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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.

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 IRS Nixes “Pump-and-Dump” Obamacare Strategy

May 27, 2014 

IRS Nixes “Pump-and-Dump” Obamacare Strategy

Employers can’t get around the Obamacare “shared responsibility” provision simply by giving employees tax-free cash to pay for health insurance from a state-run exchange. In effect, this would pump up a worker’s pay and dump them in the marketplace. According to a new question and answer (Q&A) posted on the IRS website, as initially reported…

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 Worker at Texas Subway Sues Over Payroll Debit Card

May 26, 2014 

Worker at Texas Subway Sues Over Payroll Debit Card

Jake Branson earns $7.25 an hour making sandwiches at a Subway in Leander, Texas, a suburb of Austin. Those wages used to come in the form of a paper check. Starting last month, though, he began receiving his pay on a prepaid Visa card. Most of it, that is.

 Bay Area Workers Pushing for $15 Minimum Wage

May 26, 2014 

Bay Area Workers Pushing for $15 Minimum Wage

At $10.74 an hour, San Francisco already has the nation's highest big city minimum wage. But it could soon have company, as labor and community activists in cities from Richmond to Sunnyvale push wage increases that could turn the Bay Area into a high-wage hub.

 Alabama Governor Pushes Small Business Assistance

May 26, 2014 

Alabama Governor Pushes Small Business Assistance

A group of small business owners and politicians gathered at the Cullman, Alabama, Area Chamber of Commerce Friday to hear Governor Robert Bentley's pledge to bring more assistance to locally owned shops.

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May 26, 2014 

NMGI Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Receives Award

Network Management Group, Inc. provides consulting, technology solutions, systems and related services to public and private sector clients throughout the United States. The MSP Mentor 200 award is annually identified by Nine Lives Media's North America edition.

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May 22, 2014 

Preparing for Disasters

When disaster strikes, you want to be sure you're prepared. This video has tips for safeguarding important documents in preparation for an emergency.