Move your clients from QuickBooks Desktop to Online for more flexibility and real-time collaboration 

QuickBooks Accountant Desktop 2023

Help your clients get more visibility and control with QuickBooks Desktop 2023

QuickBooks Desktop gives you and your clients visibility across their business so you can help them improve decision-making, efficiency, and productivity.

Tom Eisenberg

What's new: QuickBooks Accountant Desktop

Our latest tools automate everyday tasks, so you and your clients can focus on business. Bypass busy work and streamline projects so you can do more than ever for your clients.

Cash flow hub

Get a single dashboard to monitor your incoming and outgoing cash flow. Track invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, payments, and more.

Cash flow hub

More to love in QuickBooks Accountant Desktop

Powerful productivity

Take action from anywhere with Accountant Toolbox

Get quick access to your most essential tools so you can make your day-to-day feel a whole lot lighter.

  • Access your Accountant Toolbox1 from your clients’ QuickBooks Pro or Premier, remotely or in a hosted setup.
  • Find and fix entry errors fast with Client Data Review.
  • Delete, void, or reclassify hundreds of transactions at once.
  • Write off multiple invoices in one screen.
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Client collaboration

Their books. Your schedule.

With Accountant’s Copy, you and your clients don’t have to plan work around each other.

  • Transfer files seamlessly instead of having to save your work to a computer or thumb drive.
  • Work on your own copy of your client’s files, even if clients are working at the same time.2
  • Your adjustments are merged quickly and easily.
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Work flexibility

Find your sweet spot

Make it easier to view and access multiple client files and work how you’re most comfortable.

  • Tailor your office for enhanced efficiency and productivity with Multi-Monitor mode.3
  • Save time by working in two company files at the same time with Multi-Instance.4
  • Locate items, accounts, and clients faster with search auto-fill.
  • Search a range of values to help recall transaction amounts.
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97% of accountants surveyed say their clients' books are more accurate when they use QuickBooks Online.7 Now with improved migration assistance.*

QuickBooks Accountant Desktop 2023 system requirements

System requirements

  • Client: Windows 10 (64 bit) , or Windows 11, update/version supported by Microsoft. Windows 8.1 and Linux are not supported.
  • Server: Windows Server 2012 (or R2), 2016, 2019, or 2022 (Regular or Small Business Server)
  • 2.4 GHz processor
  • Client RAM: 8GB RAM; 16GB RAM recommended; Server RAM (for multi-user support): 8GB (5 users)
  • 2.5 GB disk space recommended (additional space required for data files); Solid State Drive (SSD) recommended for optimal performance
  • Plus subscriptions, Payroll, and online features require internet access
  • QuickBooks Desktop App access is included with Desktop subscriptions. Must be installed on a camera-enabled mobile device using Android 6.0 or iOS 12 or later
  • Product registration required
  • Optimized for 1280×1024 screen resolution or higher. Supports one Workstation Monitor, plus up to 2 extended monitors. Optimized for Default DPI settings.
  • Google Chrome recommended

Integration with other software

  • Microsoft Word and Excel integration requires Office 2013–2021, or Microsoft 365 (32 and 64 bit)
  • E-mail Estimates, Invoices and other forms with Microsoft Outlook 2013-2019, Microsoft 365, Gmail™, and Outlook.com®, other SMTP-supporting email clients. Integration with QuickBooks POS 19.0.
  • Transfer data from Quicken 2016-2022, QuickBooks Mac/Mac Plus 2021-2023 and Microsoft Excel 2013-2021, Microsoft 365 (32 or 64 bit)
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