ProAdvisor becomes ProPartner in 2027. Here is what actually changes.

Intuit sets out the change on its U.S. ProPartner Accountants program page (read 2026-10-16), after first announcing it on its Firm of the Future site. Two sentences carry the whole thing: “In early 2027, Intuit ProPartner Accountants will officially launch and succeed the current ProAdvisor Program”, and “In early 2027, the ProAdvisor name and tier designations will sunset, and will be replaced by the name ProPartner and its corresponding tiers: Member, Partner, Preferred Partner, Premier Partner, and Elite Partner.”

Alongside that, Intuit states that “Certifications and trainings in ProAdvisor Academy will also remain free and available to all partners”, and that “Until then, the ProAdvisor Program remains your program of record and will continue unchanged.”

Sunsets in early 2027

The ProAdvisor program name, and the tier designations that go with it. If you have seen a firm advertise a Gold, Silver or Platinum ProAdvisor tier, that is the part with a date on it. TechBrot retired its own tier badge from its credential grid in September 2026 for exactly this reason — a badge for a system being replaced is a claim with a shelf life.

Carries over

The certifications themselves. They are exam-based, they are held by named people rather than by a company, and Intuit has said the academy and its certifications remain. Intuit’s program page also sets the bar above the entry Member tier: a firm must “maintain at least one active certification per year” and “also have at least one client on QuickBooks Online or the Intuit Enterprise Suite.” The certifications it names are, by their current titles, the Intuit QuickBooks Certification Level 1, the QuickBooks Workforce Certification and the Intuit Enterprise Suite Certification; Intuit’s earlier Firm of the Future announcement also listed the Intuit QuickBooks Certification Level 2.

What nobody can tell you yet

Intuit has published the tier names, the eligibility basis and a table of benefits by tier under the heading “Launching early 2027”; it has not published the exact launch date inside “early 2027”, or how existing tier standing maps onto the new tiers, and it says that “Additional details about how to move up tier and maintain your tier will be released in Fall.” Anyone telling you precisely how your bookkeeper’s status converts is guessing. This page will be updated when Intuit publishes more — it shows the date it was last updated for that reason.

1. Which certifications are active, and on which product? Intuit QuickBooks Certification Level 2 is a different exam from Level 1, and Desktop, Enterprise and the QuickBooks Workforce Certification are separate again. “Certified” on its own does not say which.
2. Who holds them — and will that person work on my file? Certifications belong to people. A firm can be full of certified staff and still put an uncertified person on your books.
3. Can I verify it? On Intuit’s public directory, a profile can be published only while the ProAdvisor holds a current certification on QuickBooks Online, and if that certification lapses, Intuit unpublishes the profile. Ask for the name to check, not a badge image.
4. What happens after early 2027? If a firm’s answer is a tier badge, ask what the underlying certification is. If it does not have one, the badge was the whole answer.

TechBrot’s own position, stated plainly: the certifications are held by TechBrot’s senior reviewer, they are listed on the credentials page with what each one covers, and verification is available on request.