For #3....The new Online version is Premium to replace Premier and the Self Employed version. You can transfer your QuickBooks Self Employed version into Premium. Then you can download the .tax2023 online file for free and open it in your Desktop program.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/entering-importing/help/how-do-i-send-my-quickbooks-self-employed-...
By the way, all the Desktop programs have all the same forms so you can use a lower version like Deluxe if you want.
