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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for QuickBooks Alternative
« on: October 18, 2024, 03:16 PM »"your best bet for importing your QB data into GnuCash would be to output your data in a CSV format and either import the CSV data directly or convert the CSV to QIF and use the QIF importer."-paradisusvic (October 18, 2024, 01:58 PM)
If they were going to continue business operations, I would consider it. But the last time I tried dealing with the QB export, it was a complete fiasco and ended up basically wasting a weeks worth of labor. And that was doing a QB to QB conversion, because someone had enabled a one way db conversion feature that for business continuity had to be undone (very long story..).
The QB exports (either CVS or IIF) don't quite exactly export everything you actually need to rebuild the data set completely. So there will be gaps in the data that could potentially cause issues during an audit should there ever be one ... Which points to the heart of the matter. That being there is a very high probability that the data will never - like ever - be needed again.
So if there was a clean way of doing a direct conversion/import to new software, that would be great. But in fairness to the client, since Intuit has designed that to be impossible. If the labor cost of the migration is going to be close to or over the cost of a 1 year (or less) subscription, then I would - in good conscience - have to recommend going the subscription route. Because it will guarantee the data required will be intact, and only be an actual cost if something - that is reasonably unlikely - happens.
Now for their retired now, home checkbook stuff going forward, I will recommend GnuCash. But the business data is safer/cheaper to just let sit, and hope the dust doesn't need to be disturbed.