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Accounting News
Problems, outages, and quirks that QuickBooks users are reporting — tracked and explained by the desk.
Payments & Deposits
QuickBooks Desktop can auto-record QuickBooks Payments deposits, but users frequently report deposits that don't match their bank statement or land in the wrong account.
Payments & Invoicing
QuickBooks Online users report confusion configuring deposit accounts and processing fees when receiving customer invoice and sales receipt payments.
User Management
QuickBooks Online assigns primary admin and company admin roles with different permissions — here is what each role can and cannot change.
Chart of Accounts
A breakdown of every QuickBooks Online chart of accounts account type, what it tracks, and how to manage the list.
Errors
QuickBooks Desktop Error 6000,-83 blocks access to company files during backup, restore, or multi-user mode. Here is what resolves it.
Printing & PDF
QuickBooks Desktop users hitting PDF save failures, print errors, and frozen reconcile windows can resolve most cases with Tool Hub and Windows print-spooler steps.
Payments
QuickBooks Desktop for Mac 2021 R6 and 2020 R9 or earlier lose full Payments functionality unless upgraded to the current release.
Account Management
QuickBooks Desktop subscription and support plan cancellation rules, including missed-payment holds, view-only mode, refund windows, and service cutoffs.
Banking & Feeds
Users adding and matching Bank Feed transactions in QuickBooks Desktop encounter unmatched or incorrectly matched items — here is how the system categorizes them.
Installation & Setup
QuickBooks Desktop 2024 demands 64-bit Windows, specific server RAM tiers, and current Microsoft Office versions — here is what you need before installing.
Desktop
Intuit has abandoned its traditional three-year discontinuation cycle for QuickBooks Desktop 2024, replacing annual releases with continuous in-product updates.
Installation & Setup
QuickBooks Desktop 2023 runs on Windows 10 and 11 natively, with specific Office, antivirus, and server compatibility — here is what users need to confirm.
Payments & Billing
QuickBooks Online users can receive ACH payments through the Business Network by setting up a deposit account in their profile under Advanced settings.
ProAdvisor & Certification
Pro Advisors face profile rejections over photo quality, brand-name violations, and review guidelines — here is what the rules require and what fixes common issues.
Banking & Feeds
QuickBooks Online users run into alignment and blank-preview problems when printing deposit slips onto pre-printed forms — here is what resolves them.
Payroll & 1099s
Users running into issues printing 1099 and 1096 forms in QuickBooks Desktop can resolve alignment and blank output problems with browser and update fixes.
Banking & Feeds
QuickBooks Online Bill Pay lets connected vendors in the Business Network receive payments without manual ACH entry — here is how the workflow behaves.
Payroll
Oregon employers running QuickBooks Desktop Payroll must manually configure the Worker Benefit Fund assessment for each employee using the Other tab in payroll tax settings.
Time Tracking
QuickBooks Time lets admins configure time off codes, accruals, and approval workflows, but several settings carry hidden limitations users should understand before rolling them out.
Projects & Job Costing
Intuit Enterprise Suite users can build per-project budgets in Basic or Detailed costing mode, with AI-assisted spreadsheet import and draft-to-lock versioning workflows.
Payroll
QuickBooks Desktop payroll users who need to update their primary principal, payroll admin, or contact details face different steps depending on the subscription type and role being changed.
Payroll
A walkthrough of the QuickBooks community answer for adding, editing, hiding, and removing pay types for both QuickBooks Online Payroll and Desktop users.
Errors
QuickBooks Desktop users losing connection to company files can resolve it through Tool Hub diagnostics, folder permissions, and network checks.
Integrations & Sync
A walkthrough of the configuration choices available when linking an Ecwid storefront to QuickBooks Online through a third-party connector, and how each setting shapes the data that lands in your books.