DO I HAVE TO UPGRADE MY QUICKBOOKS 2010 SOFTWARE?

Most QuickBooks 2010 users have received several warnings when using their QuickBooks products that access to add-on services will be discontinued on May 31, 2013. This applies to all QuickBooks versions and includes other Intuit products such as Point of Sale 8.0 & 9.0. We have outlined what services will no longer be available so that you can determine if and how this will impact your business.

• Basic, Standard, Enhanced or Assisted Payroll
• QuickBooks Merchant Service (you can still process outside of QB)
• Check Solution (you can still process outside of QB)
• Online Payment Processing – Intuit Payment Network (you can still process payments through the Intuit Payment Network website)
• Billing Solution
• Accountant’s Copy File Transfer (ACFT)
• Online Banking (downloading transactions, sending online payments or transfers)
• QuickBooks email (the internal QuickBooks mail service for emailing invoices)
• Enterprise Solutions Full Service Plan (FSP)
• Live Technical Support
• Online Backup
• QuickBooks for Mac 2010 only  – Automatic Credit Card Billing
• Point of Sale 8.0 & 9. 0 only – Intuit Service Store Exchange Method

Note: QuickBooks Email – If you choose not to upgrade you can continue to email sales receipts, credit memos, purchase orders, reports, and forms directly from QuickBooks 2010 using Outlook, or Windows Mail account. You may also print your forms and reports to .pdf files and email them using your email account. (To learn how to set up your email service in QuickBooks click here).

If you are not using any of the add-on services and or will not need any technical support, your QuickBooks 2010 product will continue to work for you. If, however, you don’t need to upgrade but would like to find out the difference between the 2010 and 2013 product, please contact our office to speak with one of our QuickBooks ProAdvisors. For those businesses still using QuickBooks 2010 and one or more of the above add-on services, one of our QuickBooks consultants would be more than happy to assist you with your upgrade and help you find the best price on your software.