# Intuit Accountant Suite: Accelerate and Books Close Deep Dive Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unofficial-quickbooks-accountants-podcast-6588629/intuit-accountant-suite-accelerate-and-books-close-deep-dive Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unofficial-quickbooks-accountants-podcast-6588629/intuit-accountant-suite-accelerate-and-books-close-deep-dive.md Podcast: [Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unofficial-quickbooks-accountants-podcast-6588629) Published: 2026-02-19T15:27:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/49d6285e Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/media.transistor.fm/49d6285e/e761eb51.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unofficial-quickbooks-accountants-podcast-6588629/episodes/intuit-accountant-suite-accelerate-and-books-close-deep-dive Duration seconds: 3779 ## Resource Intuit moved up the pricing deadline for Accountant Suite add-ons to May 1st, which means less time to evaluate whether Books Close and the Accelerate dashboard are worth paying for. Dan DeLong walks Alicia through a live demo of Books Close — including reconciliation from outside the client file, transaction anomaly detection, W-9/1099 management, and the team workflow features — so you can decide if it fits your practice. Fair warning: you can onboard clients into Books Close right now, but you can't offboard them yet. Sponsors FutureView Systems - https://uqb.promo/bez UNC - https://uqb.promo/unc (00:00) - Welcome + Dan DeLong joins the podcast (and the matching shirts) (01:01) - Tax-season chaos & the surprise IAS pricing timeline change (04:57) - Clearing up what’s still free vs paid: ProAdvisor portal vs add-ons (05:43) - Accelerate vs Books Close: what each add-on actually does (07:14) - Hands-on with Intuit Accountant Suite: the new dashboard & widgets (10:27) - Accelerate pricing breakdown: $149/month firm-wide (no per-user fee) (14:47) - Books Close vs Books Review (and other tools): who it’s for (27:13) - Client “Requests” messaging: asking questions on transactions (29:47) - Game-changer feature: reconciling accounts from Books Close (33:44) - How to Submit Beta Feedback (and What to Ask For) (38:53) - Books Close Transaction Reviews: Attachments, Thresholds & Exclusions (43:02) - Catching Automation Mistakes: Bank Rules & AI Auto-Posted Transactions (46:03) - Unapplied Payments + Other “Coming Soon” Anomaly Checks (52:16) - Pricing Breakdown + The Big Beta Problem: You Can’t Offboard Clients (57:06) - Wrap-Up: YouTube Demos, Community Updates, and What’s Next LINKS Books Close Playbook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oM317NvTsBsdzyLqFY… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unofficial-quickbooks-accountants-podcast-6588629/episodes/intuit-accountant-suite-accelerate-and-books-close-deep-dive/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/unofficial-quickbooks-accountants-podcast-6588629/intuit-accountant-suite-accelerate-and-books-close-deep-dive.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.