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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

 IRS Outlines Additional Steps to Assist Unemployed Taxpayers and Others

March 12, 2010 

IRS Outlines Additional Steps to Assist Unemployed Taxpayers and Others

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service (www.IRS.gov) today announced several additional steps it is taking this tax season to help people having difficulties meeting their tax obligations because of unemployment or other financial problems. The steps –– an expansion of efforts that began more than a year ago –– include additional flexibility on offers in...…

 Sales Tax Rates Continue Climb

March 4, 2010 

Sales Tax Rates Continue Climb

For years, many communities in Alaska have laid claim to the highest sales tax rates in the nation. But no longer, according to a report by Vertex, Inc., a provider of sales tax research data and compliance solutions for enterprise businesses. But no longer.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Fujitsu ScanSnap is a Snap

March 2, 2010 

Fujitsu ScanSnap is a Snap

Following up on Isaac O’Bannon’s very well-timed post about the paperless office, I wanted to share my experience with the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300. Promoted as an instant PDF mobile scanner, I had my doubts about quality and ease of use – but am, instead, completely blown away by how simple the ScanSnap is to use....…

Scott Cytron

 New Terms for The Paperless Office

February 20, 2010 

New Terms for The Paperless Office

Okay, just a little humor as professionals start to really dig into the tax season. Despite the ongoing movement by tax and accounting practices toward paperless processes as a part of modern workflow, print is, of course, still ocassionally necessary. So, let’s try a couple of new terms when referring to the occasional paper functions...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Faster High Speed Internet on the Way?

February 17, 2010 

Faster High Speed Internet on the Way?

Google has plans to build an experimental broadband system in select communities across the U.S., according to the company. The system would supposedly be able to provide speeds up to 100 times faster than current high-speed Internet capabilities, and as much as 1,000 times faster than the fastest non-high-speed systems. How fast is that? Well,...…

 Accounting Ranks High in Best/Worst Jobs for 2010

February 17, 2010 

Accounting Ranks High in Best/Worst Jobs for 2010

Validation is a good thing; I’ve talked about how accounting is a great profession for quite a long time – and even blogged about it when I met with the business students at Indiana University. CareerCast recently published its annual ranking of the 200 Best and Worst Jobs for 2010. Accounting came in at a...…