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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

 Minnesota Launches Student Loan Refinancing Program

January 21, 2016 

Minnesota Launches Student Loan Refinancing Program

Minnesota state officials are trying to take some of the sting out of high student-loan debt, rolling out a new program that could allow thousands of residents to refinance student loans and drive down monthly payments.

 How Firms Can Optimize Staff Productivity During Tax Season

January 20, 2016 

How Firms Can Optimize Staff Productivity During Tax Season

How many returns can your firm prepare during tax season? Adding staff hours during busy season is problematic for the firm and filing extensions is problematic for customers. In the absence of these two options, what else can you do?

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January 20, 2016 

AICPA Offers $600,000 In Accounting Scholarships for 2017

The AICPA Legacy Scholars program awards recipients with a one-year scholarship and uses on-campus service work to help them develop the soft skills, including leadership and communications, needed to thrive in the accounting profession.

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January 20, 2016 

11 Tips When Selecting An Income Tax Preparer

Asking the right questions can make a big difference when hiring a tax preparer. It helps ensure that you are getting a qualified professional who knows the tax code and will act ethically and responsibly in filing your tax return.

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January 20, 2016 

5 Tips For Flextime In CPA Firms

A major benefit for CPAs working in public accounting is the ability to work flextime. What is flextime? While the definitions vary firm to firm, flextime can mean that you work flexible hours, have compressed work weeks or follow seasonal scheduling.

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January 19, 2016 

3 Ways Retirees Can Benefit From Technology

While millennials can remember all the way back to their MySpace days, baby boomers may remember their family’s first color TV and “The Greatest Generation,” those American-s who fought World War II, may remember a time before their home had a telephone.

 How Accounting Firms Can Benefit From The ACA

January 19, 2016 

How Accounting Firms Can Benefit From The ACA

The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought major change to the accounting profession as individuals and companies are increasingly turning to accountants and tax preparers for help in complying with new health care mandates and ...

Jon Baron

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January 19, 2016 

Tax Deduction For Teacher Expenses Made Permanent

The deduction is available for more than just art supplies, videos and the like. The definition of “qualified expenses” also encompasses other supplies, books, computer equipment (including related software and services), other equipment and ...