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Categories/Tax & Accounting/Bench
Bench

Bench

Founded by JP Durrios in 2012

Manage small business bookkeeping and file annual taxes with dedicated financial professionals

Pricing model

Paid

Rating

★ Positive

Time to value

< 10 Hours

You can use Bench to handle your monthly bookkeeping and business tax filings with assigned professional bookkeepers. The service reconciles your bank and credit card accounts, imports transactions automatically, and produces monthly financial statements like balance sheets and income reports. If you have fallen behind on your accounting records, Bench offers catch-up bookkeeping to bring previous months or years up to date. You can also consult directly with licensed tax professionals who prepare and submit your annual federal and state business tax returns.

What Bench does

Reconcile monthly bank accountsFile corporate income taxesGenerate balance sheet reportsCategorize recurring credit card expensesReview monthly profit and loss statementsClean up historical backlogged accounting dataSchedule advisory calls with tax professionalsDedicated human bookkeeper assigned to manage your accountsMonthly transaction categorization and bank account reconciliationEnd-to-end federal and state business tax filingYear-round tax advisory calls with licensed professionalsCatch-up bookkeeping services for overdue historical recordsOnline financial portal with visual reporting dashboardsDirect support inside existing QuickBooks Online accounts

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Paid

PlanList price
Bookkeeping$399 / mo
Bookkeeping (paid yearly)$3,830 / yr total
Bookkeeping + Tax$649 / mo
Bookkeeping + Tax (paid yearly)$6,230 / yr total
Bookkeeping Light$199 / mo
Bookkeeping Light (paid yearly)$1,910 / yr total

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Michel Lieben

CEO @ ColdIQ

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