“Bench helped me replace QuickBooks, and save about 6 hours per month of horrible accounting work, which is priceless.”

CHRIS RONZIO

CEO, TRAINUAL
“This is the first year where it’s tax season and I don’t feel anxious one bit.”

DR. BUKKY KOLAWOLE

FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RELATIONSHIP HQ
“Bench has lifted a giant weight off my shoulders and freed up my time so I can focus on earning money and working with clients, meetings and calls.”

HEATHER SHOLL

FOUNDER, THE VILLAGES GYM

See How Bench Works

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

Before Bench
You manage your books yourself
Inaccurate books prone to human error
Struggle with complex accounting software & spreadsheets
Late tax filing penalties and missed tax deductions
With Bench
Experts handle your books saving you time and money
Accurate and up-to-date books ready for tax-filing
Easy-to-use accounting software made for business owners
File on time with confidence and maximize your tax returns

Ditch Quickbooks & Spreadsheets 👋

“I just dumped Quickbooks online in favor of Bench. Now I have logical, penny-perfect business accounting, I love it.”

- JON SMEJKAL, FOUNDER,

THE OCD TRONIC

“Bench has taken Quickbooks and turned it on its head. Without Bench, my company couldn’t have grown as quickly as it has in its first year.”

- CYNTHIA HUCHINGSON, Founder,

CYNEX CONSULTING

“Better than Quickbooks and a bookkeeper. I have to do very little work to have my books reconciled every month and have all the numbers ready for tax time.”

- hillary carey, OWNER,

WINNOW RESEARCH

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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."

1/5

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.”

2/5

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.”

3/5

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.’”

4/5

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"

5/5

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