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Re: Bench accounting services shutting down

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Post by wdaher »

porter wrote: post #50
aimazon wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess we now know that the price of a bookkeeping and tax preparation service that won’t shut down without warning is the 2x pilot are charging of what bench were charging.

You don't know they won't shut down. And how does this compare to a local accounting firm?

Price should be comparable to a high-quality local provider, but if that's not what you're seeing, I'd love to know that.

Re: Bench accounting services shutting down

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Post by dceddia »

Wow, what a shock. I cancelled my account just days before the annual renewal earlier this month. I feel for all of the small businesses this is going to hurt. The service had been getting worse for an while and the last straw was when they sent an email saying the year-end financial report would be ready by April 10th, 5 days before the tax deadline.

I’m gonna have a go with plain text accounting for the bookkeeping for a bit. Looking at what Bench was doing, and my books in general not being too complicated I think it’ll be fine, maybe better actually because I’ll have a closer eye on things. Still using a CPA to file taxes though.

Re: Bench accounting services shutting down

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Post by bagelss »

arjawn wrote: post #87

Hey, Arjun here, CEO of doola (Business-in-a-Box for LLCs) (YC S20) If you are a solopreneur or run an Ecom business and are looking for support with dedicated bookkeeping (including a human bookkeeper), check out https://www.doola.com/bookkeeping/ Happy to support anyone looking for help with bookkeeping + business tax filings for their business going into the new year (we support Non-US tax filings as well if you a…

I’m interested in migrating over. We have one account in GBP currency, can you handle this too? It’s with wise.com. Do you over 2024 catch up too?

Re: Bench accounting services shutting down

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Post by ihaveanaupair »

bagelss wrote: post #70

Does anyone have experience with Kick.co? It seems more self-managed with AI. I don’t want to migrate to another company that’s just going to close again despite being well funded. 7 years with bench and just renewed the annual plan last month. Seems like it’s unlikely we’ll see any refund for the 11 months remaining. Very frustrating to have to mirage somewhere else and pay for 2024 catch up.

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