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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

 The Hartford Launches XactPay Web SM for Business Owners

April 14, 2008 

The Hartford Launches XactPay Web SM for Business Owners

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG), one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, announced that it has launched XactPAY Web, a QuickBooks Silver Certified product that alleviates the burden of manually monitoring cash flow issues associated with workers’ compensation payments for policyholders of The Hartford.

 Wolfgang Puck Coffee Perks Up Operations with NetSuite

March 13, 2008 

Wolfgang Puck Coffee Perks Up Operations with NetSuite

NetSuite Inc. has announced that Wolfgang Puck (WP) Coffee, a licensee of world-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck and a provider of premiere coffee products to the retail, hospitality, and office coffee service industries, has chosen to manage its core wholesale-distribution business operations on NetSuite.

 IRS Clarifies Stimulus Payments & Eligibility

March 5, 2008 

IRS Clarifies Stimulus Payments & Eligibility

The Internal Revenue Service has announced the timeframe for the issuance of tax rebate checks, with payment dates based upon the last two numbers of taxpayer's Social Security Numbers.

 Is it Time to Refinance?

February 11, 2008 

Is it Time to Refinance?

With the heavy media coverage of the recent significant rate cuts by the Federal government, many professional accountants are being asked by their clients whether it’s a good time to refinance their mortgage. The answer, of course, is different for each client. But the total cut of 1.25 percent to the prime lending rate is…