In my 30+ years as M&A Intermediary, no buyer has ever asked access to accounting software. And, all my CIMS have no less than 5 years of IS, BS and adj. EBITDA. Ask for the "information" that you need, not the access to the accounting software.

Any QoE with a legitimate firm doing it (i.e. big 10 accting firms) its going to be 100x easier give access to QB or whatever software the company is running off. Main street buyers dont need it, PE buyers dishing out 100k+ for a QoE will. Deal size and buyers matter here. Its not an unreasonable request but it is also not unreasonable for a buyer to turn down & just provide very specific reports sanitized from customer info. But customer data is only reason to really say no to request for...