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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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January 31, 2019 

KPMG Bolsters Export Controls and Sanctions Service Line

In response to growing market demands and client challenges in a complex trade environment, KPMG LLP announced that its Trade & Customs Services practice is expanding its U.S./Global export controls and sanctions service line with the addition of a ...

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January 31, 2019 

2019 Workplace Trends on Benefits, Pay Equity and More

Employees are split on the most complicated aspect of making annual benefit elections: 29 percent say it’s keeping up with plan changes; 28 percent say it’s trying to predict personal and family needs; and 28 percent say it’s evaluating all of the ...

Firm Automation

January 31, 2019 

Finance Pros Need to Improve Skills to Adapt to Tech

Most finance teams and professionals are not evolving their skills fast enough to account for the impact of artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and other technologies according to a new report released today by the American Institute ...

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January 30, 2019 

2019 IRS Tax Refund Chart: Find Out When You’ll Get Your Refund

With the government shudown over and the IRS back in business, it’s time to do your taxes. If you’re one of the millions of Americans who can’t wait to get your hands on your refund, we can tell you how soon you will probably get that refund. (See the chart below.) The tax reform law...…

 Three Steps to Monetizing Your Data through Customer Intelligence

January 30, 2019 

Three Steps to Monetizing Your Data through Customer Intelligence

How intelligent is your company about your customer? Do you know enough about them in order to create a personalized customer experience? Understanding your customer through deep intelligence enables you to drive the right actions and experiences that can make the difference in your ability to compete in the marketplace and win with the customer....…

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January 30, 2019 

2019 Starts with Slight Increase in Small Business Hiring and Wage Growth

The Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch started the new year with slight gains in small business job and hourly earnings growth. The Small Business Jobs Index increased 0.04 percent in January to 98.92, though it remains down 0.96 year-over-year. At 2.49 percent ($0.65) in January, hourly earnings growth has improved each month...…

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January 30, 2019 

Texas Society of CPAs Launches New Brand and Logo

The Texas Society of CPAs (TXCPA) has unveiled a new logo, acronym and visual identity based on extensive research and valuable input directly from members. This is the first major rebrand for TXCPA in over 40 years and helps guide the organization ...