QuickBooks Desktop 2023 — Support Ended
Your QuickBooks
Manufacturing
Support Is
Gone.
AccSoft migrates manufacturers to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with three fixed-price plans — starting at $30000. Every QuickBooks feature included. Price guarantee. No surprises.
Three fixed-price options
$32,500
Starting price · 8–10 weeks · All QB features included
- Full QB Enterprise manufacturing feature parity
- Fixed price — signed SOW before we start
- All your data migrated — nothing lost
- Cloud-hosted — no server, no IT overhead
- Upgrade to the next tier anytime — pre-priced
- 10-day post go-live hypercare included
QB Desktop 2023 — Support Ended This Month
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QB Desktop 2024 — Final Version · End of Life May 2026
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No QB Desktop 2025 — Intuit Has Ended the Product Line
The situation
Why manufacturers are moving now
The forcing event has arrived. These are the reasons QB Enterprise manufacturers are finally making the move — and why waiting costs more than moving.
01
No More Security Patches
Intuit has stopped issuing security updates for QB Desktop 2023. Your financial data, vendor records, and customer information now sit on software with no security net. Every day that passes is additional exposure.
02
Bank Feeds at Risk
Connected services — bank feeds, payroll sync, payment processing — can disconnect without warning on unsupported versions. Many manufacturers find out on a Friday when payroll does not sync.
03
No QB 2025 — Ever
QB Desktop 2024 is the final version. Intuit has ended the product line. There is no path forward on Desktop. The decision is not whether to move — it is where to land.
04
QBO Has No Manufacturing
Moving to QuickBooks Online is not a solution for manufacturers. QBO has no native Bill of Materials, no production orders, no work centres, no WIP reporting. The patchwork of add-ons costs more and delivers less.
05
ERP Is Now Affordable
The $150,000 ERP implementation fear is based on a decade-old mental image. Business Central at a fixed $32,500–$62,500 through AccSoft's productised delivery is a different proposition entirely.
06
Slot Scarcity Is Real
268,000 QB Enterprise users need to move. Certified BC partners have finite capacity. Manufacturers who book implementation slots now go live well before the May 2026 deadline. Those who wait compete for remaining slots under pressure.
Three fixed-price plans
Choose your starting point.
Upgrade anytime.
Every tier includes the same data migration, training, and hypercare. The difference is scope. Start where your budget allows — upgrade when you are ready with a 10% loyalty discount on incremental hours.
Tier 1
Bare Parity
Every QB Enterprise manufacturing feature. Nothing more. The fastest, most affordable path off unsupported software.
$32,500
8–10 weeks · 196 hrs
- ✔ Chart of accounts + full GL
- ✔ AP and AR full lifecycle
- ✔ Production BOMs (single-level, up to 200)
- ✔ Production orders: plan → release → finish
- ✔ Material consumption + output posting
- ✔ Inventory: items, costing, lot/serial tracking
- ✔ Purchase + sales orders, drop ship, returns
- ✔ Up to 3 locations, opening balances
- ✔ Cloud-hosted · No server required
- ✔ Role-based training + 10-day hypercare
- — Standard costing (Tier 2+)
- — Routings + work centres (Tier 2+)
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Tier 2
QuickStart
QB parity plus the 8 manufacturing capabilities QB could never give you. The right move for most manufacturers.
$55,000
10–14 weeks · 327 hrs
- ✔ Everything in Tier 1, plus:
- ✔ Standard costing + variance analysis
- ✔ Work centres (up to 10) + routings (up to 100)
- ✔ BOM versioning with effective dates
- ✔ WIP reporting tied to General Ledger
- ✔ Available to Promise (ATP) on sales orders
- ✔ 3-way PO / receipt / invoice matching
- ✔ PO + SO approval workflows
- ✔ CF Statement + Budget vs. Actual reports
- ✔ 4 email workflow triggers
- — Multi-level BOMs (Tier 3)
- — Multi-location advanced (Tier 3)
Tier 3
Full Foundation
The complete BC manufacturing foundation for complex manufacturers. Multi-level BOMs, multi-location, advanced pricing. Built to last a decade.
