| January 3, 2018| As happens every year about now, Intuit has announced are discontinuing an older version of QuickBooks. If you are using QuickBooks 2015 (Windows and Mac) then you won’t be able to use certain services and features after May 31, 2018. I won’t address why they do it, or if I think it is a good practice, I’ll just discuss what the impact will be on your business. For details beyond what I provide here see this on Intuit’s disco (discontinuation) policy. What this means is that for the QuickBooks 2015 desktop products: • QuickBooks 2015 will continue to work after this date, for basic accounting functions. • Any service that relies on an Intuit server (such as desktop payroll, online banking, etc.) will no longer be functional in this release.
• Live technical support will no longer be available from Intuit. • Intuit will not guarantee that you can register products or retrieve keycodes (although, in general I find that this hasn’t been an issue, for at least a few years following discontinuation). • Intuit will not provide replacement CDs or manuals, although you can.
QuickBooks is afree accounting software for MacWhich can handle your account data through all the devices and show the same updated data on all Lets your accountants maintain your data with the help of the accountant copy provided. Consists of many add-ons like AccountEdge cloud, credit.
• There will be no further updates to the program. This applies to the following products: • QuickBooks Pro 2015 • QuickBooks Premier 2015 • QuickBooks Desktop Accountant 2015 • QuickBooks for Mac 2015 • QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions V15 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, Enterprise and Mac 2015 After May 31, 2018, you will no longer be able to use the following services if you are using one of the 2015 products (note that not all of these were available to Mac users): • Basic, Standard, Enhanced or Assisted Payroll: After the cutoff, QuickBooks 2015 will no longer automatically calculate correct payroll taxes, provide updated forms, or send your payroll data. • Worker’s Comp: You will no longer be able to process Worker’s Comp Payments through QuickBooks 2015.
![Intuit quickbooks for mac Intuit quickbooks for mac](http://km-ext.ebs-dam.intuit.com/content/dam/km/external/salesforce/7000s/7000-7199/7000_01.png)
![Quickbooks for mac 2015 accountant Quickbooks for mac 2015 accountant](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/content/dam/intuit/quickbooks/accountants/resources-pages/2015/images/features-quickbooks-app/screenshot-video-mac-426x239.jpg)
• ViewMyPaycheck: You and your employees will no longer have access to ViewMyPaycheck. • QuickBooks Merchant Services will no longer process credit card transactions through QuickBooks 2015, although you can still process outside of QB. • Automatic Credit Card Billing will be discontinued. You won’t be able to download transactions, your customer profiles will be deleted, and you will not be able to access the data you entered there. • Credit Card Terminal Download will no longer be possible with QuickBooks 2015.
• Intuit Check Solutions will no longer process transactions in QuickBooks 2015 (you can still process outside of QB). • Live Technical Support will no longer be available. If you have an active QuickBooks Care Protection Plan, support will end when the plan is due for renewal (monthly, 90 day, or annual).
• Accountant’s Copy File Transfer (ACFT) service will no longer work with QuickBooks 2015. • Multicurrency Exchange Rates will no longer be available for enabling or updating. • Bill Pay will no longer be available. • Online Backup will no longer be available when your support plan expires. • Online Banking, such as downloading transactions or sending/receiving online payments, will no longer work. If you try, it will show you one of several different error messages (depending on your download method) if you attempt to download transactions, send online payments, or send online transfers.
One example would be “QuickBooks is unable to verify the Financial Institution Information for this Download.” Those are the services that Intuit specifically mentions, but I believe that there are other services not listed that will no longer work after the discontinuation date. Here’s list of the other services that I expect will not be provided for QuickBooks 2015 after the disco date, based on what we’ve seen in prior years: • 1099: You might not be able to launch the 1099 Wizard. You still should be able to use an add-on 1099 e-filing service, though.