December 2023 QB Desktop Payroll Price Increase

October 31, 2023

12:15 AM

"Trick or Treat." Intuit is announcing Payroll and Payments user price hikes

Price Hike for QuickBooks Desktop Enhanced Payroll Users

Effective Dec. 1, 2023, new pricing will go into effect for users of Intuit's legacy Enhanced Payroll product.

Users of Enhanced Payroll (limited for one to three employees) for QuickBooks Desktop will see their costs increase to $650 per year plus $1.75 per employee direct deposit (EEDD). The current annual subscription is $500/year + $1.75/EEDD.

Users of Enhanced Payroll (unlimited for 4 or more employees) for QuickBooks Desktop will see costs rise to $850 per year plus $1.75 per employee direct deposit. The current annual subscription is $650/year + $1.75/EEDD.

Abolition of QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Standard and Basic

Starting Dec. 1, 2023, Intuit will end support for legacy Standard Payroll and legacy Basic Payroll. QuickBooks Desktop users on these payroll plans will be migrated into the "current" Enhanced Payroll for QuickBooks Desktop.

These changes will take effect on the user's next subscription renewal date.

Enhanced Payroll provides additional functionality over Basic or Standard, and allows the user to e-file and e-pay their federal and state payroll taxes.

Users impacted by this change will be notified of these changes both "in product" and "via email." Users must consent to this change using an option in their Customer Account Management Portal.

If Intuit does not receive the user's consent prior to their subscription renewal date, Intuit will terminate their payroll service at the time of renewal. Users then will be required to enter into a new Enhanced Payroll subscription and arrange for Intuit to link their prior Payroll history.

This official Intuit Help Document provides more details.

Instant Deposit Price Hike for QuickBooks Desktop Payments Subscribers

There will be an automatic change in the price of Instant Deposit for QuickBooks Desktop Payments subscribers effective Dec. 4, 2023.

The rate will increase from 1.00% to 1.75% for both current and new subscribers when using the 'Instant Deposit' option.

Sorry, this news wasn't the "sweet treats" you were hoping for on Halloween.

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Interesting Timing

I find it interesting and quite revealing how Intuit chooses its dates when changing software terms and pricing. Here, we find a 30-day notice of a 30% increase in Enhanced Payroll and canceling a PAYROLL program mid-quarter and right before year-end. A Dec 1st end date? With ONE month left in the payroll year? Standard and Basic users must "opt-in" to the changes, yet they have NO CHOICE if they want to finish out the year neatly and either stay with QBDT payroll or migrate to another system. If they miss the memo and fail to opt in, they will experience a catastrophic termination of their payroll right at year-end. These are EMPLOYEE paychecks and business livelihoods that we are dealing with.

The DECENT thing to do that most other software companies do is announce changes with enough lead time not to harm the customer. Intuit has no issue harming customers. This change should be February 1st, giving their LONG-TIME LOYAL customers time to finish W2s. Wow, I'm furious over this one.

When asked by Intuit what it would take for companies to move to QBO Payroll, I said, "Give us the feature set of QBDT payroll." It is the best job-costing, flexible payroll program on the market. They have no intention of doing this. We enjoy after-the-fact payroll, incredible job-costing features, and the ability to make corrections without waiting weeks for support. I envision payroll for Pro/Premier going away, leaving us with Enterprise. When this happens, prepare for mid-year and minimal warning.

Sara Laidlaw 179 days ago