QuickBooks products, prices and professional tools continue to change quickly. During our July 22 QB Talks webinar, Insightful Accountant Senior Technical Editor William “Murph” Murphy reviewed recent announcements affecting QuickBooks Online, Intuit Accountant Suite, Intuit Enterprise Suite, QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Workforce, Payments and Bill Pay.
The program also featured a sponsored demonstration from Avalara showing how automated sales-tax calculations can work within QuickBooks Online.
The complete webinar replay, presentation and supporting resources are available to Insightful Accountant Pro and Be Insightful members.
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The most consequential announcement for accounting firms concerns the transition from QuickBooks Online Accountant to Intuit Accountant Suite.
Intuit says all firms must complete the switch to Intuit Accountant Suite by December 31, 2026. Intuit Accountant Suite Core is free, and Intuit says firms that have not switched may be moved automatically before the end of the year.
Accounting firms using QuickBooks Online Accountant should begin preparing for the transition to Intuit Accountant Suite.
According to Intuit’s current guidance:
Intuit Accountant Suite features discussed during the webinar included Client Insights, User Groups, client requests, multiple client tabs, ProConnect Tax integration and standardized payroll-service workflows.
The webinar also examined Books Close, an add-on designed to help firms standardize month-end and year-end processes with templates, anomaly detection, bulk task updates and transaction-review collaboration.
The webinar reviewed QuickBooks Online base-subscription pricing changes scheduled to begin in August 2026. The exact date and amount applicable to a customer can depend on the subscription, billing arrangement and promotional pricing.
The presentation identified changes affecting QuickBooks Online Essentials, Plus and Advanced, while several other plans were shown as having no base-price change.
Because QuickBooks prices and promotions can change, firms should confirm current pricing for each affected subscription before advising clients or changing service agreements.
These price increases also create an opportunity for firms to review:
Recent QuickBooks Online announcements covered several areas of daily bookkeeping and advisory work.
Chart of Accounts account locking
Administrators can prevent users from posting to a parent account while continuing to allow transactions to be recorded in the appropriate subaccounts.
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Bank-feed review and categorization
The latest bank-feed experience includes additional review signals, more personalized transaction-categorization suggestions and customizable columns.
These changes are intended to help accounting professionals identify items that require review and organize the banking workspace around the information most important to the firm.
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Business Intelligence
QuickBooks has also announced expanded Business Intelligence capabilities designed to help users turn financial data into more useful business insights.
For accounting firms, these tools may create additional opportunities to identify unusual results, monitor client performance and begin more meaningful advisory conversations.
Modern reporting
QuickBooks Online’s transition to its modern reporting experience continues. Intuit has made and announced additional changes in response to feedback from accounting professionals and other users.
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The webinar also covered recent Intuit Enterprise Suite developments, including:
Some of these capabilities remain in beta, are still being introduced or appear on Intuit’s product roadmap. Availability may vary by customer and subscription.
Read the Latest Intuit Enterprise Suite Coverage in these articles:
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Existing QuickBooks Desktop subscribers face additional pricing changes beginning with annual renewals on or after October 1, 2026.
The webinar reviewed changes affecting:
These changes apply in the context of Intuit’s earlier decision to stop selling new U.S. subscriptions for several QuickBooks Desktop products. Existing eligible subscribers can continue to renew their subscriptions.
The presentation also covered Desktop product improvements involving Chart of Accounts management, profitability reporting, purchase-order numbers on customer statements and estimate inactivation.
Review the QuickBooks Desktop Pricing Changes
QuickBooks has brought its payroll and workforce-management offerings under the QuickBooks Workforce name.
The new naming structure includes:
Additional payroll developments discussed during the webinar included enhanced paycheck corrections, garnishment workflows and certified payroll reporting for eligible Workforce Elite users.
The paycheck-correction improvement is particularly noteworthy. In many situations, users can now correct paychecks from open or closed quarters without first contacting QuickBooks Customer Care.
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Several recent Payments and Bill Pay changes could directly affect how businesses collect and distribute money.
The announcements covered:
With the Affirm option, an eligible customer can choose to pay an invoice over time while the business receives the invoice amount upfront, less applicable processing fees. Eligibility, fees and terms apply.
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William “Murph” Murphy
William “Murph” Murphy is the Senior Technical Editor for Insightful Accountant and Be Insightful. He has participated in the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program for more than 25 years and has more than 50 years of experience in teaching, accounting and finance.
Murph also administers the Insightful Accountant ProAdvisor Awards and regularly reports on QuickBooks products, accounting technology and developments affecting accounting professionals.
The complete July QB Talks replay features discussion, demonstrations and commentary covering the announcements summarized above.
Pro and Be Insightful members receive access to:
No. The announcement discussed during the webinar concerns the transition from QuickBooks Online Accountant to Intuit Accountant Suite. It does not mean that QuickBooks Online itself is being discontinued.
Intuit says firms must complete the switch by December 31, 2026. Firms that have not switched may be moved automatically before the end of the year.
No. According to Intuit’s current guidance, console consolidation is optional. Firms may choose to consolidate clients into a single console, but it is not required simply to move to Intuit Accountant Suite Core.
Intuit currently states that Intuit Accountant Suite Core is free. Additional products and capabilities, including Accelerate and Books Close, may involve separate charges.
The complete replay is available to Insightful Accountant Pro and Be Insightful members. Premium members can upgrade to Pro to access this webinar and the replay archive.
Yes. This public recap summarizes several of the principal announcements. The complete presentation, discussion and replay are member benefits.
FINAL DISCLAIMER
This webinar was presented on July 22, 2026. Product names, prices, features, eligibility requirements, beta status, release schedules and roadmap items can change. Confirm current information with Intuit, Avalara or the applicable provider before making purchasing, implementation or client recommendations.