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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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February 6, 2015 

Payroll for Accounting Firms – Some Easy Choices

Accountants in public practice have traditionally referred payroll to major providers such as ADP, Ceridian and Paychex because of the complexities, risk and deadlines involved in processing. With additional requirements for small business with the ...

Randy Johnston

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February 6, 2015 

7 Staff Management Tips for the Busy Season

Tax season is tough on everyone, but managers need to make a special effort to watch out for the well-being of their teams. It’s critical to prevent burnout and disengagement from jeopardizing morale and productivity.

Paul McDonald

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February 6, 2015 

5 Technology Traps to Avoid

In the rapidly changing world of technology it can be hard to keep up. For this very reason we often look for shortcuts to keep us from falling behind the competition. It’s not that we don’t want to research every detail about every solution ...

Jim Boomer

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February 6, 2015 

How Accounting Firms Can Sell CFO Services

You already provide accounting services to your clients, but you want to provide them with more – a complete package of financial services. Providing CFO services is a great way to enhance the services you already provide while helping clients make ...

Taija Sparkman

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February 5, 2015 

IRS Creates Online Directory of Tax Preparers

The has launched a new, online public directory of tax return preparers. This searchable directory on IRS.gov will help taxpayers find a tax professional with credentials and select qualifications to help them prepare their tax returns.

 Online Charitable Giving Growing at Faster Pace

February 5, 2015 

Online Charitable Giving Growing at Faster Pace

More and more Americans are choosing to make their donations to charities online, as opposed to in-person or mail-based giving, according to the latest Charitable Giving Report from Blackbaud, a developer of technologies for nonprofit organizations.

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February 5, 2015 

IRS Warns Taxpayers of New Fuel Tax Credit Scam

The fuel tax credit is generally limited to off-highway business use or use in farming. Consequently, the credit is not available to most taxpayers. But yet, the IRS routinely finds unscrupulous preparers who have enticed sizable groups of taxpayers ...

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February 4, 2015 

Tallie and PEX Card Partner for Expense Management in the Cloud

Online expense management provider Tallie and PEX Card, the provider of the PEX Visa Prepaid Card service for business, have integrated their products to allow companies to fund and track corporate expenses by their employees through a convenient, cloud-b

retirement

February 4, 2015 

Women Face Unique Retirement Challenges

Although it is improving, there is an economic cost to being a woman that reverberates into retirement. It results from multiple long-term socioeconomic conditions.