No support for 2009 ?

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Yes, it is true that 2009 will no longer be supported with any of Intuit's online services.

Intuit strives to deliver the best products at the lowest cost to customers by investing in technology that makes QuickBooks better and easier to use. One of the ways Intuit accomplishes this is to manage the costs associated with supporting older releases; so they support their services on their latest product (QuickBooks 2012) and the two previous versions (QuickBooks 2010 and 2011). They do this so they can focus on making QuickBooks better and easier to use while still supporting older versions, specifically their current release and two previous releases.

Services and support for QuickBooks 2009 will be discontinued on May 31, 2012. After this date, payroll tax calculations will be incorrect, customers will be unable to send payroll for processing including direct deposits, and payroll subscriptions will be deactivated. Payroll, Merchant Services, and Software Support are valid only with a currently supported version of QuickBooks. To purchase a new version of QuickBooks and avoid interruption to your service call 866.676.9670 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Pacific time), Monday through Friday.  

I hope this helps.

Intuit forces people to buy a new version every three years of their quickbook products so they can continue to grow their revenues.  It is part of their business model.   Bookeeping hasn't changed in 300 years (debits still = credits) and the program should contintue to function for years. 

Post 3-year support is a HUGE business opportunity for anyone willng to tackle it.  Of course get ready for the fight with Intuit :)

"Post 3-year support is a HUGE business " risk " for anyone willng to tackle it."

Think of trying to support programs on XP, Vista 32-bit, Vista 64-bit, and now Windows 7, and soon Windows 8.

This of this with IE 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Think of this with Office 2000 (yes, I still use it and it works fine with QB 2012, for the most part); Office 2003, 2007, 2010 32-bit, 2010 64-bit, and now Office 15.

What about Outlook, Chrome, Firefox, Opera?

What about email with AOL, gmail, ISP web-based, Thunderbird, Windows Live, etc?

I wish, for anyone who wants to take on this task: Good luck with this business model.

The program will still run. You get no more updates, you lose external functions, such as email and payroll.

Then again, the spare tire from a 1952 Olds will not fit on any new car now.