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Intuit debuts enterprise suite for businesses

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Intuit announced the release of its new Intuit Enterprise Suite solution, described as a configurable suite of integrated financial products designed to address the needs of larger mid-market businesses with more complex needs as they scale. Intuit Enterprise Suite is now available in the U.S, to multi-entity, service and project-based businesses.

Using the new suite, businesses can manage their financial and accounting processes in one place with the ability to prepare consolidated or individual financial statements and handle intercompany transactions. Intuit Enterprise Suite also uses AI to automate planning tasks, including cash flow management, budgeting, and profit and loss forecasts. It also monitors business performance with reports and real-time dashboards.

Users can track real-time project profitability and performance with custom multidimensional reports and KPIs, including those designed specifically for the construction industry. The software syncs employee time data with payroll and projects and sets AI-powered KPIs with estimated targets compared to historical amounts. Intuit Enterprise Suite also flags when projects are off target with recommended actions to get them back on track.

The suite includes marketing and communications solutions, namely Mailchimp’s technology, to help users find, retain and manage customers through email and SMS campaigns and leverage customer data from QuickBooks to find untapped revenue opportunities. Businesses can build and generate personalized customer journeys with marketing automation and AI tools, as well as segment and manage audiences.

There is also an automated new-hire onboarding processes and access to health care, retirement and workers’ comp benefit offerings. Users can access integrated time-tracking features as well as automated payroll tax calculations, deductions and filings. Intuit said that soon it will also detect anomalies with AI to catch errors.

The suite supports instantly payable invoices plus accounts payable and receivable automation and reconciliation across entities. Financials are streamlined with the ability to create estimates, accept payments on the go, set up automatic invoice reminders and approvals, and handle payment issues with dispute protection.

Finally, the new solution offers users a direct line to assigned account and customer success managers and professional service experts. This includes access to guided setup and training and coordinated customer care and professional services to help identify and recommend a configurable solution that meets the needs of each business at every stage of growth.

“As businesses grow, so does the complexity of running their business,” said Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi. “Intuit Enterprise Suite fuels growth by helping customers run their business on one end-to-end business platform. This mid-market solution is powered by Intuit’s data and AI platform, boosting productivity through powerful automation, and unlocking business intelligence with actionable insights.”

The new product meets the needs of existing QuickBooks customers looking for more powerful functionality and will also include industry-specific customizations for construction, nonprofit, service and project-based businesses.

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Acting IRS commissioner reportedly replaced

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Gary Shapley, who was named only days ago as the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, is reportedly being replaced by Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender amid a power struggle between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Elon Musk.

The New York Times reported that Bessent was outraged that Shapley was named to head the IRS without his knowledge or approval and complained to President Trump about it. Shapley was installed as acting commissioner on Tuesday, only to be ousted on Friday. He first gained prominence as an IRS Criminal Investigation special agent and whistleblower who testified in 2023 before the House Oversight Committee that then-President Joe Biden’s son Hunter received preferential treatment during a tax-evasion investigation, and he and another special agent had been removed from the investigation after complaining to their supervisors in 2022. He was promoted last month to senior advisor to Bessent and made deputy chief of IRS Criminal Investigation. Shapley is expected to remain now as a senior official at IRS Criminal Investigation, according to the Wall Street Journal. The IRS and the Treasury Department press offices did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Faulkender was confirmed last month as deputy secretary at the Treasury Department and formerly worked during the first Trump administration at the Treasury on the Paycheck Protection Program before leaving to teach finance at the University of Maryland.

Faulkender will be the fifth head of the IRS this year. Former IRS commissioner Danny Werfel departed in January, on Inauguration Day, after Trump announced in December he planned to name former Congressman Billy Long, R-Missouri, as the next IRS commissioner, even though Werfel’s term wasn’t scheduled to end until November 2027. The Senate has not yet scheduled a confirmation hearing for Long, amid questions from Senate Democrats about his work promoting the Employee Retention Credit and so-called “tribal tax credits.” The job of acting commissioner has since been filled by Douglas O’Donnell, who was deputy commissioner under Werfel. However, O’Donnell abruptly retired as the IRS came under pressure to lay off thousands of employees and share access to confidential taxpayer data. He was replaced by IRS chief operating officer Melanie Krause, who resigned last week after coming under similar pressure to provide taxpayer data to immigration authorities and employees of the Musk-led U.S. DOGE Service. 

Krause had planned to depart later this month under the deferred resignation program at the IRS, under which approximately 22,000 IRS employees have accepted the voluntary buyout offers. But Musk reportedly pushed to have Shapley installed on Tuesday, according to the Times, and he remained working in the commissioner’s office as recently as Friday morning. Meanwhile, plans are underway for further reductions in the IRS workforce of up to 40%, according to the Federal News Network, taking the IRS from approximately 102,000 employees at the beginning of the year to around 60,000 to 70,000 employees.

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On the move: EY names San Antonio office MP

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Carr, Riggs & Ingram appoints CFO and chief legal officer; TSCPA hosts accounting bootcamp; and more news from across the profession.

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Tech news: Certinia announces spring release

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Certinia announces spring release; Intuit acquires tech and experts from fintech Deserve; Paystand launches feature to navigate tariffs; and other accounting tech news and updates.

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