June 2025 QuickBooks Updates | Inventory, Square Integration, and What's Coming

QuickBooks is making inventory accessible to Simple Start and Essentials users with a new standalone $40/month module, while simultaneously upgrading their Square connector with faster transaction processing and sales tax tracking. Matthew and Alicia dive into the details of these changes, explore the underutilized Mineral HR platform that comes free with premium payroll, and preview the upcoming AI agents and new dashboard interface rolling out this fall. Sponsors (00:00) - Welcome to The Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast (00:59) - QuickBooks Inventory Module Update (10:11) - New Square Connector Features (16:22) - Mineral HR Platform Overview (20:55) - Updating Employee Handbooks (23:30) - Algorithm for Personalized Suggestions (24:43) - Navigating Client Subscriptions (25:19) - Future Features and Revenue Share (28:11) - AI Agents and Upcoming Features (31:09) - New QuickBooks Dashboard (37:11) - Training and Resources for New Interface (39:44) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts Resources LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14630719/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UnofficialQuickBooksPodcast Email: unofficialquickbookspodcast@gmail.com QuickBooks Toolkit for Accountants: http://digitalasset.intuit.com/render/content/dam/intuit/sbsegcs/en_us/quickbooks-online-accountant/documents/Accountants-Toolkit-FY25.pdf?cid=dig_fus_mof_fotf_qbo_na_inlk_testid_eng_us Intuit Connect: Intuit Connect: The premier accounting event Firm of the Future Article about Inventory Changes: https://www.firmofthefuture.com/product-update/june-2025-mpu/#labels In the Know Handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19_buvOkw2MfHzMepQQLjiKiB5mLsSpf2/view?usp=share_link Partner Council applications are now open: https://www.firmofthefuture.com/partner-council/partner-council-applications-open/ Alicia and Matthew: Alicia’s QBO Hands-on Training course: http://royl.ws/QBO-complete?affiliate=5393907 QB Power Hour: Join Matthew “Spot” Fulton and Dan Delong live every other Tuesday at 9:00am PST | 12:00pm EST https://www.qbpowerhour.com/ QB Community Live Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/qbcommunitylive Connect with Matthew: https://facebook.com/spotycus https://youtube.com/parkwayinc https://instagram.com/spotycus https://twitter.com/spotycus https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkwayinc/ Sign up to Earmark to earn free CPE for listening to this podcast https://www.earmark.app/onboarding