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Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pricing and Open AI Relationship – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Dec. 2025

Accounting December 12, 2025 

Intuit QuickBooks Desktop Pricing and Open AI Relationship – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Dec. 2025

In this episode of The Accounting Technology Lab, hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley analyze Intuit’s recent announcements following Intuit Connect, focusing on major QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) price increases, and Intuit’s reported $100 million annual relationship with OpenAI. The Accounting Tech Lab is an ongoing series that explores the intersection of public accounting and technology.

Brian Tankersley, Randy Johnston

MassCPAs

February 4, 2022 

Massachusetts Society of CPAs Urges State to Update Tax Code

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs (MassCPAs), the professional association of certified public accountants representing over 11,000 members, just announced that it has released a whitepaper that supports Governor Baker’s proposal to update the ...

Xero

February 3, 2022 

Xero Adds McAndrews to Board of Directors

Accounting technology provider Xero Limited has announced the appointment of Brian McAndrews as an independent non-executive director to its Board, effective February 2, 2022. Based in Seattle, Washington, Brian is a professional director who brings extensive experience from his career as an executive and CEO driving growth and innovation for leading technology, software-as-a-service and cloud-based...…

sales_tax

February 2, 2022 

State-by-State Sales Tax Holidays for 2022

A sales tax holiday is a limited time period during which some normally taxable products are exempt from sales tax. Approximately 17 states provide one or more sales tax holidays each year; the precise number fluctuates because some states adopt new ...

Gail Cole

 DeVan & Lowery, PA to Merge into E. Cohen and Company, CPAs

February 2, 2022 

DeVan & Lowery, PA to Merge into E. Cohen and Company, CPAs

This merger will allow clients to benefit from the expanded industries already offered by the larger E. Cohen, which serves groups such as biotechnology, construction, high-net-worth individuals, government contractors, nonprofit associations, real ...

 Nathan Wechsler Supervising Senior Promoted to Manager

February 1, 2022 

Nathan Wechsler Supervising Senior Promoted to Manager

Gray has spent the entirety of her professional accounting career serving on the Nathan Wechsler & Company, PA team. She joined the firm as an associate in 2014 and worked diligently to rise through the ranks. As a manager, she specializes in working ...

 Kelleher Financial Advisors and Starboard Advisors Welcome Family Office Executive Michael Ouellette to the Firm

February 1, 2022 

Kelleher Financial Advisors and Starboard Advisors Welcome Family Office Executive Michael Ouellette to the Firm

Kelleher Financial Advisors LLC (KFA) and Starboard Advisors—a division of KFA based in Portland, Maine—are pleased to announce that Michael Ouellette has joined the firm as President of Starboard Advisors. In conjunction with the new appointment, Bart Weisenfluh, founder of Starboard Advisors, will now become its Chief Executive Officer. Weisenfluh will maintain all of his...…