Yes, Intuit stopped supporting QuickBooks Desktop 2022 products on May 31, 2025. This includes Pro, Premier, Enterprise, and Accountant editions. Users can no longer use services like Payroll, Payments, Bank Feeds, or live support.
Intuit told customers before this by email, messages in the program, and announcements. Help is available to upgrade to a newer version, switch to QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, or move to QuickBooks Online for continued support.
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When does QuickBooks Desktop being phased out?
Starting May 31, 2025, QuickBooks Desktop 2022 versions will be discontinued. This includes Pro, Premier, for Mac, and Enterprise Solutions 22.0. After this date, users will lose live support and services like Payroll, Payments, and bank feeds. Security updates will also stop, raising the risk of data issues. Users should upgrade before May 31, 2025, to keep access to features and support.
What does service discontinuation mean?
After May 31, 2025, QuickBooks Desktop 2022 users will no longer have Payroll, Payments, live support, Online Backup, Online Banking, or other connected services. From June 1, 2025, security updates will stop, which may put your data and software at risk.
Products Affected After May 31, 2025
- QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus 2022
- QuickBooks Desktop Premier Plus 2022 (General Business, Contractor, Manufacturing & Wholesale, Nonprofit, Professional Services, and Retail)
- QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 22.0
- QuickBooks Premier Accountant Edition Plus 2022
- QuickBooks Enterprise Accountant 22.0
- QuickBooks Desktop for Mac Plus 2022
What are the Affected 2022 Payroll Services in QuickBooks?
1. Payroll Services
- Assisted Payroll: After May 31, 2025, QuickBooks Desktop 2022 will stop working for payroll taxes, forms, and sending payroll data. Your subscription will end, and tax forms won’t be sent for you.
- Basic, Standard, or Enhanced Payroll: After this date, QuickBooks Desktop 2022 won’t do payroll taxes or forms correctly. Paychecks might be wrong, and your subscription will end.
- Workers’ Comp Payment Service: You can’t use QuickBooks Desktop 2022 to pay Workers’ Comp anymore. You need a newer QuickBooks and active Payroll to use this.
- QuickBooks Workforce: You and your employees will lose access. To use it, you need a newer QuickBooks and active Payroll.
- Payroll for QuickBooks Desktop Plus 2022: After May 31, 2025, payroll taxes and forms won’t work correctly. Paychecks might be wrong, and your subscription will end.
2. Credit Card Processing and Other Affected Services
- Payment Processing: QuickBooks Desktop 2022 will say this service is no longer available. You won’t be able to process credit card or check payments in the software. You will get instructions to pay outside QuickBooks.
- Merchant Service Deposit: After May 31, 2025, QuickBooks Desktop Plus 2022 will stop showing credit card and check payment info.
- Recurring Payments: QuickBooks Desktop 2022 will stop showing recurring payments, but the payments will still happen. You can manage them at MerchantCenter.intuit.com.
- eInvoice: After May 31, 2025, you won’t be able to send invoices with payment links using QuickBooks Desktop 2022. You need a newer QuickBooks and an active payments plan to use this.
3. Other Services Affected
- Accountant Copy Transfer: You can no longer send accountant copies through QuickBooks Desktop 2022.
- Contributed Reports: This feature will not work in QuickBooks Desktop 2022.
- Multi-currency/Exchange Rate: You won’t be able to use multi-currency features.
- Online Banking: Downloading transactions, sending payments, and transfers will stop. You might see errors. Uploading transactions will also stop.
- Email: You can’t email forms or reports directly from QuickBooks Desktop 2022.
- Shipping Manager: The new shipping feature in QuickBooks 2022 will no longer be available.
Upgrade to QuickBooks Desktop Plus 2024 or Enterprise 24.0
Current QuickBooks Desktop Plus and Enterprise subscribers get QuickBooks Desktop 2024 for free with their subscription. To avoid service interruptions and keep getting new features, security updates, and support, users should follow the upgrade steps. For any questions, assistance is available.
Move to QuickBooks Enterprise or Online
We will still support QuickBooks Desktop Plus renewals. But we suggest switching to QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise or QuickBooks Online. These options have cloud access, work better, and offer more choices. Switching is easy. If you want to switch, book a consultation today.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Do We Discontinue Products?
We focus on making simple and useful financial tools that help your business now and in the future. To improve QuickBooks and keep it easy, we add new features while slowly stopping older versions.
How Do I Know If This Affects Me?
Users of QuickBooks Desktop 2022 with live support must move their data by May 31, 2025, to keep using these services without interruption.
What If I Want to Talk to Someone?
Contact us anytime for help with your upgrade or to learn about special pricing for QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise or QuickBooks Online.
