Intuit has begun to roll-out Maintenance Release 13 (R13) Update to the 2019 QuickBooks Desktop product line to deal with a variety of issues ranging from new 'User Management' to Bug Fixes. The changes, improvements and fixes elaborated below were included in this release for QuickBooks Pro 2019, QuickBooks Premier 2019, QuickBooks Accountant 2019 and QuickBooks Enterprise v19.0.
Be aware that each new update also includes all the changes from earlier updates. If you have automatic updates turned on, QuickBooks will download the updates for you and prompt you to install it. You can manually download the update from the Official Intuit QuickBooks Downloads and Updates Webpage (product/version specific).
Release 13 Update (October, 2020)
The changes, improvements and fixes elaborated below were included in this release:
Compliance requirements for cards stored in company file
Merchants will be required to confirm that they have written authorization from their customers when saving the customers' credit card information. Stored credential compliance is mandated by card networks like Visa, MasterCard and Discover to improve authorization and the overall customer experience.
User Management
When creating a new company file, the Admin must create or add an Intuit account to the file within 28 days and should no longer receive persistent messaging to do so.
Warning displayed by QuickBooks Desktop 2019 advising that Users must create Intuit Accounts within 28 days
Desktop 2019 - 28 Day User Account Warning
Having an Intuit Account attached to the company file makes it easier to connect and maintain product features and services.
The company file Admin will now be able to Invite other employees to create an Intuit account.
This invitation does not give the user access to the QuickBooks Desktop Company file; instead it gives them access to selected connected services in use by the QuickBooks Company file.
Intuit-Account_Invite-user
You can read more about this in a blog post just written by Laura Madeira for the QBO Blog, 'Intuit account - Why now for QuickBooks Desktop?'
Bug Fixes
Reportedly fixed an issue where Washington DC Paid Family Leave could not be removed for some employees.
Reportedly fixed issue loading Federal 941 form when there were no paychecks.
Reportedly fixed certificate issue that was preventing Business Planner from loading.
Reportedly fixed issue with Invoices for All Customers report where toggling Sort By or selecting Print Report resulted in numbers in "Aging" column changing.
Reportedly fixed an issue where PO number field entered against an invoice appears blank when viewing or exporting transactions on a report from the Customer Center.
Reportedly fixed an issue that was preventing ability to toggle from one edition to another.
Reportedly fixed an issue that resulted in repeated requests to log into Intuit Account after having successfully done so.
Should You Update?
Well, this is always a question, if you have experienced any of these problems then you may want to go ahead and install this update; otherwise you may want to hold off a week or so to see if any adverse findings are reported. Remember if you are not interested in these updates then you need to make certain that 'Auto-updates' have been turned-off inside QuickBooks.