Plugin Standard Pricing

Plugins are priced separately. Currently, new-user individual licenses for Plugins are $26.95. There is no need to add sales tax, since this software is delivered solely by electronic means (per California law).

Qxtender provides Plugins access to data, and includes without additional charge a license for Direct Mode data access to QB 2004 and earlier data. Direct Mode access to QB 2005 and later data requires a separate license to be purchased. See the Qxtender Direct Mode license page for more information. Using Qxtender in Export Mode, Plugins can access data exported from QB 2005 & later without purchasing a Direct Mode license for Qxtender. See the Qxtender Overview for an explanation of Direct Mode and Export Mode.

Plugin Upgrade Pricing

Upgrade pricing is available to users who have previously purchased a license to a particular Plugin. The price depends on the significance of the changes required by the Tax or other Agency.

Minor Upgrades (FREE): This includes maintenance releases, bug fixes and adding minor new features to the Plugin; and simple tax form changes that do not require re-approval by the agency.

Moderate Upgrades ($11.95): Changes to the forms that require re-approval by the agency; substantial changes to the forms, even if re-approval not required; substantial changes to data handling required to produce the form; substantial changes to software features.

Major Upgrades ($17.95): Major changes to the output format; Major software feature update.

In general, there is no time-limit to a Plugin license. It is mostly dependent on the revision schedule of the respective tax or other agency. If there are only minor changes to the Plugin as specified above, it is possible to go for years without a paid upgrade. In fact, the 2005 upgrade to the NYS45 Plugin was the first in over 5 years of operations.

Free Upgrade Grace Period: Users will receive a free Moderate or Major upgrade if they purchased a full new-user license to a Plugin within 4 months of the release of a paid upgrade. Contact Qtools Support if you qualify and have not received your free upgrade.

Most Plugins have a 60-day trial period. Please take advantage of it to ensure the software works to your satisfaction prior to purchasing. (note: Direct Mode access to QB 2005 and later data files will function during the Trial period, however forms cannot be printed). As with most software purchases, we do not offer refunds.

PayPal is now our primary means for receiving payment:

After the completion of your purchase transaction at PayPal you will receive 2 emails -- a payment confirmation from PayPal, and an email from Qtools Software with your newly issued License Name & Key (eg. $29E13C1B) that you will enter in the indicated box on the "Register this Plugin" or "License this Plugin" tab of the Plugin. This will remove the expiration date from the plugin.

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CA-BOE-401 Sales Tax Report
CA-BOE-401 Sales Tax Report Upgrade (Must have existing prior version CA-BOE-401 license to order upgrade)

CA-EDD-DE542 Contractors Report
CA-EDD-DE542 Contractors Report Upgrade (Must have existing prior version CA-EDD-DE542 license to order upgrade)

CA-EDD-DE6 Quarterly Report
CA-EDD-DE6 Quarterly Report Upgrade (Must have existing prior version CA-EDD-DE6 license to order upgrade)

CA-EDD-DE7 Annual Report (free with DE6 purchase)

CO-CDLE-UITR1 Quarterly Report

IRS 941 Schedule B - Quarterly Report
IRS 941 Schedule B - Quarterly Report Upgrade (Must have existing prior version IRS-941-B license to order upgrade)

NY-NYS45 Quarterly Report
NY-NYS45 Quarterly Report Upgrade (Must have existing prior version NY-NYS45 license to order upgrade)

TX-TWC Quarterly Report
TX-TWC Quarterly Report Upgrade (Must have existing prior version TX-TWC license to order upgrade)