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QuickBooks Desktop to Online migration, with every balance reconciled.

Moving from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online is easy to start and easy to get wrong. The conversion tool moves most of your data. It does not tell you what it left behind. We move it, check it and prove it.

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Fixed price, quoted in writing
Reconciled balances on day one
You keep working during the move

Illustrative screen. On a real migration of ours, all 721 reconciliation rows read 0.00.

Two kinds of QuickBooks Desktop to Online migration.

Most moves are simple. Some are not. We tell you which one yours is before you pay for anything.

A standard move.

One company file, a few years of history, no inventory surprises. We review the file, convert it and tie it out, usually without interrupting your bookkeeping.

A file review before anything is converted
Bank feeds, users and apps reconnected
Trial balance, receivables and payables agreed to Desktop

See how a migration runs

A complex migration.

Several company files, inventory, payroll, many years of history or a file too large for the conversion tool. These need decisions first and data second.

What will not convert is listed before you start
Inventory and open items re-entered where the tool cannot carry them
Your Desktop file archived read-only, so no history is lost

Book a scoping call

What our QuickBooks Desktop to Online migration includes.

Six parts. The conversion itself is only one of them.

File review

File health, size and a plain list of what will and will not convert.

Cleanup before the move

Accounts reconciled and stale open items cleared, so you do not migrate a mess.

Conversion

Your data moved into QuickBooks Online, in the right order.

Tie-out

Trial balance, receivables, payables and bank compared between Desktop and Online at cut-over.

Reconnect

Bank feeds, payroll, connected apps, users and roles set up again.

How a QuickBooks Desktop to Online migration runs with us.

Four steps, planned around a month-end so the switch is clean.

Week 1Review
We check the Desktop file and list what will not convert. You get a written scope and quote within two days.
ThenClean up
We reconcile and tidy the Desktop books first, so only good data moves.
Cut-overConvert
We move the data at a month-end. You keep working in Desktop until then.
ThenTie out
Every balance in QuickBooks Online is agreed back to Desktop before you rely on it.

Your QuickBooks migration tie-out: proof that day one is right.

You get a tie-out package, not a promise. Four checks, each agreed back to your Desktop file.

Migration tie-out

Trial balance agreesQuickBooks Online and Desktop show the same balances at cut-over, to the penny.
Receivables and payables agreeOpen invoices and bills match by customer and by vendor.
Bank agreesEvery bank and card balance matches its statement.
Desktop file archivedBacked up, read-only and reachable when someone asks about last year.

Proof from a real migration onto QuickBooks Online.

26 daysfrom contract to a reconciled, approved package, against 8 weeks quoted in the proposal.

0.00on all 721 reconciliation rows. Every account tied to the cent at 3 dates.

1,044payments mapped to their bills. That link existed nowhere in the exported ledger and would have been lost.

Our largest move onto QuickBooks Online so far: a multi-entity company coming off an enterprise ERP. Real engagement, anonymised.

Hundred brought significant accuracy and stability to our internal accounting processes, and I trust them very much.

Aaron Mirsky, PhDCFO, ONE Insurance Services

Hundred is like family to us. The relationship we built together doesn’t even feel like we are two separate companies, and that is because they are trustworthy.

Tuan PhamCFO, Case-Mate

26 daysAn ERP to QuickBooks Online migration in 26 daysA multi-entity company moved systems with every balance tied to the cent.Read the case study →

Accountants run your QuickBooks migration, not data technicians.

They know what a balance means, so they notice when one arrives wrong.

After the move, the same team can run your bookkeeping and month-end close in QuickBooks Online, if you want them to.

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Bring us one number you don’t trust.

A 30-minute discovery call. No slides, no pitch. We look at one real problem in your books and tell you honestly whether we can fix it, and what it would cost.

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Pick a slotTwo questions on the form: your accounting system, and the number that bothers you.
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30 minutes with the founderWe look at the problem live, in your numbers.
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A written scope and quote within 2 daysTake it or leave it. Either way you understand your problem better.

You’ll talk to Narek AbgaryanCo-Founder & CEO · CFA, FRM

If we don’t think we can help, we say so on the call and point you somewhere better. We only take on work we can tie to the penny.

Not ready for a call? Email me the number instead.

narek.abgaryan@hundredms.com 727 625 4373 Hundred MS LLC · 7901 4th Street North, Ste 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 · we reply within one business day.

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QuickBooks Desktop to Online migration: questions, answered honestly.

1How long does a QuickBooks Desktop to Online migration take?

It depends on the size of the file, the number of company files and the state of the books. You get a written scope with a timeline within two days of the discovery call. For scale, our largest move onto QuickBooks Online, a multi-entity company coming off an enterprise ERP, took 26 days from contract to a reconciled, approved package, against 8 weeks quoted.

2What does not convert from QuickBooks Desktop to Online?

Some things do not come across with the standard conversion tool, for example the audit trail, attachments, past bank reconciliation reports and some custom reports. Inventory also moves from average cost to FIFO, which can change values. We list what will not convert before you start, and we archive the Desktop file so nothing is lost.

3Will our numbers match after the move?

Yes. Nothing is signed off until the trial balance, receivables, payables and bank balances in QuickBooks Online agree to Desktop at the cut-over date. You receive the tie-out package.

4Do we have to stop bookkeeping during the migration?

No. You keep working in Desktop until cut-over, which we plan for a month-end. The switch itself is short.

5We have outgrown QuickBooks. Should we move to NetSuite instead?

Sometimes that is the better move, and we do those migrations too. If QuickBooks Online will serve you for years, we will say so. If NetSuite would genuinely pay for itself, we will show you the numbers.

6What does it cost?

A fixed project price, quoted in writing before we start. It depends on the number of company files, the history you bring and how much cleanup the books need first.