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QuickBooks Online Just Raised Advanced to $340 a Month — What to Do Before Your Next Bill
Intuit raised QuickBooks Online prices on August 1, 2026 for renewals — Essentials to $85, Plus to $140, and Advanced to $340 a month (70%). Learn which plans changed, how the per-user and per-company math stacks up, the 12-month renew-vs-downgrade-vs-switch framework, and the bookkeeping checklist to keep your audit trail and cutoff clean.
QuickBooks Will Auto-File Every Payroll Tax on July 1, 2026: What You Lose (and Gain) When Manual Filing Disappears
Starting July 1, 2026, QuickBooks Workforce and QuickBooks Online Payroll will automatically pay and file every payroll tax you have set up — 941, 940, state withholding and SUTA — with no option to turn off automated taxes. Learn which deposits and forms are affected, how bank-debit timing hits cash flow, why the one-time July 1 FUTA catch-up matters, and the double-entry bookkeeping that keeps liabilities matched to debits and filed returns.
Xero vs. QuickBooks Online in 2026: Which Accounting Software Is Actually Right for Your Business?
A side-by-side comparison of Xero and QuickBooks Online pricing, user limits, invoicing caps, inventory, payroll, and reporting after Intuit's August 2026 QuickBooks Online price increase, with a decision framework and migration cost checklist for small businesses.
QuickBooks Online Raised Prices 13–70% for 2026: What You'll Pay and How to Migrate Before Renewal
QuickBooks Online plans rose 13–70% for 2026 — Plus went from $90 to $110–$115/mo and Payroll added another ~20%. Here is the plan-by-plan cost, how to check your renewal date, and a four-phase migration plan to move your books without losing history.
QuickBooks Desktop 2023 Support Ended May 31, 2026: Your Migration Checklist
QuickBooks Desktop 2023 hit end of support on May 31, 2026 — payroll tax tables stopped updating, bank feeds, Desktop Payments, direct deposit, e-filing, Workforce, online backup and security patches all shut off on June 1, while local company files still open normally. A pre-migration cleanup checklist, the three viable paths (QuickBooks Online, Enterprise, or a different platform), the Desktop-to-Online export steps, and the post-migration reconciliation that proves the ledger moved intact.
QuickBooks Turns Off Intuit Expert Upsells for Accountant-Attached Clients: What Changed on July 29, 2026
As of July 29, 2026, Intuit disabled Expert services by default and suppressed upsell prompts for every accountant-attached QuickBooks Online file, giving firms role-based controls and read-only Expert Hub visibility. Here is what changed, why accountant backlash forced the reversal, and what business owners should check in their own files.
QuickBooks Online Payroll Now Auto-Pays Taxes at Run Time: What Changed on July 1, 2026 and How to Protect Your Cash Flow
As of July 1, 2026, QuickBooks Online Payroll automates all payroll tax payments and withdraws funds when you run payroll — not on the tax due date. Here's what changed, how it affects small-business cash flow, and a six-step checklist to avoid surprise withdrawals.
QuickBooks Online's Inventory Overhaul: Moving Average Cost, Bills of Materials, and What Small Manufacturers Should Know
QuickBooks Online now requires choosing between FIFO and Moving Average Cost inventory valuation and adds bills of materials with manufacturing orders. How MAC recalculates a blended unit cost on every receipt, why the costing choice is effectively permanent, and the bookkeeping mistakes — stale BOMs, untracked WIP, missing overhead — that quietly erode manufacturer margins.
QuickBooks Online Just Got a Lot More Expensive: What You're Actually Paying Now
Intuit raised QuickBooks Online prices 17–25% in 2026 — Simple Start to $35/mo, Plus to $110/mo, Advanced to $250/mo — with payroll up ~20% and ACH fees doubled. Here's the full cost breakdown and a framework for deciding whether to stay or switch.
Odoo vs. QuickBooks Enterprise for Manufacturers: BOM Costing and Multi-Warehouse Inventory Compared
QuickBooks Enterprise's Assembly Builds can't handle sub-assemblies, work orders, routing, or real-time WIP — Odoo's manufacturing orders can. A practical comparison of BOM costing, multi-warehouse inventory, 2026 pricing ($2,700+/yr Platinum vs. ~$25–32/user/mo), and the five signs a small manufacturer has actually outgrown QuickBooks.
QuickBooks Just Made Payroll Tax Withdrawals Automatic — Here's What It Does to Your Cash Flow
As of July 1, 2026, QuickBooks Online Payroll withdraws payroll tax funds the moment you run payroll — not on the IRS due date — with no opt-out. Here's who the change hits hardest, why the lost float matters, and five concrete steps to protect your cash flow.
QuickBooks' 2026 AI Impact Report: Why Small Businesses Trust AI Everywhere Except Bookkeeping
Intuit's 2026 AI Impact Report finds 77% of small businesses now use AI regularly, but bookkeeping trails marketing and customer service in adoption because owners cite privacy, accuracy, and trust as the top barriers.