Running a business means that you'll have certain financial information you'd like to keep private. I know how important it is to set up employees with limited QBO access. I'd be happy to explain how this works.
There's various levels of user access and permissions that can be set up in QBO depending on your plan level.
These options are as follows:
EasyStart: 1 billable user + 2 accounting firms
Essentials: 3 billable users + 2 accounting firms
Plus: 5 billable users + 2 accounting firms
If you're using Essentials or Plus and you're trying to add a new billable user with restricted access, take a look at this helpful article that goes over all the different user permissions: User types and user permissions in QuickBooks Online.
As outlined there, you can set up a Standard Limited User (Customers and Sales), with the following levels of access:
This user can:
Enter estimates, invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, and refunds
Enter charges and credits
Create and delete statements
Receive payments from customers
Add, edit, and delete customers, products, and services
View customer registers and A/R reports
View tax rates and agency settings
Use and adjust tax in sales transactions and general journal entries (i.e. manually overriding calculated tax amounts)
Add, edit, and delete currencies
Edit exchange rates
This user can't:
Add, edit, and delete accounts
View bank registers
See total income and expense amounts on Home, Supplier, and Customer pages
Run tax reports or view tax history
Prepare a return, record a tax payment or refund, or file taxes
Set up new, or change existing, tax agencies in Settings
Set up multicurrency
Perform home currency adjustments
I hope this helps to explain your options. I know you were looking for a way to restrict your user from seeing any financials, which isn't quite the case with this type of user. I'd suggest submitting feedback about this if you'd like to see this change moving forward. To do that, click the Gear icon > Feedback.
You can also reach out to our tech support team with any further questions.
Cheers.
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