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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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January 11, 2012 

Pendock Mallorn LTD — Accounting for Practitioners

800-567-4500 www.pendock.com Accounting for Practitioners (AFP) is the trial balance and financial statement generation product within the Pendock Mallorn software lineup. Based on Excel, AFP is simple in function and ease of use, yet provides an abundant set of tools and calculations. AFP easily generates grouping schedules to aid in tax return preparation as well...…

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January 11, 2012 

Thomson Reuters – Trial Balance CS

800-968-8900 cs.thomsonreuters.com   Trial Balance CS is the working trial balance component within the Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite. Trial Balance CS may be purchased and used as a standalone product or directly integrated with other CS Professional Suite products. The system is adaptable to a wide variety of business types and allows users the...…

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January 11, 2012 

CCH Small Firm Services — Trial Balance

www.atxinc.com ; 877-728-9776 www.taxwise.com; 800-755-9473   CCH Small Firm Services (SFS) produces a Trial Balance solution designed to integrate with their two flagship brands, ATX and TaxWise. The product acts and works in identical ways and integrates interchangeably with the respective tax and accounting suite offerings. Titled simply “Trial Balance” SFS developed the product with...…

 Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards

January 10, 2012 

Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards

One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards

January 10, 2012 

Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards

One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 The 10-Step Tech Checklist

January 10, 2012 

The 10-Step Tech Checklist

don’t want to grinch on your holiday spirit, but the sad fact is that Tax Season kicks up in less than three weeks. And chances are very good that you are not prepared. So as you are bouncing around trying to figure out what to do with yourself this week (assuming you are not on...…

Dave McClure

 “Please Change Your Password…”

January 10, 2012 

“Please Change Your Password…”

There are few messages from the IT department that I dislike more than the monthly reminder to change my network password. Frankly, I would rather slam my hand in a car door ten or twelve times. It’s not that I don’t understand network security, or don’t want to keep my data secure. It’s just that...…

Dave McClure

 Franchisee Trends for 2012

January 10, 2012 

Franchisee Trends for 2012

Here’s an idea for a franchise-based business I came up with, initially as a bit of a joke, but then I thought it had some real potential: Retirement community call centers. Not to be confused with nursing homes, retirement communities are often filled with younger and more active seniors, many of whom have uprooted from...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 A Note For The Holidays

January 10, 2012 

A Note For The Holidays

You have to take a break. Even those of us who labor each day, reviewing software, hardware and industry news to help keep you informed, must at some point pay homage to the impending holidays. Regardless of your religious belief, it will be a time of reflection, of gathering with family and friends, and of...…

Dave McClure