Xero's Chaotic Week: AI Backlash, DIY Filing & Price Rises | Tech Labs

This week on Tech Labs, Aaron Patrick is joined by Charlie Khan (QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Facebook Group) and Simon Williams (Software Advisory Manager, Walton Smith) to unpack the biggest accounting tech stories of the month.Xero has had one of its roughest weeks in memory — a viral influencer post claiming you can "replace your accountant with Xero and AI" sparked a backlash across the profession, followed swiftly by the rollout of DIY company accounts filing straight to end clients, and then an auto-sent management report pack that went out to clients without warning (Aaron owns up to getting some of the details wrong in his own viral post about it).Elsewhere: Capium's new pricing structure gets compared favourably against some of the industry's less generous price rises, the QuickBooks mobile app gets a long-overdue overhaul, Apron payments lands natively inside QuickBooks, and Aaron gives a big shout-out to Sage Embedded Services with Tide as one to watch. Plus: should accountants be offering more consultancy services, and a look at new CIS invoicing tools in TaxSolo.Timestamps below.Tech Labs airs live on the second Wednesday of every month at 12:30 — join us live to get involved in the chat. Subscribe for more from Ask the Accountant, and check out The QuickBooks Chap for weekly QuickBooks content.#AccountingTech #Xero #QuickBooks #MakingTaxDigital #AccountingSoftware #Bookkeeping