Intuit has issued the Release 10 (R10) update for the QuickBooks 2018 Product-line. The following changes, improvements, and fixes were made to QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2018, QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2018 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise 18.0.Later releases (ones with higher numbers) include all changes in earlier releases.
They really provided us with very little information as to what these new updates mean.
- Accountant's Copy File Transfer - Improvements to the Accountant's Copy File Transfer experience for better collaboration between users and their accountants.
- Payroll On-boarding - Incorporated of a simpler and faster in-product Payroll purchase experience. After purchase, users can more easily onboard to QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. With ‘Express Setup’ option, users can quickly add employees, set up their pay and benefit items and run your their first payroll faster.
- Payroll reports - addition of new State Mandated Retirement reports for states that require reporting of retirements deductions from each employee’s paycheck.
Having never been a fan of 'accountant's copy file transfer' I don't see that enhancement much of a plus. Payroll On-boarding sounds to me to be a bit of a 'sales self-promotion' and potentially another option that diminishes the potential work for ProAdvisors supporting Desktop.
I guess if you live in one of those states that required mandated retirement reporting this this change will help you meet your reporting compliance requirements; of course, you could always consider moving to a state that doesn't have such mandates. Afterall, those states probably 'over tax' you too.
You may want to wait to see if you need this update at all. Especially since it's a holiday and most likely customer support will be 'kissin under the mistletoe' rather than answering the phone if you have issues.