QuickBooks February 2026 Releases: Bank Feeds, AI Deductions, and IES Construction Tools
Alicia recaps Intuit's February ProAdvisor In the Know webinar, covering a packed slate of product updates across QuickBooks Online, Intuit Enterprise Suite, and the newly renamed Intuit Accountant Suite. Highlights include a new Affirm Buy Now Pay Later option appearing on invoices, major bank feed customization improvements, an AI-powered deduction maximizer for business owners, and new construction-specific tools in IES. Intuit also teased a July launch of AI agents that will handle tasks like invoicing, payment tracking, and book reconciliation — though details remain scarce.
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- In the Know Slide Deck: https://staticassets.goldcast.io/public_images/organization/c1847aac-670a-476f-9c63-ad93ce43b7eb/yq4uYaZUSYqvQm6KaCIZ_February2026_ProAdvisor_InTheKnow_Handout.pdf
- Partner Webinars (Double & Method upcoming): https://eventhub.goldcast.io/?eventHubId=15cc4a3e-96eb-4910-973c-45f143b60e60
- Canny for product feedback: http://intuit.canny.io
- Customer Hubba-Hubba (our episode about the new Customer Hub): www.uqb.show/107
- Dan and Alicia deep dive into Intuit Accountant Accelerate and Books Close: www.uqb.show/130
Alicia’s current classes:- Tricky Situations: http://royl.ws/QBOtricks?affiliate=5393907
- Next-level Accrual Accounting: http://royl.ws/NextLevelAccounting?affiliate=5393907
- 10 Best Practices in QBO: http://royl.ws/QBO-Best-Practices?affiliate=5393907
- QBO Hacks (Tips & Tricks) http://royl.ws/QBOHacks?affiliate=5393907
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- (00:00) - Welcome to The Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast
- (03:21) - Upcoming Partner Webinars (Double & Method) + Why They Matter
- (04:08) - New Invoice Payment Option: Affirm ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ in QuickBooks
- (07:51) - Product Innovations Kickoff: Intuit Enterprise Suite February Releases Overview
- (14:29) - Inventory & Order Management Upgrades: Item Receipts, Valuation Methods, Sales Orders
- (22:02) - Workflow Automation Improvements: Parallel Approvals + Audit Trails + Dimensions
- (23:32) - Business Intelligence in QBO: Modern Reports + Calculated Fields Without Excel
- (23:58) - Intuit Intelligence (ChatGPT-Powered): Ask Questions About Your Books + Prompt Limits/Pricing
- (26:39) - Bank Feeds Updates: New Experience Rollout Timeline & Why to Adopt Early
- (28:29) - Bank Feed Fix: Warn When Payee Is Blank (1099s & Clean Vendor Lists)
- (30:05) - Navigate Tons of Accounts Faster: Searchable Bank/Credit Card Dropdown
- (31:12) - Drag-and-Drop Receipts + Check Image Attachments That Now Carry Through Matches
- (37:24) - Performance Boosts + Poll Results: Is the New Banking Feed Ready for Prime Time?
- (39:23) - Business Tax AI: Deduction Maximizer & Where to Find It in QBO
- (52:43) - What’s Next: Intuit Podcasts, Intuit Connect, and July’s Mysterious AI Agents
- (55:17) - Wrap-Up & Training Plug: Tricky Situations, Accrual Accounting, and Upcoming Classes
Creators and Guests
Host
Alicia Katz Pollock, MAT
Alicia Katz Pollock, MAT is the CEO at Royalwise Solutions, Inc.. As a Top 50 Women in Accounting, Top 10 ProAdvisor, and member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, Alicia is a popular speaker at QuickBooks Connect and Scaling New Heights. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching, with several QuickBooks books on Amazon. Her Royalwise OWLS (On-Demand Web-based Learning Solutions) at learn.royalwise.com is a NASBA CPE-approved QBO and Apple training portal for accounting firms, bookkeepers, and business owners.