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Re:Show HN: Painless1099 – automated self-employment taxes by tommynicholas on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:04PM (#11529815)
Each account is a separate, FDIC insured account held with Lincoln Savings Bank. Your account is your account, there is no money pooling done. Painless 1099 is a front end to that account to let you do various things automatically and easily.

Does that make sense? I suppose technically just like your accountant could steal your money because they have access to your accounts there's some risk but not really.

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Re:Show HN: Painless1099 – automated self-employment taxes by tdicola on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @04:08PM (#11529856)
Perfect, thanks for clarifying! Yeah it wasn't really obvious if this is an account Painless 1099 owns or the user owns. Thanks!
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Re:Show HN: Painless1099 – automated self-employment taxes by acallwood on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @05:44PM (#11530716)
Hi gents - a little late to the party here, but yeah, tommynicholas is absolutely right here. We help you open an account with our bank (Lincoln Savings Bank) and your money goes into an account in your name at LSB. If anything were to happen (heaven forbid) this cash is secure and guaranteed.

If anything, you could make a solid case about a bank going out of business before anything. But all jokes aside, before building anything, security of funds is something we made sure our users feel really good about and we found a great partner to make sure your accounts and deposits are insured!

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