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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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February 21, 2019 

Ceterus Automates Dental Practice Accounting

Accounting technology company Ceterus announces a partnership to fuel the growth of North Carolina-based CPA and advisory firm LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC. Through this strategic partnership, LBA Haynes Strand will be better positioned to provide client accounting services, particularly for their growing client base in the dental industry. Client accounting services (CAS) is a fast-growing and profitable...…

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February 20, 2019 

Most CFOs Rely On External Support For Major Initiatives

CFOs who seek external assistance indicated a need for specialized expertise (61 percent), support for full-time internal staff (49 percent), and access to new methodologies and processes (46 percent) as primary reasons. The abilities to immediately ...

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February 20, 2019 

Marcum Performed Most IPO Audits in 2018 Outside of Big 4

A total of 255 IPOs took place in U.S. capital markets in 2018, of which 156 were audited by the Big Four. Marcum represented 25% of the remaining 99 transactions, or 1 in 4 of all IPOs where a non-Big Four auditor was selected to represent the company.

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February 19, 2019 

Top 10 Issues for Employers in 2019

What are the biggest issues employers will face in 2019 when it comes to HR, payroll, benefits and taxes? The experts at Paychex, Inc. have identified the top 10 regulatory issues they say businesses need to keep an eye on.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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February 19, 2019 

Fewer Sales Tax Rate Changes in 2018

According to the annual End-of-Year Tax Rate Report issued by Vertex Inc., a leading provider of tax technology and services, there were 619 standard sales tax rate changes in 2018, a decrease from the same period in 2017. In addition, the report ...

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February 19, 2019 

March 1 is Tax Deadline for Farmers and Fishermen

This special rule normally applies to taxpayers whose farming or fishing income was at least two-thirds of their total gross income in either the current or the preceding tax year. Farmers and fishermen choosing not to file by March 1 should have ...

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February 19, 2019 

AICPA Comments on Proposed TCJA Estate and Gift Tax Regulations

The AICPA recommended that Treasury and the IRS “provide guidance clarifying that if the BEA is lower in future years (either because of the 2026 expiration of the provision in the TCJA or other Congressional action), a taxpayer is allowed a deceased ...

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February 19, 2019 

Armanino Launches Blockchain Practice

The burgeoning technology offers businesses the opportunity to increase trust among customers, vendors and third parties through transparent, secure and immutable transactions. Armanino offers a full range of specialized services for organizations to ...