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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.

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January 12, 2019 

Umbaugh and Springsted Join Baker Tilly

Umbaugh is the largest CPA firm in the U.S. that focuses solely on financial management, capital planning, bond issuance and post issuance advising and consulting for municipalities, utilities, schools, libraries, counties and townships.

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January 12, 2019 

Small Businesses Feeling Effects of Government Shutdown

The Small Business Administration stopped processing new small business loans due to the government shutdown. Thousands of small business owners across the country are unable to receive critical funding to start and grow their businesses because ...

 No Delay; Tax Filing Season Starts Jan. 28

January 10, 2019 

No Delay; Tax Filing Season Starts Jan. 28

Despite the shutdown of the federal government, which has now dragged into its third week, the IRS expects to kick off the tax filing season on Monday, January 28. It will begin accepting both electronic and payer returns on that day.

 How Occupancy Taxes Work

January 10, 2019 

How Occupancy Taxes Work

Transient occupancy taxes are levied on facilities that provide accommodations for customers. The obvious model is a hotel or motel. But that might be the only thing that’s obvious about these taxes. Like sales taxes, transient occupancy taxes ...

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January 10, 2019 

New Year Brings New Remote Seller Sales Tax Collection Obligations in 7 States

More than five states will require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales tax starting January 1, 2019: Georgia, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. That same date, new sales tax collection requirements for marketplace facilitators will take effect in Alabama. States were once prohibited from taxing sales by businesses with no physical...…

 Most Businesses Don’t Have Adequate Day-to-Day IT Support

January 10, 2019 

Most Businesses Don’t Have Adequate Day-to-Day IT Support

EVAN combats these issues with a non-traditional approach. Dubbed “The Uber for IT support,” EVAN provides modern solutions for businesses’ most pressing IT needs. EVAN diagnoses problems in less than five minutes and resolves them in an average of 33 ...

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January 10, 2019 

Independent Contractor Growth Outpaces Employee Hiring in Small Businesses

Small business owners are increasingly relying on the services of independent contractors as an integral part of their business. According to new research released today by Paychex, Inc., the growth rate of independent contractors peaked in August 2017 at 11 percent year-over-year, and while the growth has slowed since then (five percent in August 2018),...…

 RSM Joins Sheltered Harbor’s Alliance Partner Community

January 9, 2019 

RSM Joins Sheltered Harbor’s Alliance Partner Community

The audit, tax and consulting services firm RSM US LLP has joined the Sheltered Harbor alliance partner community in both an assurance and advisory capacity. A not-for-profit subsidiary of Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), Sheltered Harbor is the industry standard for protecting and recovering customer account data in the event that a...…