QuickBooks 2022 is available and the improvements are important and dramatic.

Intuit will now only sell its QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Premier, and Mac products as Pro Plus, Premier Plus, and Mac Plus subscriptions. QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has been a subscription only product for a few years. Businesses will get the following benefits from having QuickBooks Desktop as a subscription.

• Access to the latest version, with the most up-to-date features, security patches, and support for third-party operating system changes

• Up to 38% faster, more reliable QuickBooks computing power (64-bit). QuickBooks Desktop 2022 can only be installed on computers running 64-bit Windows. This does not apply to Mac computers.

• Unlimited customer support and data recovery at no additional charge (a $299.99 annual value).

• Premium time saving and money management features.

• Increased productivity with the QuickBooks Desktop mobile app.

The highlights of the new features in QuickBooks Desktop 2022 appear below. You can read more detailed information about these new features by using the link to the article by Laura Madeira with Firm of the Future.

NEW! Enhanced computing power (64-bit compliant)

Users can complete accounting tasks faster

NEW! Upload vendor invoices via mobile device and auto-create bills for review

Take a photo of a vendor bill using the QuickBooks Desktop mobile app or ask your vendor to email invoices directly to your customized QuickBooks email.

NEW! Pay bills online from within QuickBooks

If paying a vendor bill with a payment type that includes a separate processing fee, QuickBooks will create a vendor named Melio® and these charges will be added as a vendor bill. Services for this feature are provided by Melio.

NEW! Accounts payable approval process

Only available in Desktop Enterprise 22.0. Manage cash flow by defining a customizable approval process for vendor bills received.

NEW! Customize and email vendor bill payment stubs

Maintain professional and consistent communications by emailing customizable bill payment stubs to your vendors.

NEW! Attach documents to QuickBooks using a mobile device

Conveniently take a photo of document(s) with the QuickBooks Desktop mobile app. Or you can scan documents into the QuickBooks Desktop Attachment Center.

NEW! Choose from multiple customer email contacts

Efficiently choose email(s) from a drop-down selection of the emails associated with your customer’s record.

NEW! Add-on e-commerce integration powered by Webgility®

For QuickBooks Desktop users who have an online store.

NEW! Payment links for customer pre-payments

Request money from your customer as a “deposit” for services/products not yet provided without sending an invoice.

NEW! Instant deposits for QuickBooks Payments account users

Instantly deposit Merchant payments into the business bank account. See more about Payments here.

NEW! Next day direct deposit for QuickBooks Assisted payroll subscribers

Pay employees faster and keep funds in the business bank account longer; process payroll any time before 5pm (PT) the day before payday. See more about Payroll here.

All detailed information about the new features in QuickBooks Desktop 2022 are available in the article by Laura Madeira of Firm of the Future.