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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 1, 2021 

Is Half-Retirement Right for You?

Half-Retirement isn’t as simple as playing hooky from work. Your business will need to run on autopilot without you being around all the time. It’s a process to get from where your business is today to where it will be when you can Half-Retire, but it ...

 Baker Tilly Acquires Houston-Based AcctTwo

September 1, 2021 

Baker Tilly Acquires Houston-Based AcctTwo

AcctTwo is a seven-time Partner of the Year of Sage Intacct, the first-and-only preferred financial-management system of the AICPA. AcctTwo is both a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) of Sage Intacct and a managed services provider with proprietary solutions ...

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August 31, 2021 

Minnesota Accounting Firm Olsen Thielen Celebrates 100 Years

Olsen Thielen CPAs and advisors provide a full menu of traditional and nontraditional accounting and consulting services that have earned rankings as one of the top 25 CPA firms in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area by Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.

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August 31, 2021 

Colorado Governor Supports Eliminating State Income Tax

Despite the governor's wishes, there is no indication Colorado will become the next state to abolish its income tax anytime soon. As governor, Polis cannot unilaterally lower the income tax rate, so he would need the legislature or a ballot measure to ...

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August 31, 2021 

Make This a Learning Year for Tax Pros

Turn this year into the year you can set your firm and clients up for further success by testing the waters on operational goals and new products, before diving in. Becoming fully virtual doesn’t need to be the end goal but taking steps to modernize ...

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August 31, 2021 

Business Travel Falls Again as Covid Persists

Despite an uptick in leisure travel over the summer, the new survey highlights the dim outlook for business travel and events, which account for more than half of hotel revenue and aren’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024.

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August 30, 2021 

Chicago Sues Grubhub and DoorDash for Deceptive Practices

In addition, the city alleges DoorDash used customer tips intended for delivery drivers to subsidize their pay and imposed a $1.50 “Chicago Fee” on every order within the city limits in response to the November 2020 emergency cap on commissions it was...