What happened to QuickBooks Self-Employed?
Gig income records · 1099 tools · mileage tracking · tax set-aside
Kronos is an iOS money app for gig workers and freelancers. KronosPay LLC is a financial technology company, not a bank or lender. If your bookkeeping app vanished overnight, this page explains the sunset, the migration complaints, and your options.
Why this happens
Intuit consolidated its self-employed product line into QuickBooks Solopreneur. New QBSE sign-ups ended, existing users were migrated, and the Intuit Community filled with the failure modes: “I can't locate Quickbooks Self Employed sign up page anywhere”, dashboards “only contain[ing] data from the last 12 months… without any receipts I attached to”, and threads titled “the automatic transfer from Self-Employed to Solopreneur has failed”. Migration guides report only one year of transactions carried over for some users.
What to do about it
- Open QuickBooks Solopreneur and inventory what actually arrived: transactions, attached receipts, mileage, and how far back the history goes.
- Export everything that exists as CSV/PDF — transaction reports, profit-and-loss statements, receipts — and store copies outside Intuit.
- Reconstruct the gaps from bank statements and your email receipt trail for any missing months before tax season needs them.
- Decide what replaces each QBSE job: records and estimates (an app like Kronos), classic bookkeeping (QuickBooks Online, Wave), or filing (your chosen tax software).
Income records, mileage, receipts, 1099 tools, and tax set-aside.
If you're switching apps anyway
For the job most QBSE users actually had — knowing what you earned, what you can deduct, and what to set aside — Kronos rebuilds it around gig and freelance work: income records per platform, mileage and receipt records, 1099 organization, and a tax set-aside percentage.
Gig income records · 1099 tools · mileage tracking · tax set-aside
Frequently asked questions
Is QuickBooks Self-Employed gone for good?
Yes — Intuit discontinued it for new customers and migrated existing accounts to QuickBooks Solopreneur. There is no new sign-up path.
Did I lose my QBSE receipts and history?
Possibly. Users report missing scanned receipts and history capped at 12 months after migration. Check Solopreneur now, export what's there, and reconstruct the rest from bank statements.
What's the difference between Solopreneur and Self-Employed?
Solopreneur is Intuit's successor product — similar invoicing and expense tracking with different pricing tiers. The migration, not the feature set, is what generated the complaints.
What should a 1099 worker use instead?
For records, estimates, and set-aside: Kronos. For full double-entry bookkeeping: QuickBooks Online or Wave. For filing: FreeTaxUSA or Cash App Taxes are the low-cost picks.
General educational information only; not financial, tax, legal, or investment advice. App behaviors and pricing change — verify current details on the official product page.