$62,500
14–18 weeks · 383 hrs
- ✔ Everything in Tier 2, plus:
- ✔ Multi-level BOM conversion (up to 30 BOMs)
- ✔ Advanced multi-location + transfer orders
- ✔ Full price list automation (qty breaks, tiers)
- ✔ Departmental P&L (up to 5 dimensions)
- ✔ 6 email workflow triggers
- ✔ Extended hypercare: 24 business days
- ✔ Phase II MRP-ready architecture
- ✔ All Tier 1 + Tier 2 scope included
- ↑ Phase II: MRP · WMS · Power BI · CRM (separate)
Feature by feature
QuickBooks Enterprise → Business Central
Every QB Enterprise manufacturing feature mapped to BC. Green ✔ = included. ○ = Phase II option (not in any fixed-price tier).
| Feature | QB Has | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Note |
|---|
Land and expand
Start where you are.
Grow when you are ready.
Every upgrade is pre-priced with a 10% loyalty discount on incremental hours. There is no lock-in — just a clear path that rewards staying with AccSoft.
Tier 1
Bare Parity
$32,500
- ✔ Full QB manufacturing parity
- ✔ 196 hours · 8–10 weeks
- ✔ Cloud ERP · No server
- ✔ All data migrated
$20K
upgrade
Tier 2
QuickStart
$55,000
- ✔ Standard costing + variance
- ✔ Work centres + routings
- ✔ WIP reporting · ATP
- ✔ Approval workflows · 3-way match
$7.5K
upgrade
Tier 3
Full Foundation
$62,500
- ✔ Multi-level BOMs (up to 30)
- ✔ Multi-location + transfers
- ✔ Price list automation
- ✔ Phase II MRP-ready foundation
Phase II
from $195/hr
Phase II
Advanced
Quoted separately
- ○ MRP / MPS planning engine
- ○ Warehouse Management (WMS)
- ○ Power BI dashboards
- ○ eCommerce / CRM integration
How it works
From signed SOW to go-live
Every AccSoft implementation follows the same structured delivery. Fixed milestones. Defined deliverables. No open-ended timelines.
Weeks 1–2
Discovery & Design
Process interviews, QB data export, chart of accounts mapping, BOM template review, configuration design document, data migration mapping rules.
Weeks 3–5
Financial & Master Data
BC environment provisioned, CoA and posting groups configured, vendor/customer/item master migrated and validated, opening balances loaded.
Weeks 5–8
Manufacturing Setup
BOMs built and validated, work centres and routings configured (Tier 2+), standard cost rollup executed, production order end-to-end tested.
Weeks 7–9
Purchasing & Sales
PO and SO lifecycle configured, approval workflows set up, ATP validated, drop shipment tested, return order processes verified.
Weeks 9–11
UAT & Training
User acceptance testing in Sandbox, role-based training sessions (recorded), issues resolved, final data migration run, cutover plan agreed.
Week 12+ · Go-Live
Go-Live & Hypercare
Go/No-Go checklist, go-live execution, 10–24 business days of hypercare support, daily check-ins, issue resolution to defined SLA.
Common concerns
Questions we hear every week
Direct answers. No spin.
ERP is too expensive for a company our size
Our Tier 1 starts at $32,500 fixed. That is the complete price — discovery through go-live through hypercare. It is defined in a signed SOW before we start. There is no hourly meter running. The fear of ERP cost is based on quotes from a different era.
We cannot afford the disruption to our operation
Tier 1 goes live in 8–10 weeks. We run parallel testing in a Sandbox before any data is touched. Go-live is planned for a low-activity period. Hypercare keeps AccSoft on call for the first two weeks after launch.
Our accountant uses QuickBooks — will they be able to work in BC?
Business Central has full accountant access. We include a CPA orientation session in the training scope. Most external accountants adapt within 2–3 sessions. We have done this many times and it has never been a project-stopper.
We will lose 10 years of historical data
You will not. Opening balances, all master data, and open transactions migrate. Your QB file remains accessible for historical reference indefinitely. We do not delete anything — we migrate what you need to operate and archive the rest.
What if the project runs over budget?
It cannot. The price is fixed and documented in the SOW. If scope does not change, price does not change. Every out-of-scope item requires a written Change Order — with a specific price and timeline impact — that you approve before we do anything.
Can we really wait until later this year?
QB 2023 support is already gone. QB 2024 ends in May 2026. Implementation slots are finite. Manufacturers who start now go live before the deadline. Those who wait until Q1 2026 compete with everyone else who also waited.
Get started
Free 30-minute
manufacturing assessment
Tell us about your QuickBooks setup. We will tell you which tier fits, what the migration covers, and give you a specific fixed price within 5 business days — with no commitment required.
Price guarantee: Fixed SOW · No overruns · Change order required for any scope change