Re:Ask HN: How do YC startups handle company taxes?
by ezekg on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @12:53PM
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I've been using Bench for bookkeeping and taxes this year, but I wouldn't recommend them. I feel every time I speak to my team, it's a different person and they all ask the same questions. Their UX and notification system is also very frustrating; I find myself receiving notifications to "review transactions" when there are no transactions to review. I pay $500/mo, and I paid a few $k to "catch up" on my books when onboarding. I will likely go with a local CPA next year.
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Re:Ask HN: How do YC startups handle company taxes?
by Mockapapella on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:17PM
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Same experience with Bench. I'd describe their onboarding experience as almost "white glove", but there are some serious synchronization issues going on on their backend that is making the experience confusing. Despite that, I've had much worse experiences with CPAs so I'm gonna stick with them for now and see if things go better next year once there isn't any catch up work to do.
Re:Ask HN: How do YC startups handle company taxes?
by alvivanco on Thursday March 14, 2024 @03:02PM
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would love to speak with you (email or call) to learn about these issues.
From my experience, lots of startups end up with a shitty service because at the end of the day, the provider does not care about keeping the company in check.