QuickBooks 2019 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2019

The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2019, QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2019 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise 19.0. Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases. Product updates can be downloaded through the program or from this site.

Release 3 (R3)

What’s important about Release 3?

Improvements to Invoice Tracker
SDK enhancements
Troubleshoot and fix errors related to saving forms as pdf or or printing them

Accounts Receivable	Fixed an issue causing an invoice form to freeze for users with Microsoft Outlook (all versions) installed.
Bank Feeds	Improved messaging & fixes for common error scenarios in Bank Feeds.
Invoice Status Tracker	Support for QuickBooks Email Messaging for Outlook 2010 customers to outline unavailability of Viewed Status due to technical limitations of this Outlook version Fixes for known bugs and stability improvements
Print PDF	Users will now have a troubleshoot button to fix errors when saving forms as PDF or printing them.
User Interface	Improved error messages with clear instructions if action is required.

Additional fixes

Inventory	Cycle count allows you to keep a track of the actual inventory at any point in time without having to shut down the warehouse for a few days for a physical inventory count. With cycle count, you can track inventory in a way that will help reduce pilferage and cost while improving accuracy.
Payments	Fixed an issue when void transaction is failing
Payroll	Sick/Vacation Pay: You can now allow your employees to carry over the limited number of unused sick hours from previous year to the current year and decide the limit on the number of unused sick hours that can be carried over by your employees. Fixed! Employee information is missing after the upgrade.
Pick, Pack, Ship (Enterprise)	The following issues are now fixed! Inventory reports using the terminology “stock” instead of “inventory” When in multi-user, locks should now be released on a Sales Order once packing list creation is completed Issue with shipped quantity appearing to be zero in the printed packing slip though it has some value Column alignment issue causing notes overlap with Delivery Date column Clear Search button is now available MC 40 Device: Ghost text in PO search screen and item search is no longer truncated

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QuickBooks 2018 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS 2018 (UK ONLY)

The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to UK versions QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2018, QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2018.

Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.

Release 6 (R6) – March 2018

What’s important about Release 6?

Payroll

2018’19 Tax Table Update for Personal Tax Allowance and tax codes.
New Scottish Rates of Income Tax 2018/2019 including two new tax codes and changed thresholds for two other rates.
Minimum Auto Enrolment contributions have increased.
Student Loan repayment thresholds for 2018-19 have increased.

NOTE: For full details please refer to Payroll Tax Year Changes 2018/2019

Release 4 (R4) – January 2018

What’s important about Release 4?

Export	Fixed a crash while exporting a report to an existing excel sheet which is in use
Stock	Fixed an unrecoverable error which was seen when opening an item in the stock centre

Release 3 (R3) – October 2017

What’s important about Release 3?

QuickBooks File Manager (QFM)	QuickBooks File Manager (QFM) is now available to be used in QuickBooks Desktop 2018
Stability	Fixed issues in Cheques and Customer Center that were causing Unrecoverable Errors in QuickBooks Fixed VAT Code field which was accepting more than three characters and resulted in an error

Product updates can be downloaded through the program or from this site.

QuickBooks 2017 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2017 (UK ONLY)

The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to UK versions QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2017 and QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2017. Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.

RELEASE 7 (R7) – OCTOBER 2017

What’s important about Release 7?

Payroll	P45 (UK) form is displayed blank while clicking on Preview or Print button in Win 8.1 32 bit (Update1) Operating system. Employee record no longer looks distorted and is now aligned with no additional spacing as was seen after the IE11. update(s)
QuickBooks File Manager	QuickBooks File Manager now has batch file upgrade enabled for Windows 10. If QuickBooks is opened without any company file open, then QFM 2017 will open a secondary instance of QuickBooks.
Preferences	The setting “Keep QuickBooks running for quick startups” has been removed. Users who had this setting enabled in QuickBooks Desktop 2017 will no longer have QuickBooks running in the background.
E-Mail	Fixed an issue that was incorrectly marking Batch Invoices emailed and sent. Fixed an issue that was causing Outlook 2013 not to be available as an email option.

RELEASE 5 (R5) – MARCH 2017

What’s important about Release 5?

Stock	Corrected a spelling error in the Edit Assembly item window.
Managing Complex Password	Users now have the option to login into a Company File without having to enter username and password every time. Users only have to login with their username and password once every few days and can open the Company File or switch to a Company File without having to enter username and password, as long as they are using the same Windows user account. Users have to enter username and password again only if they have explicitly logged off from the Company File or when the login period has expired. Users selecting this new option must safeguard their computers and Windows accounts in order to ensure that their Company Files are protected. Note that this option will only apply to Client Company Files where Credit Card Protection is NOTenabled. This option will not be available by default in a Company File. The Company File’s Admin/Owner can enable this feature for all users by setting a Company Preference: For Desktop Pro/Prem customers: Go to Company > Setup Users and Passwords > Manage Login Settings For Desktop Enterprise customers: Go to Company > Users > Manage Login Settings For all customers: Go to Edit > Preferences > General > Company Preferences For more information, see QuickBooks Desktop Sign-In options (Managing Complex Password).
MS Small Business Server 2011	Install support for Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 is now included.
Paid Bills Unpaid	Fixed an issue that caused paid bills to become unpaid or show negative amounts after upgrading a company file to a newer version of QuickBooks Desktop and running a verify/rebuild.

RELEASE 4 (R4) – JANUARY 2017

What’s important about Release 4?

Scheduled Reports

Removed conflict with the “Run QB in the background” setting; users can create schedules regardless of the value of this setting
Allows users without Windows Admins rights to create schedules
Scheduled report center provides detailed status of each schedule including details of errors if the scheduled report was not sent
Improved messaging about the feature including a warning if a conflicting UAC level is detected

Search As You Type

Fixed a bug that prevented navigating through search results when the second keyword from a multi word search string resulted in a match

RELEASE 3 (R3) – OCTOBER 2016

What’s important about Release 3?

Security	Reference to password change in 90 days when CCP is OFF removed
Payroll	Users can now submit the Final Submission for the Year 16-17 if the Company file has a Per Period Director on D code
Other	Learning centre (discontinued in QB2017) could still be accessed. One of these access methods is now hidden. Clarifying if payroll menu still has option for learning centre QuickBooks no longer crashes when loading new message to “Run as Admin” on clicking Schedule Setup first time after install

Product updates can be downloaded through the program or from this site.

QuickBooks 2016 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2016 (UK ONLY)

The following changes, improvements and fixes were made to UK versions of QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2016, QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2016. Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.

RELEASE 12 (R12) – NOVEMBER 2017

What’s important about Release 12?

Keyboard Shortcuts	Now with a simple windows keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Alt+Y a selected row of data can be copied. This copied row can then be pasted to a new row with Ctrl+Alt+V. Use this on Estimates, Sales Receipts, Sales Orders, Credit Memos, Purchase Orders and Timesheets.
Preferences	The setting Keep QuickBooks running for quick startups has been removed. Users who enabled this setting in QBDT 2016 will no longer have QuickBooks running in the background.
Stability	Issues in Invoice center, Bill Tracker & Report Center that were causing unrecoverable errors have been fixed.

RELEASE 11 (R11) – MAY 2017

What’s important about Release 11?

Other

‘Printer not activated, error code -30’ message when saving Cash flow projector as PDF is now resolved

RELEASE 10 (R10) – APRIL 2017

What’s important about Release 10?

Managing Complex Passwords

You can now login to a Company File without having to enter a username and password every time. Instead, you only have to login with your username and password once every few days and can open the Company File or switch to another Company File without having to re-enter your username and password, as long as you are using the same Windows user account. You will be required to enter your username and password again only if you have explicitly logged off from the Company File or when the login period has expired.
For more detail please refer to Stay logged in to a Desktop company file (sign in without entering your password)

RELEASE 7 (R7) – JUNE 2016

What’s important about Release 7?

Security Account passwords to protect sensitive information	All users who have the “Credit Card Protection” feature on, or whose QuickBooks Desktop file contains sensitive data such as credit card data and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) will be asked to set up a password. All users who have the “Credit Card Protection” feature on and can view full credit card data will be asked to your change password every 90 days.
Security updates to QuickBooks SDK	SDK apps that require background access to QuickBooks will need to have credentials regenerated for the app. Credentials will get regenerated once users who need access to the app login to QuickBooks. If the password for QuickBooks changes, a new application is added or access levels of an application are changed – this would also require users who need app access to login.

QuickBooks 2015 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2015 (UK ONLY)

The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to UK versions QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2015 and QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2015. Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.

RELEASE 15 (R15) – DEC 2017

What’s important about Release 15?

Keyboard Shortcuts

Now with a simple windows keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Alt+Y a selected row of data can be copied. This copied row can then be pasted to a new row with Ctrl+Alt+V.
Use this on Estimates, Sales Receipts, Sales Orders, Credit Memos, Purchase Orders and Timesheets

RELEASE 14 (R14) – MAY 2017

What’s important about Release 14?

Other

‘Printer not activated, error code -30’ message when saving Cash flow projector as PDF is now resolved
Improved messaging and support articles for the most common company file connection 6150, -1006 error messages

RELEASE 14 (R14) – MAY 2017

What’s important about Release 14?

Other

‘Printer not activated, error code -30’ message when saving Cash flow projector as PDF is now resolved
Improved messaging and support articles for the most common company file connection 6150, -1006 error messages

RELEASE 13 (R13) – JAN 2017

What’s important about Release 13?

Managing Complex Passwords

You can now login to a Company File without having to enter a username and password every time. Instead, you only have to login with your username and password once every few days and can open the Company File or switch to another Company File without having to re-enter your username and password, as long as you are using the same Windows user account. You will be required to enter your username and password again only if you have explicitly logged off from the Company File or when the login period has expired.
For more details, See Stay logged in to a Desktop company file (sign in without entering your password)

Search

Fixed an issue that caused QuickBooks Desktop to hang while changing the Search Box Preferences in Multi-User mode.

RELEASE 12 (R12) – OCT 2016

What’s important about Release 12?

Other

Verisign validation update; files are digitally signed and shipped. To ensure, the file is not tampered with after shipping, the signature is validated inside the code.
A 64-bit issue for Windows 7 & 8 users has now been resolved

QuickBooks 2019 - Release Notes

QuickBooks 2018 - Release Notes

QuickBooks 2017 - Release Notes

QuickBooks 2016 - Release Notes

QuickBooks 2015 - Release Notes

QuickBooks 2019 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2019

Release 3 (R3)

Additional fixes

QuickBooks 2018 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS 2018 (UK ONLY)

Release 6 (R6) – March 2018

Release 4 (R4) – January 2018

Release 3 (R3) – October 2017

QuickBooks 2017 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2017 (UK ONLY)

RELEASE 7 (R7) – OCTOBER 2017

RELEASE 5 (R5) – MARCH 2017

RELEASE 4 (R4) – JANUARY 2017

RELEASE 3 (R3) – OCTOBER 2016

QuickBooks 2016 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2016 (UK ONLY)

RELEASE 12 (R12) – NOVEMBER 2017

RELEASE 11 (R11) – MAY 2017

RELEASE 10 (R10) – APRIL 2017

RELEASE 7 (R7) – JUNE 2016

QuickBooks 2015 - Release Notes

RECENT CHANGES, IMPROVEMENTS AND FIXES IN QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP 2015 (UK ONLY)

RELEASE 15 (R15) – DEC 2017

RELEASE 14 (R14) – MAY 2017

RELEASE 14 (R14) – MAY 2017

RELEASE 13 (R13) – JAN 2017

RELEASE 12 (R12) – OCT 2016