It's nothing new with regards to Intuit's policy to discontinue support for their software after 3+ years. They've been doing this for numerous years. Furthermore, I understand the reasons for it from my days when I worked for a software development company. While I'm not sure if Intuit chooses this policy for the same reasons we did it at the aforementioned company, let me explain my take on why this is a good idea:

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Kevin, a QuickBooks peer, posted on LinkedIn an issue he was facing within one of the QuickBooks groups. Here is what he asked...

"Special Customized Invoice - How to copy certain fields so they show up twice on an invoice?

Client wants to print invoices and have customers tear off the perforated bottom third as a stub to mail back with payment. The design is easy. The problem I'm having is getting certain fields (i.e., Am

Jim taught a class today. In addition to the many features of QuickBooks, he mentioned keyboard shortcuts. The two ladies that took our class today wanted to know where they could find a list of them. Here's our collection.

Have you ever been using QuickBooks and you attempted to close a report or other transaction screen, but instead of clicking the "X" to close the report or transaction screen, you mistakenly click on the red "X" in the upper most right-hand corner and closed QuickBooks instead? We've all done this and it's annoying.  

Beginning in the 2009

Today is January 1, 2010... Happy New Year!

QuickBooks users who use QuickBooks to do their payroll often have a daunting question this time of year. The question is, "How do I change the percentage of my SUTA payroll item?" This is a logical and important question. Assuming your rate has changed for 2010 (and many businesses SUTA rates have changed as a result of the economy and these businesses having to lay employees off), ideally you want to c...