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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

Estate Planning: The Basics of a Special Needs Trust

Taxes January 12, 2024 

Estate Planning: The Basics of a Special Needs Trust

A special needs trust is an irrevocable trust that supplements public assistance benefits available to a disabled child. Assets and income can be used to pay for items like travel, education, recreation, rehabilitation and medical expenses that aren’t covered by public assistance.

Ken Berry, JD

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January 11, 2024 

Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly

The average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages ticked down to 6.94% this week from 6.96% the previous week, according to Bankrate’s weekly national survey of large lenders.

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January 11, 2024 

Car Insurance Costs Rise 20 Percent

Prices of motor-vehicle insurance rose 20.3% in December from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1976, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.