Is there a way to convert desktop Quickbooks files to online Quickbooks files?
I have a small business and have never used Quickbooks. I hired someone to do all my bookkeeping and billing. This person passed away last week and her daughter gave me all my files on a jump drive. So now my wife and I are trying to figure this shit out and transfer everything over but apparently she had the desktop version and we have the online version and I cannot access anything.
Btw, I suck at computers so if someone could break it down to me in laymans terms, I'd appreciate it. 
I think you'll have to restore the last backup file into a desktop version. Quickbooks is terrible that way. Why do you need to use the online version? Or is it that you don't want to purchase another program?
I'm not a fan of quickbooks personally as their support is shit and they tie you into upgrading every year which is a rip off for small businesses imo.
I'm a bookkeeper for just over 20 small businesses and only 3 use quickbooks the rest use sage/simply
Sorry I'm not much more help.
TFK_MrSmiff - I think you'll have to restore the last backup file into a desktop version. Quickbooks is terrible that way. Why do you need to use the online version? Or is it that you don't want to purchase another program?Thanks. So can you run multiple accounts off of one copy of Quickbooks?
I'm not a fan of quickbooks personally as their support is shit and they tie you into upgrading every year which is a rip off for small businesses imo.
I'm a bookkeeper for just over 20 small businesses and only 3 use quickbooks the rest use sage/simply
Sorry I'm not much more help.
Yes you can just don't tell quickbooks support staff if you ever call for help. Make sure it's for the company that's registered with QB. Of the 3 clients I have that use it each has a hold Co for their property that I track in the same QB program.
Also only buy 1 user, you can load it on as many computers you want but can only have 1 user logged into the company file at a time (unless you need 2 or more users at a time but for small businesses I can't see you needing more than 1...unless you get a dedicated payables/receivables person etc).