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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 14, 2020 

2020 Review of inFlow Inventory Software

inFlow Inventory is well-suited for retailers, distributors, and online merchants of any size. inFlow is available as a cloud application, although there is a basic version that can be installed on desktop systems if desired. inFlow is scalable, with ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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May 14, 2020 

2020 Review of EZOfficeInventory

EZOfficeInventory offers online asset tracking and inventory management and is a good fit for businesses with a large number of internal assets or inventory that needs to be tracked. EZ Asset Inventory is not a good fit for retailers or online sellers.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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May 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Fishbowl Warehouse

Fishbowl Warehouse is an on-premise inventory management application that is designed to seamlessly integrate with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, and Xero, though it can also be used as a stand-alone inventory management application if desired.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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May 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Acctivate Inventory

Acctivate Inventory management software is designed to be used exclusively with QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online applications. Along with advanced inventory management capability, Acctivate also includes purchasing, customer service, and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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May 14, 2020 

2020 Review of Asset Panda

Asset Panda is a cloud-based asset management application that is suitable for businesses of any size that have a high number of internal and company assets that need to be tracked and managed properly.

Mary Girsch-Bock

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May 13, 2020 

How to Leverage Chatbots in your Firm’s Marketing

If you’re wondering if your firm should create a chatbot, you’re asking the wrong question. Rather, you should be asking, “When we create a chatbot, what do we want users to gain from using it?” Maybe you’re even wondering how a chatbot can save your firm money, time, effort, or energy? No matter what your...…

Becky Livingston

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May 13, 2020 

Adaptability is the Key to Business Continuity

The economic fallout resulting from the coronavirus will test the ability of companies to adapt to a business climate that is changing daily. Companies that are agile enough to adapt to new working paradigms, new ways of servicing clients and new technolo

Lil Roberts

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May 13, 2020 

CPA Practice Advisor Contributor Guidelines

CPA Practice Advisor welcomes periodic contributions from accounting, tax and financial advisors, as well as from technology providers who serve those professionals and firms. We recommend the following guidelines for authors, as they help to maintain ...

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May 12, 2020 

What to Know About E-Commerce Sales Tax

Staying up to date on changing sales tax laws is already an extremely difficult and daunting task for small business owners and e-commerce merchants. Now, factor in the influx of brick-and-mortar stores moving their business online due to COVID and the...