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

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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.

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April 1, 2019 

February Retail Sales Down From January, Up 2.7% from Feb. 2018

Retail sales were down 0.7 percent in February seasonally adjusted from January but up 2.7 percent unadjusted year-over-year as delays and revisions related to the government shutdown continued to make comparisons difficult, the National Retail ...

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April 1, 2019 

TCJA: IRS Explains Tax Treatment of State and Local Tax Refunds

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in December 2017, limited the itemized deduction for state and local taxes to $5,000 for a married person filing a separate return and $10,000 for all other tax filers. The limit applies to tax years 2018 to 2025.

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April 1, 2019 

How Accounting Firms Can Get Their Cloud Right the First Time

For accounting practices and their clients, the need to get the cloud right has never been greater. While the cloud may be here to stay, there’s nothing fixed or “commodity” about it. Designing it, deploying it and operating within it ...

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April 1, 2019 

BDO Acquires CMC Provider BioProcess Technology Consultants

The accounting and business advisory firm BDO USA, LLP has acquired BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. (BPTC), a provider of chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) consulting services to the global biopharmaceutical indus

 Marcum LLP Acquires Massachusetts Accounting Firm Guyder Hurley

March 29, 2019 

Marcum LLP Acquires Massachusetts Accounting Firm Guyder Hurley

Guyder Hurley is a full-service accounting firm specializing in the affordable housing industry. The firm’s clients include public housing authorities, HUD multi-family housing projects, low-income housing tax credit developments, state and local ...

 7 “Gotchas” for Data Engineers New to Google BigQuery

March 29, 2019 

7 “Gotchas” for Data Engineers New to Google BigQuery

Everywhere you look these days, IT organizations are looking to the cloud to solve their data storage, movement, and analytics challenges…and with good reason! Cloud services from Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others have revolutionized how we think about data, from an IT and an end user perspective. They’ve vastly reduced the function of the corporate...…

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March 29, 2019 

IRS Enhances Security in EIN Application Process

The change will prohibit entities from using their own EINs to obtain additional EINs. The requirement will apply to both the paper Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, and online EIN application.