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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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September 18, 2015 

New Invoicing Feature Integrates With SMB Financing System

This feature allows small businesses to enter the details of paper invoices into BlueVine’s cloud-based invoice factoring solution, manually creating an online invoice. Without being required to connect accounting software to BlueVine, qualified ...

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September 18, 2015 

Thomson Reuters Launches New Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program

The Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program provides practitioners with the basic knowledge and tools they need to understand and confidently expand their practices to tax planning, compliance with tax return preparation, and reporting requirements for ...

 The Basic Dynamics of Retirement Planning

September 18, 2015 

The Basic Dynamics of Retirement Planning

Chance is a big proponent of testing a retirement plan to make sure it’s sound. To do it right, though, means being thorough, he says. Often, testing is based on just projected income, but that doesn’t go far enough because it doesn’t take into ...

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September 18, 2015 

Survey: Pay Raises to Average 3% in 2016

Pay raises for U.S. employees are expected to hold steady in 2016, according to a survey by the Towers Watson HR consulting firm. Virtually all respondents (98%) said they plan to give employees raises next year, with an average salary ...

 Paul F. Kersten, CPA – 2015 40 Under 40 Honoree

September 17, 2015 

Paul F. Kersten, CPA – 2015 40 Under 40 Honoree

This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are among the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. They are all active in the professional community, as well as in their local communities, where many are small business owners and employers.

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September 17, 2015 

Robert Slaby, CPA, CVA – 2015 40 Under 40 Honoree

This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are among the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. They are all active in the professional community, as well as in their local communities, where many are small business owners and employers.

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September 16, 2015 

Projected 2016 Tax Rates and Brackets – Tax Penalties To Rise

People whose income is the same compared to last year may enjoy a lower effective tax rate while taxpayers that fail to comply with return filing and tax payment requirements will face larger penalties in 2016 because of a combination of legislative ...

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September 16, 2015 

Roy Keely – 2015 40 Under 40 Honoree

This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are among the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. They are all active in the professional community, as well as in their local communities, where many are small business owners and employers.

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September 16, 2015 

Cathy Iconis, CPA – 2015 40 Under 40 Honoree

This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are among the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. They are all active in the professional community, as well as in their local communities, where many are small business owners and employers.

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September 16, 2015 

Brett Austin Cooper, CPA – 2015 40 Under 40 Honoree

This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are among the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. They are all active in the professional community, as well as in their local communities, where many are small business owners and employers.