premier 2007, rebuild the data file by going to File/Utilities/Rebuild Data
  2. In your Premier 2007, create a backup copy on a flash drive to share with your accountant by going to File/create backup.
  3. In Enterprise, your accountant should go to File/utilities/restore backup for earlier quickbooks version and select the backup you gave them
  
  If you can’t get your company file transferred, the next best thing is to transfer the following lists from your Premier to an excel spreadsheet and then have your account import them into a new company file in Enterprise.
  Vendors
  Customers
  Products and Services
  Chart of Accounts
  
  It’s not going to be easy transferring from such an old version, but I hope this helps.
  Tim
  
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J Wsav

January 21, 2020 at 4:15 pm

Do any of the other desktop versions have batch enter transactions? I work for a small charter school (non-profit) but would like the ability to batch enter the credit card purchases, etc. because they have to be mapped to different accounts depending on the item in the purchase total. I work for an accountant on weekends & found this option very useful & time saving. We are about to purchase a new QB & I need to know what to get. I have Googled & done a QB chat to no avail.
Thank you!!!

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- Tim Yoder
  
  January 21, 2020 at 5:16 pm
  
  Hello J Wsav, Thank you for the question. The best way to batch import credit card purchases is through the bank feed option which is available in both QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Premier. Before you start the process, be sure you have created the credit card account in your chart of accounts and that the account type is “credit card”. Then follow these instructions from Intuit: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/banking/importing-credit-card-transactions/00/246960
  
  I hope this helps!
  Tim
  
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Michael Powers

August 1, 2018 at 10:44 pm

One of the issues I’ve had w/ QB is it’s inability to scale… multiple companies, multiple warehouses, etc. IOW, QB is truly “small business” software.

I think QB (enterprise) sells itself as an ERP-lite solution, but it isn’t. Not that it’s bad software – it’s quite good for simple businesses w/ one warehouse, one location, etc., but when a business physically grows into multiple states/jurisdictions, I find that QB is not up to the task. If you are in need of real ERP-level functionality & integration (regardless of scale/size), then QB is not the answer, imo. In this sense, QB can actually hinder/cap a businesses growth plans, as the thought of migrating away from QB to something more robust is so terrifying for small/growing businesses that they become paralyzed.

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- Crystalynn Shelton
  
  August 8, 2018 at 7:58 pm
  
  Hey Michael, thanks so much for sharing your insight and experience with QuickBooks Desktop. Would you take a few minutes and write a review? It would pretty much be including everything you shared here in this forum. You can leave a review on our QuickBooks Reviews page.
  
  Thanks a bunch!
  Crystalynn Shelton
  
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