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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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October 20, 2017 

Which Cities Are Best for Trick or Treaters?

Every October Zillow identifies the best cities and neighborhoods for trick-or-treaters looking to score the most candy in the least amount of time. Zillow economists ranked cities based on home values, the share of population under 10 years old and ...

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October 20, 2017 

The Most Overlooked Tax Deduction by Real Estate Owners

The IRS has provided real estate owners with a juicy tax deduction. The de minimis safe harbor election is an annual tax return election that permits a taxpayer to deduct, as ordinary and necessary business expenses, purchases of items that would normally have to be capitalized. Yet this advantageous election is often overlooked by taxpayers....…

Joseph Mecagni

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of Citrix ShareFile

Citrix ShareFile works well with both accounting firms and other businesses that are looking for a secure way to share files. ShareFile also includes excellent document storage capability.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of CCH Axcess Portal

CCH Axcess Portal is suitable for firms of any size. The product can be used as a stand-alone portal solution, or integrated with other CCH applications for greater functionality and a more integrated solution.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of Accounting Firm Portals

Wouldn’t it be great to simply retrieve client documents in the portal, process their tax returns, upload the return to the portal for the client to access and sign, and simply efile the signed return? Wouldn’t it be great to have a repository of ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of Xcentric

Xcentric is designed specifically for CPA firms and is well suited to firms of all sizes that are interested in having a variety of tax and related programs hosted. Xcentric is scalable, with three versions of the product available, so users can easily...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of NetClient CS Portals

NetClient CS Portals are part of the CS Professional Suite from Thomson Reuters. NetClient CS Portals is a good fit for accounting firms of any size that are using or planning to use other Thomson Reuters applications.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of Right Networks Hosting

Right Networks Hosting is a good fit for CPA firms, accounting firms, and small businesses that are interested in having QuickBooks and other applications hosted on the cloud. Right Networks Hosting is scalable, with three versions of the product availabl

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of InsynQ Cloud Hosting / CPAASP

InsynQ is well suited for small to mid-sized accounting firms that are looking for QuickBooks hosting capability, as well as the ability to host tax and related programs. CPAASP is the accounting solutions branch of InsynQ, which offers hosting for a ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of SmartVault

SmartVault is available in three versions, with all versions offering document management, custom branding, automatic file check in and check out, full text search capability, and an activity log. Email notification is also available, with users ...

Mary Girsch-Bock