2026 QuickBooks Accountant Council applications are open!

The accountant perspective shapes everything we build at Intuit. As the industry moves through the most significant transformation in a generation, that perspective has never mattered more. We believe that we build better solutions for accounting firms and the businesses they serve when we build them together—and Accountant Council is where that work happens most directly.

Accountant Council (formerly known as Partner Council) is an Intuit-wide event, and one of the most important ways we embed accountants into our company strategy, from cradle to launch. It is a small, deliberately selected group from about 20 firms across the country who partner with teams across the company to shape our roadmap, pressure-test our thinking, and help us get it right before we bring it to the wider profession.

Council members don't sit on the sidelines and react to finished products. They are in the room co-creating and making decisions with us.

This is also why a seat on Council carries real weight. When you join, you are not only representing your own firm; you are a representative of your peers and the hundreds of thousands of practitioners who use our platform. The feedback you give, the priorities you champion, and the influence you have on behalf of the profession directly influence what we ship and how we partner with the industry.

That responsibility is the heart of the role, and we take it as seriously as we hope you will.

What you do on Council

• Represent the profession to Intuit. Through in-depth, collaborative working sessions, you bring the accountant's voice, and the small- and mid-sized businesses they serve into the room representing diverse points of view, real workflows, and honest needs. You speak not just for your firm, but for your peers across the industry.
• Co-create the future. You'll work with the people building our products, including our executive team, to improve what exists today and co-author what comes next, including how we navigate AI's impact on the profession.
• Hold us accountable. Council members tell us what's working, what isn't, and what we need to fix before we ask the industry to adopt it. Candor is not just welcome here; it's critical to our success.
• Build a lasting community. You'll form deep bonds with Intuit leaders and with some of the most forward-thinking firm owners in the country. These are relationships that members consistently describe as career defining.
• Be a voice bridging Intuit and the industry. You'll help your peers understand where Intuit is headed, and help Intuit understand where the profession is headed.

You're a fit for Council if:

• You have a keen understanding of technology, embrace it, and are passionate about how it can improve your firm's and your clients' experiences across the Intuit platform, including how AI is reshaping the way firms work.
• You're a growing firm offering CAS or advisory solutions to small- and mid-sized businesses.
• You have deep, hands-on expertise across the QuickBooks ecosystem, and are comfortable with tools such as Zoom, Slack, and Google Workspace.
• You can speak credibly to your own workflows, and to the broader needs of your peers and the profession.
• You're prepared to enter into a multi-year agreement with Intuit. Council members are brought deep inside our product development and often see features more than a year before they reach the market. Council members are often featured in our storytelling to the industry. That level of access and visibility comes with a commensurate commitment: a 5-year non-disclosure agreement, along with a non-compete and a media release. We don't ask for this lightly. It's a reflection of how much trust and confidential insight the partnership involves, and it runs in both directions.
• You are based in the United States.
• You have the bandwidth to travel to Intuit's Mountain View, California campus twice a year for a three-day, in-person session, and can commit at least five hours a month to virtual collaboration with our teams between sessions.

This is a meaningful commitment. It is also, by the account of nearly everyone who has served, one of the most rewarding professional experiences of their career.

How to apply

Applications are open through August 7, 2026. The next Council convenes for its first in-person session the week of September 28, 2026, in Mountain View, so we encourage you to confirm your availability for that week before applying. If you're selected to move forward, you'll hear from us by email. Candidates who advance to the interview stage will meet with one or two members of the Intuit team to talk through your firm, perspective on the industry, and vision for the profession. Intuit reimburses travel and lodging for in-person sessions, and provides a daily rate for time spent on campus.

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"Being on Council expanded my perspective, relationships, opportunities, and confidence. Before Council, I had a vendor relationship with Intuit, vaguely aware of what was happening in their walls and totally in the dark on where their roadmap was taking them. I knew hardly anyone at Intuit besides my account rep and a few others. Now I can say, without reservation, that I have many lifelong friends at Intuit, across many departments, and my network across other firms has exploded as well.

I've tremendously enjoyed the chance to spend so much time with other firms owners and bonding in ways that will last for years. Council weeks are weeks and have long days, but it's immensely gratifying to spend a week telling Intuit how their product needs to change ... and go back six months later to see many of the changes in motion.

My time on Council was also timely. Many of my new goals around education coincided perfectly with Intuit's own, and because of my deepened connections, Council led to partnerships on shared visions that never would have been possible otherwise."

— Brittany Brown, CEO, LedgerGurus