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Crystalynn Shelton
Crystalynn Shelton
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Crystalynn Shelton

Crystalynn Shelton is a licensed CPA and small business advisor specializing in financial accounting software training, coaching, and consulting. She has written two Amazon Bestsellers, Mastering QuickBooks 2020 and Mastering QuickBooks 2021. In addition to having experience as a small business owner, she has more than 20 years' experience in providing accountancy consultancy in the entertainment, oil and gas, education, and computer technology fields. Crystalynn is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and has taught accounting, bookkeeping, and QuickBooks courses for the last 12 years at the University of California at Los Angeles Extension. When she is not in the classroom, Crystalynn enjoys trying new restaurants and curling up with a good book!
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Alternatives to converting a QuickBooks Desktop file to QBO

If you are unable to convert your existing QuickBooks Desktop data to QBO, you have a few other options to choose from:

  • Option 1 is to export all of your lists (vendors, customers, accounts, products and services, etc.) to Excel and then import that data into QBO. From there, you can connect your bank and credit card accounts and start using QBO to manage your business without bringing over historical data. The good news is that you can always refer back to the backup file for QBD if you need to.
  • Option 2 is to import all of your lists and record a summary journal entry of historical data in QBO. This option is ideal if you need to have the historical data in QBO but you don’t have a lot of time to enter all of the details or you don’t want to pay someone to do it.
  • Option 3 is to import all of your lists and record the details of historical data into QBO. This option would be ideal if...
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Crystalynn Shelton

Crystalynn Shelton is a licensed CPA and small business advisor specializing in financial accounting software training, coaching, and consulting. She has written two Amazon Bestsellers, Mastering QuickBooks 2020 and Mastering QuickBooks 2021. In addition to having experience as a small business owner, she has more than 20 years' experience in providing accountancy consultancy in the entertainment, oil and gas, education, and computer technology fields. Crystalynn is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and has taught accounting, bookkeeping, and QuickBooks courses for the last 12 years at the University of California at Los Angeles Extension. When she is not in the classroom, Crystalynn enjoys trying new restaurants and curling up with a good book!
Read more about Crystalynn Shelton