Due to the recent announcement by Intuit UK who have confirmed that QuickBooks Enterpriseis to be discontinued, support for QuickBooksEnterprise will start being phased out within a year as advised below. This is a decision that has taken us by surprise, as it was not something that Intuit effectively communicated to their customers.
QuickBooks Enterprise Discontinuation Time Scale
- UK technical support will only be available until July 2015
- After July 2015 Intuit will provide support via email only
- No new versions will be released
- Payroll will stop after 2014/15 PAYE year end
- Intuit will only provide critical bug fixes until 2017
While we don't agree with how Intuit have handled the situation, it is imperative that you start thinking of alternative accounting systems to replace QuickBooks Enterprise, we don't want people to feel stranded or rushed into making a decision.
What does this mean?
Current users of QuickBooks Enterprise will regrettably have to move over to a new system within the next couple of years (sooner if you use UK Payroll).
Furthermore there is no longer any QuickBooks application for businesses with more than 5 users. As such, businesses who have outgrown QuickBooks Enterprise will also need to start making a decision about what alternative will best fit their business needs.
What we recommend.
There are three alternative solutions that best fit the gap left by QuickBooksEnterprise;
1) You can move to the US version of QuickBooks Enterprise, which will have a familiar look and feel but there is no automatic data conversion, it requires a work-around to cope with VAT on purchases and there is no UK payroll system.
2) You can downgrade to QuickBooks Premier. This will only be viable if you have less than 5 users and comes with no automatic data migration. Although we are currently in discussions with a company who will be able to help provide this service.
3) Alternatively you could consider moving to Acumatica Entrepreneur. This is a full ERP system in the cloud, priced and configured for the smaller business. It does not have a payroll system but does have all the functionality required to cater for the business processing needs of a growing company.
What is Acumatica Entrepreneur?
Acumatica Entrepreneur is hosted on a UK server and is provided on a monthly rental basis, with a minimum of 10 users and 1 company, it is configured to suit previous QuickBooks users and includes the data migration of all Nominal Ledger transactions and lists.
Why Acumatica?
Founded in 2007, with headquarters in Kirkland, Washington, Acumatica have offices in Washington DC, Moscow, and Singapore. The company is operated by a team mostly made up of former Microsoft executives and with programmers who were the developers behind the Solomon ERP system (now Microsoft Dynamics SL).
Acumatica have won many awards; twice named in the 'Top 20 Coolest Cloud Companies' by CRN, awarded a 'People’s Choice Stevie' for Favourite Financial Management Solution and more recently won a CODiE Award for 'Best Supply Chain Management Solution' in 2014. They have also made great strides in the Nucleus Research ERP Value Matrix and are swiftly advancing towards 'Leader' status.
If you would like any further information then you can also visit our websitewww.quickerpsolutions.com or our dedicated Acumatica website www.cloudaccountingUK.com
