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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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November 8, 2018 

5 Ways CEOs Can Be More Efficient

Many CEOs and entrepreneurs wrestle with this challenge, with both short- and long-term implications. Meanwhile, a disconnect develops between the CEO’s initial big-picture vision for the company and its seemingly sporadic execution toward those goals.

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November 7, 2018 

Thomson Reuters Partners with Data Analytics

Emerging innovations such as data analytics, cloud-based technology, and web-based audit solutions are transforming financial audits. Thomson Reuters Enterprise Cloud Audit Suite, including its products such as Checkpoint Engage and AdvanceFlow,, ...

 IRS Adds Head of Household to Due Diligence Checklist

November 7, 2018 

IRS Adds Head of Household to Due Diligence Checklist

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations expanding the long-standing paid preparer due diligence requirement to include individual income tax returns claiming the head of household filing status.

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November 6, 2018 

Intuit ProConnect Tax Online Gets New Features and Updates

Intuit Inc. has announced new updates coming to ProConnect Tax Online, their cloud-based professional tax preparation software, for Tax Year 2018. The enhancements include key tax reform updates, new workflow features for small to large firms ...

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November 6, 2018 

BlackLine Enters Reseller Agreement with SAP

BlackLine’s cloud platform complements the functionality provided by SAP ERP Financials solutions, including the SAP S/4HANA® Finance solution, bringing enhanced control and automation to Finance & Accounting departments worldwide.

 Should Workers Share Their Salary Information?

November 6, 2018 

Should Workers Share Their Salary Information?

Overall, just under 1 in 4 Americans (24%) has divulged his or her pay to a coworker. Men are more likely than women to have done so (29% vs. 20%), as well as those with higher income and education levels.

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November 6, 2018 

Top 5 Skills Modern Accountants Need in 2019

Investing in personal skills is always going to pay off, personally and professionally. As they work to improve existing strengths and build new skills, accountants will contribute to growth, tackle obstacles, improve workflow, and strategize to ...

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November 6, 2018 

CLA Acquires Texas-Based Accounting Firm MWA

MWA is a team of highly motivated CPAs, business advisors, and accountants serving fast moving, growing, successful people. Through a focus on client service and the delivery of enhanced accounting and advisory services to the community in Dallas-Fort ...

 All Industries Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches

November 6, 2018 

All Industries Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches

Typically, cyber-fraud headlines focus on financial services, healthcare and retail industry victims. “No industry is immune,” said Tony Sardis, partner and president of Withum Insurance Advisors. “Cybercrime takes on many different forms, from ...

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November 6, 2018 

AICPA Recognizes Two CPAs for Volunteer Service

Hearn is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) in Champaign, Ill. She is currently chair of the AICPA’s ABV Credential Committee and its ABV Exam Content Specification Outline Task Force. In addition, she is past chair and a current member of the AICP