Category: News
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Why the Accessibility Tree is key to understanding accessible applications
The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATiA) defines assistive technology as “any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.” It’s been around since before the 1900s, maturing from “no tech” (for example, Benjamin Franklin’s bifocal glasses and Braille for […]
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How to avoid conflicts and delays in the AI development process (Part II)
In Part I of my two-part series on avoiding conflicts and delays in AI development, I introduced the first three steps of Intuit’s AI playbook. Today, I’ll walk through the last three steps. When put together, all six steps will help you integrate AI into your product, thus delivering improved customer experiences and customer benefits, […]
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Biggest tech advancements of 2020
Looking back at 2020, it’s highly improbable that your first thought is, “The 2020 tech advances were awesome!” We know it’s more along the lines of, “Is it over yet?” Still, even some years we would like to wish away have some merit, so we asked the Intuit® Developer community what they saw as this […]
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Update for Intuit Developers on QuickBooks Desktop and the 1099-NEC
Prior to tax year 2020, QuickBooks customers had to file only Form 1099-MISC for the vendors and contractors they paid. Starting in 2020, the IRS created a new form specifically for non-employee compensation (NEC) payments, Form 1099-NEC. All other payments will continue to use Form 1099-MISC. Learn more about 1099-NEC. To be compliant with IRS […]
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Empowering global teams to deliver accessibility at Intuit
I believe accessibility in software is an important topic. Why? Because you would be hard pressed to find a person who doesn’t use electronic devices and the software that runs them every day. Accessibility means these software users can obtain, utilize, or understand this software easily, but it’s a fact that accessibility is not always […]
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"Giving Tuesday" is an opportunity to "give back"
Today, Dec. 1, is “Giving Tuesday,” an annual day to give back and make a difference to millions of people who need support. There are a lot of ways to give back, right in your own community and across the world. Just recently, for example, the top QuickBooks® Solutions Provider Partner of the Year Award […]
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The most common misconceptions about developers
Heard any good developer jokes lately? How about the one where the SQL query went into a bar, walks up to two tables, and asks, “May I join you?” There are plenty more where that came from, and plenty of developer stereotypes and misconceptions to go with it, so we asked Intuit® developers about one […]
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Survey Raffle Sweepstakes
The following official rules are for a Survey Raffle Sweepstakes related to a raffle drawing for gift cards to fill out a SurveyMonkey questionnaire on a potential new integration platform called AppConnect. Survey Raffle Sweepstakes(the “Promotion”)OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. OPEN LEGAL US RESIDENTS, WHO ARE 18 YEARS OR OLDER. Employees (and their immediate families […]
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5 reasons we're obsessed with accountants – and why developers should know
Developers actually have more in common with accountants than first meets the eye. For example, developers and accountants both embrace technology to solve various issues. In this article first published on the Firm of the Future blog on Nov. 10 in honor of International Accounting Day, Amy Murphy discusses why Intuit is obsessed with accountants: […]
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How developers improve their mental health
According to a recent joint news release by the World Health Organization (WHO), United for Global Mental Health, and the World Federation for Mental Health, almost 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder. That’s a lot of people. “Mental disorder” sounds scary, but the term means a disorder that affects your mood, thinking, […]