Hi there, @Tax Man. 

This is not the impression we want you to have when opening your company file in QuickBooks Desktop. Logging in to your Intuit account and verifying your identity helps you protect your data and your account. This is to make sure that you, and only you, can access your account. 

Also, QuickBooks is accounting software, it's necessary to have the credentials like the user and the password in compliance with the law.  As an alternative, you can select the option Remind me in 7 days to stop you from logging into the account.

For reference, feel free to check this article: Intuit account – Why now for QuickBooks Desktop?. 

On the other hand, you might want to change the login setting to can stay logged in to your QBDT file without having to enter a username and password. For the detailed steps, check out this link: Stay logged in to the QuickBooks company file.

I've also attached this helpful resource for guidance in managing your data safely and easily: Access and manage your data from the One Intuit Account Manager.

Please let me know if you have any other follow up questions about this. I'm always here in the Community to help. Have a great day ahead.