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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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May 26, 2020 

Do Credit Cards Encourage Overspending?

The long-held idea that credit cards encourage overspending isn’t necessarily false. A journal article by University of Toronto Researcher Dilip Soman found that those who have a history of using credit cards as a form of payment tend to overspend ...

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May 26, 2020 

Financial Accounting Foundation Issues Annual Report

The annual report theme is “Standards That Work for Everyone.” It provides an outline of how the Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) work together to obtain fresh ...

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May 26, 2020 

XCM Releases New API for Engagement Task Data

This latest GET API will allow XCM customers to access their engagement task information, including key dates and acceptance detail, typically captured throughout the lifecycle of an audit engagement, used to create a number of unique reporting needs ...

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May 26, 2020 

Illinois CPA Society Announces Scholarship Recipients

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) is pleased to award $84,000 in scholarships to 43 accounting students as part of its Accounting Scholarship Program, which supports accounting students at Illinois colleges and universities who demonstrate strong ...

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May 26, 2020 

Grant Thornton Names New Managing Partners and Principals

Grant Thornton appointed these office managing partners and principals to drive the firm’s continued commitment to its people and culture, while also supporting its strategic objectives and growth initiatives in their respective markets.

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May 22, 2020 

IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Are a Virtual Reality

For the past 30 summers, the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums have been the IRS' marquee outreach event to the tax professional community. In past years, these forums were scheduled to take place in six cities around the country this summer.

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May 22, 2020 

Accounting Broker Acquisition Group

Accounting Broker Acquisition Group has successfully promoted and negotiated hundreds of accounting practice acquisition transactions representing hundreds of millions of dollars in value for sole practitioners, small partnerships, and larger firms.

 Largest U.S. Shopping Mall Delinquent on $1.4 Billion Loan

May 21, 2020 

Largest U.S. Shopping Mall Delinquent on $1.4 Billion Loan

The Mall of America, the largest U.S. shopping center, missed two months of payments for a $1.4 billion commercial mortgage-backed security, the latest sign of the devastating impact of pandemic-related shutdowns on the retail industry.

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May 21, 2020 

Home Prices Expected to Hold or See Only Minor Losses

Three-quarters of brokers report their clients haven’t lowered prices because of the economic contraction, according to an April 30 survey from the National Association of Realtors. One in five buyers had dropped out of the market, but house ...