Switching from one platform to another is survivable — if the historical data and opening balances are handled deliberately.
Moving between QuickBooks, Xero, and Wave is common as a business grows. The risk is not the new platform — it is the history left behind.
A clean cutover date defines what gets imported as history and what starts fresh. Opening balances must reconcile to source statements on that date.
Run the same reports in both systems for an overlapping period. If they agree, the migration held.
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