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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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Robert Sledz, JD, LL.M – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Robert Sledz, JD, LL.M Editor, International TaxThomson ReutersWashington, DC          Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/category/blog/onesource/beps/ In what ways have you contributed to your firm/company to make it better? While I have only been with Thomson Reuters (TR) for a little over a year, I have already...…

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September 19, 2016 

Dustin Hostetler – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Dustin Hostetler Shareholder, Chief Innovation OfficerBoomer Consultingwww.Boomer.comWooster, OH Q&A:   Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read?  Inc.com In what ways have you contributed to your firm/company to make it better? Over the last 8 years I’ve pioneered the introduction of Lean into the Accounting profession.  I built Flowtivity into...…

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September 19, 2016 

Sarah Johnson Dobek – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Sarah Johnson Dobek President and FounderInovautus Consulting / CPAsNETBoulder, COInovautus.com / cpasnet.com   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? I am a big fan of the Harvard Business Review. I like to see what others outside of the profession are doing. I also read the Huffington Post, Forbes...…

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September 19, 2016 

Alina Nikishina, CPA – 2016 40 Under 40 Honoree

Alina Nikishina, CPA VP of Firm ManagementInsperience Business ServicesLittleton, COwww.insperience.com   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? I like to review the Wall Street Journal and Fortune when I have time in the morning. We also closely follow the online forum from the national organization (PASBA, later mentioned...…

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September 19, 2016 

Christian James – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Christian James C.O.O.Xcentric, LLCBozeman, MTwww.xcentric.com   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? As an avid baseball fan, I’m consistently staying on top of several Texas Rangers blogs. In what ways have you contributed to your firm/company to make it better? I have the pleasure of having the task...…

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September 19, 2016 

Tim Cowley, CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE, MSA – 2016 40 Under 40 Honoree

Tim Cowley, CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, MSA ManagerPuckett, Clement and Schellenberg, P.C.Troy, MIwww.pcscpas.com   Q&A: In what ways have you contributed to your firm/company to make it better? Process improvement for current engagements, new process research and implementation including advanced data analytics for all attest engagements, staff training and encouragement of following professional interests for further development....…

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September 19, 2016 

Michael Kalifeh, CPA, CFST – 2016 40 Under 40 Honoree

Michael Kalifeh, CPA, CFST Shareholder, Tax Services  Thomas Howell Ferguson, P.A. CPAs               Tallahassee, Floridawww.thf-cpa.com   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? Aside from accounting websites, www.foxnews.com, www.bleacherreport.com, and www.realclearpolitics.com are on my must-read list.                  In what ways have you contributed to your firm/company to make it...…

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Lauren B. Kovar, CPA, CITP, CGMA – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Lauren B. Kovar, CPA, CITP, CGMA Director – Client Advisory & StrategyThomson ReutersChicago, IL   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? I try and grab relevant news from a variety of sources without any real must-read blogs or websites. I am more apt to follow people and their...…

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Nate Hagerty – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Nate Hagerty CEOTaxProMarketerwww.TaxProMarketer.com   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? I don’t read as many blogs as I used to, but I love Seth Godin’s work (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/) as well as anything put out by Perry Marshall (https://www.perrymarshall.com/blog/). And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention my wife’s blog (and book...…

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Chris Hooper, MBA, AIMM – 2016 20 Under 40 Superstars Honoree

Chris Hooper, MBA, AIMM CEOAccodexAdelaide, Australiawww.accodex.com   Q&A: Aside from the accounting websites, which blog/website do you consider a must-read? Futurism. It helps me to keep up to date with everything going on outside the accounting profession. In what ways have you contributed to your firm/company to make it better? I founded Accodex as a...…

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World Travel Awards Name Best Cruise Line

The World Travel Awards has been recognizing and acknowledging excellence amongst companies involved in the global travel and tourism industries since 1993. The annual awards are voted on by thousands of travel and tourism professionals from across ...