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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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September 27, 2021 

New $67 IRS User Fee for Estate Tax Closing Letters

The new IRS user fee was authorized under final regulations, TD 9957, available in the Federal Register. Closing letter requests must be made using Pay.gov. The IRS will provide further procedural details before the user fee goes into effect.

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September 23, 2021 

West Virginia Imposes Sales Tax on Streaming Services

The West Virginia State Tax Department recently clarified that although digital products are exempt from sales and use tax in West Virginia, streaming services are subject to West Virginia sales and use tax. This is at odds with West Virginia’s earlier guidance. Previously, the Tax Department suggested it didn’t tax streaming services. It’s possible to...…

Gail Cole

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September 23, 2021 

Vertex Expands Relationship with Acumatica

Vertex Cloud Indirect Tax is also an Acumatica Certified Application (ACA) available on the Acumatica Marketplace, with incredibly fast deployment that delivers quicker time-to-value. Acumatica’s complete Cloud ERP solution has been recognized as a ...

 American Express Partners with Extend for Virtual Card Platform

September 23, 2021 

American Express Partners with Extend for Virtual Card Platform

According to the Global Business Spend Indicator by American Express, 39% of U.S. businesses surveyed expect to expand their use of virtual cards over the next 12 months. The ability to create American Express virtual cards through Extend offers ...

Form 1040 2020

September 22, 2021 

Details on Expanded Tax Benefits for Individuals and Business

The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, enacted last December, provides several provisions to help individuals and businesses who give to charity. The new law generally extends through the end of 2021 four temporary tax changes ...