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CHRIS RONZIO
DR. BUKKY KOLAWOLE
HEATHER SHOLL
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Make tax season a breeze
Eliminate tax season stress with year-round tax advisory services
Maximize your tax returns and get year-round tax support from licensed tax advisors
Minimize late filing penalties and file confidently on time
Track your finances in real-time
Ditch complex do-it-yourself accounting software (Quickbooks) and spreadsheets for Bench's user-friendly bookkeeping platform
Track all your income and expenses to make real-time business decisions
Get a 360° financial view with P&L, balance sheets, 1099 reporting and more
Save the time and effort of manually uploading documents
Automate financial data coming in by connecting your accounts to Bench in seconds via Plaid
Integrate with Stripe, Shopify, Gusto, Square, Paypal & more
Bench and Plaid ensure your financials are secure with SOC-2 compliance
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Ditch Quickbooks & Spreadsheets 👋
- JON SMEJKAL, FOUNDER,
THE OCD TRONIC
- CYNTHIA HUCHINGSON, Founder,
CYNEX CONSULTING
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WINNOW RESEARCH
The reasons to choose Bench are clear
Join America's largest online bookkeeping and tax service for small business owners.
10+
hours saved spent on bookkeeping every month
95%
of customers feel less stressed when Bench does their bookkeeping
90%
of customers say Bench has made tax season easier for them
15%
in cost savings using Bench compared to another bookkeeper
1 million+
months of books completed
87%
of customers believe Bench has made them a better business owner
Bench has helped 25,000+ U.S. small business owners simplify their accounting
How Bench Helped Transform Taylor Tieman's Legal Practice
"I tried doing my numbers and filing taxes myself, and then I continued to try, and I just was like, I'm spending way too much time being miserable doing this."
- Taylor Tiemen, Founder at Taylor Tiemen, ESQ
How Bench Accounting Transformed Her Business Financials and Boosted Growth
“As an entrepreneur, I think it’s so important to spend the time that you do have on things that make you feel excited, and more present with the business you have... And for Bench, it was like, heck yes.”
- Kamila Gorina, Founder at Heart Behind The Hustle
Violet Moon Jewelry Blossoms Under the Wing of Bench's Financial Guidance
“Along the way I listened to several entrepreneurial podcasts and audiobooks, just trying to learn as I go, and what I kept hearing was: ‘Do what lights you up—stay in your zone of genius.’ So for me, that’s not bookkeeping, because even though I have a financial background I’m not a professional,” she said. “And I’m so proud of this: I started working with Bench even before I quit my day job.”
- Jessica Irwin, Founder at Violet Moon Jewelry
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How NuMarket Partnered with Bench and Gusto to Support Crowdfunding for Restaurants
“It’s amazing that things can get automatically categorized, and that there’s someone messaging me if there’s something they’re not sure is in the right place,” he says. “Instead of waking up every morning and going, ‘Ok, where are my books?’ you can just log into Bench and say, ‘Here are my books.’”
- Ross Chanowski, Founder at NuMarket
How Bench Helped Hungry Medium Owner Kat Niambi Regain Control of Her Finances
“All the financial stuff. No one wants to deal with it when they’re an entrepreneur. You just don’t want to deal with it. You guys are doing all the work for me. I’m the big thinker. I’m the strategist. I follow the rules, and I feel so secure"
Kat Niambi, Founder of The Hungry Medium
Frequently Asked Questions
We don’t sync your financial data from any other bookkeeping software.
We use our own proprietary software to complete your books. You won’t need any other software to work with Bench—we 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 you’re switching from QuickBooks, we’ll work from your closing balances to do your bookkeeping going forward. If you’re 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. You won’t need any other software to work with Bench—we 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 they’re 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 you’d like. There’s no extra fee or hourly charges for support—we’re always happy to nerd out about bookkeeping and your financial statements.
Shortly after you sign up, we’ll give you a call to learn more about your business and bookkeeping needs. On this call, we’ll connect your accounts to Bench, and gather any extra documentation we need to complete your books.
Once we have everything set up, we’ll 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 statements—an income statement and a balance sheet.
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 Bench’s platform.
We also support clients that use other merchant processors. We’ll work with you to connect accounts and pull the data we need to reconcile your books.
There are some times that we’ll 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, it’s as simple as uploading a file. We’ll take care of the rest.
Yes, we’ll prep and file your taxes for you as part of our Bookkeeping & Tax plan!
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 it’s ready, we’ll reach out to you for the “all clear.” Then, we’ll file your taxes and pull funds directly from your account to pay any applicable taxes.
And since tax time stress isn’t 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 we’ll do one prior month of your bookkeeping and prepare a set of financial statements for free, valued at $299.