{"id":199463,"date":"2025-04-22T22:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/changes-coming-to-2026-desktop-category-proadvisor-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:30:45","slug":"changes-coming-to-2026-desktop-category-proadvisor-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=199463","title":{"rendered":"Changes coming to 2026 Desktop Category ProAdvisor Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/insightfulaccountant.com\/downloads\/731\/download\/Distinguished.jpg?cb=879b1cf9583a7ce37e10892842da5389\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" data-transition=\"content\" data-loop=\"false\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"lead\">When the ProAdvisor Awards were created, one categorical award recognized QuickBooks Desktop ProAdvisors, and another recognized QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors. That\u00a0practice continued through 2022. But in 2023, structural changes in the the awards made it possible to recognize a QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise award in addition to the QuickBooks Desktop award. The two awards were part of the 2024 and 2025 awards structure.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Insightful Accountant&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em> 2025 ProAdvisor Application data revealed a significant decline in both the number of ProAdvisors supporting Pro and Premier and the number of clients being supported on Pro and Premier.\u00a0 The vast majority of ProAdvisors participating in the ProAdvisor Awards that continued to actively support desktop users were primarily focused on QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise clients.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 ProAdvisor Awards will see consolidation of the Desktop and Desktop Enterprise categorical awards.<\/p>\n<p><b>The remaining portion of this post appears for FREE on Insightful Accountant&#8217;s membership site. You can continue reading this article for FREE <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.insightfulaccountant.com\/desktop-proadvisor-categorical-award-changes-for-2026\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (by clicking this link to take you to \" the=\"\" rest=\"\" of=\"\" feature.=\"\">by clicking this link to take you to &#8220;the rest of the feature.&#8221;<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our ProAdvisor Awards Sponsors.\u00a0 For more information about our sponsors, or to request contact by a sponsor, head over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/info.insightfulaccountant.com\/top100-audience-interest?__hstc=65293814.480e468c4e3c68c8a93afc53f797d125.1745238646130.1745327060502.1745342175329.6&amp;__hssc=65293814.2.1745342175329&amp;__hsfp=2869425705\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (ProAdvisor Awards Sponsor landing page)\">ProAdvisor Awards Sponsor landing page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\" ><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the ProAdvisor Awards were created, one categorical award recognized QuickBooks Desktop ProAdvisors, and another recognized QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors. That\u00a0practice continued through 2022. But in 2023, structural changes in the the awards made it possible to recognize a QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise award in addition to the QuickBooks Desktop award. 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