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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 11, 2013 

Behind the Numbers: Summer Cogar

Summer works at R.G. Barry Brands as Corporate Controller. She leads cross-functional teams in various complex due diligence and integration activities related to potential acquisitions. She was born and raised in Ohio and lives there with her husband and two children.

Taija Sparkman

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September 10, 2013 

The Key Healthcare Reform Provisions Employers Should Know

To help business owners stay on top of health care reform, Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, has outlined below, provisions of interest to business owners and their employees that are expected to take effect in 2014 or sooner, and those delayed…

 New App Offers Collaborative Financial Management

September 10, 2013 

New App Offers Collaborative Financial Management

There's a new collaborative financial management app that lets users securely establish and manage their social financial relationships. The new Yodlee app, called Tandem, allows users to set up financial circles from their phone contacts and social networks, with varying degrees of account access.

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September 10, 2013 

xTuple 4.1 Features Open Source Business Intelligence Integration

xTuple, developers of open source enterprise resource planning software, announced the release of an updated version of its accounting, CRM and ERP software. xTuple 4.1 adds sales to the mobile web offering and includes new manufacturing and distribution features.

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September 10, 2013 

SMB Optimism Stays Flat in August

Small-business optimism remained flat in August, dropping 0.1 points from July for a final reading of 94.0, showed NFIB’s Small Business Economic Trends, a monthly survey of small business owners’ plans and opinions.

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September 9, 2013 

UBCC

UBCC offers four different packages to professional accounting firms, payroll service bureaus and commercial businesses, including: Client Data Center Payroll Service Bureau PEO Enterprise, and Real-Time Accounting for Business.  

 State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

September 9, 2013 

State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

Buying a light beer could soon make your wallet lighter, as Wyoming lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation tax on beer.