Is there a way I can get that advertising bar on the right side of HB to NOT appear each time I start the program?

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

I hit the arrow to close it each time, it always comes back.   I'll admit, Im lazy I havent gone digging for a setting, has anyone seen an option for this?

[IRonMaN]

There is one simple solution - switch to Drake 🤣

[dkh]

Huh, mine stays closed.  Only time it has come back was when I made a change to my HomeBase view. 

[wjgutcpa]

Wait Intuit charges ever increasing fees for their poorly programmed software AND they sell advertising and place said coding into our software!!!!!!!!! WT?

[TaxGuyBill]

Mine stays closed too.

If it wasn't staying closed for me, I would have REALLY complained a long time ago.  Ad-supported software should be free or very low cost, and there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON for expensive professional software to be spamming unwanted advertisements at us.

[IRonMaN]

Maybe the Champ status gives you special privileges like advertising that you can't shut off 😬

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

Its only happening on my home system which has a few other annoying quirks now and then too, maybe I got a "less than perfect" install back in November.

It tries to update everytime I open the program despite the task scheduler being unchecked also.

[MCC CPA]

That's an option but then all you get is software that fills in numbers on a tax form without doing calculations