It's that time of year once more, Intuit has reported that they are discontinuing an older version of QuickBooks. In the event that you are utilizing QuickBooks 2018, you will not have the option to utilize certain services and features after May 31, 2021. We should perceive what the effect will be on your business. Your access to through QuickBooks Desktop 2018 software will be discontinued after May 31, 2021. This also means you'll no longer receive
For subtleties past what I give here see this Intuit support document on Intuit's disco (discontinuation) policy.
This means for the QuickBooks 2018 desktop products, after that date:
- QuickBooks 2018 will keep on working after this date, for fundamental accounting functions.
- Any assistance that depends on an Intuit worker (like desktop payroll, online banking, and so forth) will presently don't be useful in this delivery.
- Live specialized support for this item will presently don't be accessible from Intuit.
- Intuit won't ensure that you can register products or recover keycodes (albeit, overall I track down that this hasn't been an issue, for in any event a couple of years following discontinuation).
- There will be no further updates to the program.
This applies to the following products:
- QuickBooks Pro 2018
- QuickBooks Premier 2018
- QuickBooks Desktop Accountant 2018
- QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions V18
In addition, QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale 12.0 payments services will be discontinued after February 2, 2021.
If loss of any of these services are a problem for your business, you can upgrade to a more current version to continue getting support.
Services Discontinued for QuickBooks Pro, Premier, and Enterprise 2018
After May 31, 2021, you will no longer be able to use the following services if you are using one of the 2018 products:
- Basic, Standard, Enhanced or Assisted Payroll: After the cutoff, QuickBooks 2018 will at this point don't automatically calculate correct payroll taxes, provide updated forms, or send your payroll data. For subtleties, see the QuickBooks Desktop Discontinuation FAQ for Payroll.
- Worker's Comp: You can at this point don't deal with Worker's Comp Payments through QuickBooks 2018.
- QuickBooks Workforce (formerly ViewMyPaycheck): You and your representatives will presently don't approach QuickBooks Workforce.
- Installment Processing will presently don't be accessible. You will not have the option to handle credit card and check transactions through the desktop item.
- QuickBooks Merchant Service Deposit (compromise) will at this point don't download credit card and check information into the desktop item.
- Repeating Payments will at this point don't be downloaded
- eInvoice mailing will at this point don't be empowered.
- Live Technical Support will at this point don't be accessible. In the event that you have a functioning QuickBooks Care Protection Plan, support will end when the arrangement is expected for recharging (month to month, multi day, or yearly).
- Bookkeeper's Copy File Transfer (ACFT) service will at this point don't work with QuickBooks 2018.
- Multicurrency Exchange Rates will at this point don't be accessible for empowering or updating.
- Contributed Reports will at this point don't be open.
- Online Backup will at this point don't be accessible when your support plan terminates.
- Online Banking, for example, downloading transactions or sending/getting online payments, will at this point don't work. In the event that you attempt, it will show you one of a few distinctive error messages (contingent upon your download technique) on the off chance that you endeavor to transfer or download transactions, send online payments, or send online transfers. One model would be “QuickBooks can't confirm the Financial Institution Information for this Download.”
- TSheets will at this point don't be accessible inside QuickBooks desktop straightforwardly. To sync your TSheets Data with QuickBooks, overhaul your QuickBooks or utilize a web connector.
Those are the services that Intuit specifically mentions, however I accept that there are other services not recorded that may at this point don't work after the discontinuation date. Here's rundown of a portion of the other services that I expect won't be provided for QuickBooks 2018 after the disco date, in light of what we've seen in prior years:
- 1099: You probably won't have the option to dispatch the 1099 Wizard. You actually ought to have the option to utilize an extra 1099 e-documenting service, however.
- QuickBooks email (the interior QuickBooks mail service for emailing solicitations), which is by and large connected with one of the services recorded before, should presently don't be accessible.
Outsider extra products ought not be straightforwardly influenced by this – however you should check with your vendor to perceive what their policy is.
