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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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July 13, 2011 

The 7-Step Technology Audit

As technology is increasingly woven into the fabric of business management and operations, it becomes more necessary to evaluate technology utilization and prepare for management an assessment of the threats and opportunities available. In the area of threats, there is the risk involved in an inadequate backup and document archiving system. Weak policies regarding employee...…

Dave McClure

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July 13, 2011 

How to Supersize a Happy Meal Firm Bio

How do you make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear? Said another way, how can you transform the tried-and-true firm bio into something more than a ho-hum template piece of writing that resonates with clients and prospects? ** MarketingWorks: an Online Exclusive column ** A Little Back Story Recently, I was asked to...…

Scott Cytron

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July 13, 2011 

Why Firms Must Advance Women

The next generation of top accounting professionals will bear little resemblance to the male-dominated leadership ranks currently occupying corner offices, according to the recently released 2011 Accounting MOVE Project Executive Report (“2011 Executive Report”). Since over half of today’s accounting grads are women, public accounting firms must rapidly realign professional development programs to reflect the...…

Monika P. Miles

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July 13, 2011 

Thomson Reuters Trial Balance CS

800-968-8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com The Thomson Reuters Trial Balance CS product is a working trial balance accounting product that allows multiple users to access the file. When paired with the Thomson Reuters Engagement CS product, many features are added, including the engagement workflow and binder. The primary limiting feature on this product is that it only allows...…

Marty McCutchen

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July 13, 2011 

Pendock Mallorn — Accounting for Practitioners

800-567-4500 www.pendock.com Accounting for Practitioners is a one-of-a-kind “after the fact” package used for write-up and trial balance engagements. It is a Microsoft Excel-based product that is essentially an Excel plug-in (2003 and newer versions). The user downloads the software on their individual computer and creates files for each engagement. The files can be saved...…

Marty McCutchen

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July 12, 2011 

ezBooks4U

Accounting or Computer skills are not required You enter Cash-In, Cash-Out, and Budget (optional) à ezBooks4U does the rest. One Key data entry of repetitive Cash-In, Cash-Out transactions Write checks, notes, letters to Vendors and Payees View, print and email any of the 20 different reports/searches Management your investment portfolio(s) and see the performance of each investment One time fee $25 only  

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July 12, 2011 

ezREB – Small Business Accounting

A small business accounting software used by entrepreneurs of in a variety of small businesses. They include retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and a range of small business entrepreneurs that provide services. Some have a large facility and others just a small office or a home office (SOHO). Their common goal is to use a simple financial software...…

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July 12, 2011 

RPMW – Income Property Management

For the easy accounting and management of any Income Property: Apartments, Shopping Centers, Mini-Storage, Single Homes, Condo Associations, Offices. Comprehensive – One Key data entry – Easy to use and intuitive –

 Client Service Should be a CPA Firm’s Top Priority

July 5, 2011 

Client Service Should be a CPA Firm’s Top Priority

Anyone who reads my posts on CPATechViews or my own blog, AbsoluteCytron.com, is probably tired of one of my recurring themes. I know I am … I am as tired of writing about it as John Irving is of writing about passing open windows! However, there’s still room for growth, so I am once again...…

Scott Cytron

 Amazon Fights California Sales Tax Law

July 1, 2011 

Amazon Fights California Sales Tax Law

Not too long ago, I wrote about “the problem with online sales tax” here on this blog. There’s a long-reaching history with states wanting to get reveunes from sales to their residents when the merchant isn’t in that state. It started long before the internet (think mail order catalogues), but e-commerce has certainly aggravated the...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon