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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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March 29, 2016 

Report Says IRS Should Do Better With W-2 Penalties

No doubt, 2016 will be the most challenging year-end season in a long time. With all W-2 forms due to the Social Security Administration (SSA) by Jan. 31, 2017, and the ability to request only one for-cause filing extension from the IRS, the ...

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March 29, 2016 

Aplos Releases New Nonprofit Fund Accounting System

Advanced Accounting includes features for nonprofits to manage budgets for each of their designated funds, enabling tight controls for managers. Organizations can also build custom reports by department, campaign, project or custom segment.

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March 28, 2016 

Entrepreneur Survey Shows Confidence in Business Outlook

Compared to last year's March 2015 GEI survey, EO's year-over-year global data reveals a sustained entrepreneurial optimism across the globe. In the U.S., more than half of the 2,954 businesses surveyed also reported an increase in full-time (60%) and ...

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March 28, 2016 

Debit Cards Gaining on Cash for Small Purchases

There's a clear generational divide: 41% of people under age 50 prefer cash for small transactions and 40% like debit. Among those 50 and older, cash is the runaway winner (74%). Millennials are the most likely to use debit (46%) and credit cards (18%).

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March 28, 2016 

Millennials Saving More, But Admit To Frequent Impulse Spending

Over half (55 percent) of the young adults surveyed admitted that they were impulse shoppers, defined as making an unplanned purchase of $30 or more on a daily or weekly basis. Impulse buyers are more likely than those who never or rarely make an ...

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March 25, 2016 

Congress Approves Taxpayer Bill of Rights

With considerably less fanfare than the Bill of Rights ratified as the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 114th Congress quietly approved the “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” as part of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015.

 U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly; 30-Year At 3.9%

March 24, 2016 

U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly; 30-Year At 3.9%

Mortgage rates declined modestly this week breaking a three-week string of increases, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate slipping to 3.90 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of

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March 24, 2016 

Exotic Dancer Found Guilty of “Tax Seduction”

This wasn’t just a case of dollar bills being tucked into a G-string. A jury determined that the dancer failed to report close to $1 million -- $850,000, to be exact -- in taxable income from performing private dances and sexual favors during the ...