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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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May 17, 2016 

Texas Tycoons Caught Rigging Their Taxes

A couple of Texas tycoons who lived life high on the hog have been found guilty of tax fraud. A U.S. bankruptcy court ruled that two brothers and business associates, Sam and the now-deceased Charles Wyly, used complex offshore trusts and shell ...

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May 17, 2016 

Vertex SMB

A sales and use tax solution with no upfront costs. Vertex SMB offers a cloud-based sales tax solution that is designed to save time, effort, and risk associated with calculation, return, remittance, and compliance for small to medium-sized businesses.

 Lawmakers Want To Impeach IRS Commissioner

May 17, 2016 

Lawmakers Want To Impeach IRS Commissioner

Like a bad penny, the IRS-Tea Party scandal won’t go away. Now some Republican lawmakers are calling for the impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over his handling of the affair, accusing ...

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May 17, 2016 

Overtime Rule Change Threatens Entrepreneurship

It has been said that the worst problems are the ones you don’t see coming, and there is a significant problem brewing in D.C. that too few people seem to be paying attention to. At President’s Obama’s urging, the Department of Labor is amending ...

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May 17, 2016 

Karbon Task Management for Accountants

2016 Innovation Award Finalist -- Instantly see and set priorities for everyone with to-do lists. Easily prioritize and delegate tasks for anyone on your team. Effortlessly handoff work between staff, and quickly get new employees up to speed.

 NSA Wants Major Changes To IRS Technology

May 17, 2016 

NSA Wants Major Changes To IRS Technology

The National Society of Accountants says that major changes to the technology and infrastructure the IRS uses is necessary to provide effective and responsible service.

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May 17, 2016 

Group Promotes Green Finance Initiatives

SIFMA recently hosted a roundtable on green financing with leading financial services participants and members of Congress to drive a discussion between industry and lawmakers on the role of the capital markets in funding green ...

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May 17, 2016 

3 Intacct Execs Make CRN List

Three executive with Intacct have been named to CRN’s 2016 Women of the Channel list. Stephanie Kleber, Director, Intacct Channel & Sales Enablement; Maeve Naughton, Intacct’s Senior Partner Marketing Programs Manager; and Susan Vincent, Director, Intacct Partner Services, tlreceived the honor. The women executives who comprise CRN’s annual list span the IT channel, representing vendors, distributors,...…

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May 16, 2016 

What Are Your Firm’s Microsoft Alternatives?

My earlier column on Microsoft strategies mentioned two other technology ecosystems to support our computing needs: Apple OS & iOS, and Linux & Android. While it is clear that the mainstream of the accounting profession in the U.S. market uses ...