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The stressful days of do-it-yourself finances are over. Bench gives you a dedicated bookkeeper and intuitive financial software to manage your bookkeeping and taxes for youâso you can focus on running your business.
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Trusted by 25,000+ American small business owners
CHRIS RONZIO
DR. BUKKY KOLAWOLE
HEATHER SHOLL
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Why choose Bench?
Unlimited expert support
A dedicated bookkeeper
We'll connect you with one of our expert bookkeepers located in North America. They'll get to know your business, and deliver monthly books and year end financials that are accurate, up-to-date, and compliant with U.S. laws and regulations.
Easy to schedule review calls
Book a call with your bookkeeper directly through the Bench platform. Whether itâs a tax season review call or a monthly check-in, weâre always happy to talk shop.
Tax season, minus the stress
Update your tax filing experience
Tax time stress isnât limited to tax season. Our experts work together to get your books IRS compliant and maximize your income tax returns so you can file with confidence.
From year-round bookkeeping to unlimited tax advisory support, our Premium plan has you covered.
Get filed, fast
Bench is the fastest solution for small businesses to get their books completed and taxes filedâminimizing late filing penalties as much as possible.
Real-time financial insights
Crystal clear financial statements and reports
See what your money is up to in real-time. Your income statement, balance sheet, and visual reports provide the data you need to grow your business.
Simple to use anytime and anywhere
Forget about spending hours learning new software. The Bench platform makes it super simple to view your financials, update information, or check in with your dedicated bookkeeper.
Bench integrates with your favorite small business tools
We sync seamlessly with your financial accounts and tools to keep your books up-to-date and save you the time and effort of manually uploading documents.
Simple, straightforward pricing for everything your business needs.
Join over 35,000 US-based business owners who have streamlined their finances and have grown their businesses with Bench.
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Bookkeeping
billed annually. 100% tax deductible.
Bookkeeping & Tax
billed annually. 100% tax deductible.
Bookkeeping
billed monthly. 100% tax deductible.
Bookkeeping & Tax
billed monthly. 100% tax deductible.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We donât sync your financial data from any other bookkeeping software.
We use our own proprietary software to complete your books. You wonât need any other software to work with Benchâwe do everything within our easy-to-use platform.
QuickBooks, Xero and other do-it-yourself bookkeeping software give you a tool to do your own bookkeeping and taxes. Bench does your bookkeeping and taxes for you.
If youâre switching from QuickBooks, weâll work from your closing balances to do your bookkeeping going forward. If youâre not sure whether your closing balances are accurate, we recommend chatting with one of our Onboarding Specialists about Catch Up bookkeeping.
We use our own proprietary software to complete your books. The Bench bookkeeping platform is easy-to-use and you wonât need any other software to work with Benchâwe do everything within the platform.
Every report accessible in the Bench platform can be exported to an Excel file for easy sharing with anyone from business partners to accountants.
Your bookkeeper reconciles your accounts, categorizes your transactions, and produces your financial statements. They also make adjustments to your books to ensure theyâre tax-compliant. Occasionally your bookkeeper might need your input on things like categorizing a transaction properly, but we try our best to make bookkeeping as hands-off as possible for you.
You can also book a call with your bookkeeper (or send them a message) whenever youâd like. Thereâs no extra fee or hourly charges for supportâweâre always happy to nerd out about bookkeeping and your financial statements.
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Shortly after you sign up, weâll give you a call to learn more about your business and bookkeeping needs. On this call, weâll connect your accounts to Bench, and gather any extra documentation we need to complete your books.
Once we have everything set up, weâll complete a month of your bookkeeping. Our bookkeepers reconcile your accounts, categorize your transactions, and make necessary adjustments to your books. The end result is a set of accurate financial statementsâan income statement and a balance sheet.
Yep! You can add any amount of Catch Up bookkeeping to a standard Bench plan. No matter how far behind you are (yes, even years behind), we can get you caught up quickly.
If youâre several years behind on your bookkeeping and taxes, you can get caught up and filed with Catch Up Bookkeeping.
We use Plaid, which lets you securely connect your financial accounts to Bench in seconds. This feature saves you the time and effort of manually uploading documents.
We connect with Stripe, Square, Shopify, PayPal, and Amazon. By connecting your payment processor, all of your transactions are automatically synced to Benchâs platform.
We also support clients that use other merchant processors. Weâll work with you to connect accounts and pull the data we need to reconcile your books.
There are some times that weâll request documents from you (like account statements or receipts), just to ensure the information we have is correct. If you need to share files with your bookkeeping team, itâs as simple as uploading a file. Weâll take care of the rest.
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Yes, weâll prep and file your taxes for you as part of our Bookkeeping & Tax plan!
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Once your bookkeeper completes your year end financials, your dedicated Tax Coordinator and Bench Tax Advisor will facilitate the preparation, review, and filing of your income tax return. When itâs ready, weâll reach out to you for the âall clear.â Then, weâll file your taxes and pull funds directly from your account to pay any applicable taxes.
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And since tax time stress isnât limited to tax season, year-round tax advisory services comes standard. Our licensed tax professionals are on hand for all your tax planning needs. With check-ins throughout the year, your tax team leaves no deductions behind.
Leave your bookkeeping and taxes to the professionals
Sign up today and weâll do one prior month of your bookkeeping and prepare a set of financial statements for free, valued at $299.