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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

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August 21, 2019 

Insights Into Section 199A Operational Rules

Section 199A can be a gold mine for owners of pass-through entities and sole proprietors. Thanks to this provision authorized by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a qualified taxpayer can annually deduct up to 20% of its qualified business income (QBI), effective for 2018 through 2025. But the TCJA deduction is fraught with...…

Ken Berry, JD

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August 20, 2019 

Good News and Bad News on Payments and Fraud Control:

Business email compromise (BEC) is a top tactic for external attacks, impacting over half of the survey respondents, up from 46% in 2017. Wire transfers are still the most common target for BEC scams, probably because they’re usually one-off requests...

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August 20, 2019 

Xero Appoints New U.S. and Canadian Managers

Small business accounting maker Xero has appointed Ben Richmond to US country manager and Will Buckley to Canada country manager as part of its strategy to develop full service teams in each country.

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August 20, 2019 

5 Marketing Tips to Attract Construction Clients

If you have a large repository of returning customers and referrals, you may not feel like you need to focus on lead generation. But, even regular clients can stop coming back. So, rather than resting on your laurels and letting the competition gain ...

Becky Livingston

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August 19, 2019 

The Bonadio Group Launches IRM Brand: FoxPointe Solutions

FoxPointe Solutions serves as an extension of The Bonadio Group’s already expansive efforts to help businesses evaluate and address threats and gaps in their existing processes and systems. The firm will continue to offer IRM solutions to current ...

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August 19, 2019 

Summer Reading for Accountants: Thought Leaders List Favorite Books of 2019

Happy reading! , by John Carreyrou , by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope , by Mike Walsh , by Brian Solis (https://blionline.org/2019/06/podcast-scaling-our-lives-by-seeing-things-differently/, by Devora Zack One of the greatest leaders in business history was a foul-mouthed former football coach who hugged the BS out of the people he coached. If Bill Campbell was coaching you,...…

 Albin, Randall & Bennett Joins Accounting Association CPAmerica

August 19, 2019 

Albin, Randall & Bennett Joins Accounting Association CPAmerica

Albin, Randall & Bennett is a full-service, certified public accounting and business advisory firm located in Portland, Maine. The firm works with organizations throughout New England in the automotive, construction, manufacturing, credit union, and ...