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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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BQE Core Intelligence AI – 2019 Innovation Award Winner

BQE Core Intelligence AI centralizes and streamlines the way organizations enter and use information for business intelligence, time and expenses, billing, project management, and accounting. Designed for accounting and other professional services firms, it offers the speed and insight to make informed decisions, increase productivity, and grow profits. Core Intelligence will change the way we...…

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Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Edge – 2019 Innovation Award Winner

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Jirav – Financial Planning and Analysis in the Cloud – 2019 Innovation Award Winner

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July 24, 2019 

Biller Genie – 2019 Innovation Award Winner

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XCManalytics as a Service – 2019 Innovation Award Winner

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Wolters Kluwer CCH Axcess iQ – 2019 Innovation Award Finalist

Today, data is growing exponentially, and emerging technologies transform how we work. Firms have an opportunity to leverage insights to improve client satisfaction and increase business opportunities. CCH Axcess iQ is a ground-breaking innovative solution that leverages predictive intelligence to empower firms to turn complex regulatory and legislative change into opportunity. Maintained within the CCH...…

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Node40 Balance – 2019 Innovation Award Finalist

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ADP Accountant Connect – 2019 Innovation Award Finalist

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AuditFile – 2019 Innovation Award Nominee

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AvaTax for Hotels and Motels – 2019 Innovation Award Nominee

The travel industry is dynamic with transactions increasingly completed online and any room booking requires hotel or lodging taxes. For operators of hotels & motels, online booking services, resorts, vacation rentals, Airbnb’s, timeshares or any other type of accommodations, calculating and remitting the correct hotel taxes is a critical part of the process. For accounting...…