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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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 Housing improves but is in jeopardy

November 14, 2012 

Housing improves but is in jeopardy

No longer forced to narrate the train wreck that home sales became in the past five years, real estate economist Lawrence Yun smiled a bit Friday while speaking to reporters during the National Association of Realtors convention.

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November 14, 2012 

A New Practice Model:

8095 Not too many years ago, accounting professionals had a reputation for being stodgy, stubborn and even curmudgeons, especially when it came to technology. Most of the professionals I meet today, agree that that reputation was usually appropriate, but was driven out of the conservative and skeptical nature that drives them to provide valuable service...…

 Are Your QuickBooks Clients PCI Compliant?

November 14, 2012 

Are Your QuickBooks Clients PCI Compliant?

Just in case you don’t already have enough to do, I have a suggestion for your next billable service that may provide a nearly endless amount of billable work for you and your firm. If you haven’t heard by now, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council has developed a rigorous set of “data...…

 OfficeMax Launches New SMB Credit Card

November 14, 2012 

OfficeMax Launches New SMB Credit Card

New Credit Card Offered through New Relationship with Citi Retail Services - will Provide Small Business Customers with MaxPerks Rewards, Special Financing Offers, Flexible Payment Options and a Dedicated Line of Credit for Business Expenses with No Annual Fee

 1099 Contractor Payroll Software Introduced by PayrollMate.com

November 13, 2012 

1099 Contractor Payroll Software Introduced by PayrollMate.com

The new software module is designed to provide U.S. businesses with the tools they need to pay 1099 contractors and non-employees, to prepare vendor accounting reports, and comply with IRS rules and regulations relating to vendors and independent 1099 contractors.

 Illinois CPA Society Launches “Find a CPA” Directory

November 12, 2012 

Illinois CPA Society Launches “Find a CPA” Directory

The Illinois CPA Society has made finding a trusted tax professional easy. Their new free and easy-to-use "Find a CPA" directory allows individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organizations to do a simple search through a database of member CPAs.

 BNA Software — BNA Sales & Use Tax Rates and Forms

November 12, 2012 

BNA Software — BNA Sales & Use Tax Rates and Forms

5839 characters 800-424-2938 www.BNAsoftware.com BNA Software offers multiple options for sales and use tax compliance, with both CD-based and web-based programs that offer forms preparation or rate lookup. The vendor’s primary products for sales and use tax are the BNA Sales & Use Tax Rates and BNA Sales & Use Tax Forms, which work separately...…

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November 12, 2012 

National Debt Impacting Business Hiring Plans

The U.S. debt is weighing on business owners as they consider adding workers and making other investments, according to a new survey by Sageworks, a financial information company. In the survey, accounting and banking professionals were asked how the national debt affects businesses’ hiring and investment plans.