Bookkeeping

Is there anyone here with a US LLC / Inc? What're the average charges to file taxes with very minimal transactions? I've been quoted $500 per year. I would like to know if that's the average if anyone of y'all have done this before.  Thanks in advance 
I'm currently in the process of figuring out how to do bookkeeping for my Stripe transactions My accountant asked if it was possible to charge a default 21% Dutch tax for some transactions where Stripe Tax shows 0% Is this possible?
I've finally started to make some revenue from my side projects and my stripe notifications are giving a dopamine hit that only CRA can object.  Wondering if I should wait for more consistent revenue before registering as a company. I'm confused about Taxes and CPP and EI as an indie hacker.  A...
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Going freelance full-time in it and moving around as a digital nomad, I would love to find an accountant that is specialized for a few things. Maybe somebody had a great experience and can recommend one? • Germany-based or compliant • Expert for freelancers • Knowledgable about Digital Nomading P...
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I am using Gmail APIs to read user's inbox with offline access so that my tool can extract receipts and automatically categorise them to make life easier. Google's telling me that I need at least 100+ users to go through the review process. But, I can't quite get there with a big red warning mes...
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Hi! We were having a discussion today about using MoRs and Stripe. I'm not a fan of MoRs, as you are not the actual seller. However, they do offer incredible benefits when it comes to administration. How does this work out for those who use Stripe (which are many indie hackers)?
Hey friends, As your businesses grow, how hard it is for you to reach out to (and maintain the connection with) trustworthy tax agents who know very well about indie makers/nomads’ life? Would it be hard to find tax agents to take care of your indie businesses’ tax housekeeping? Would love to h...
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Hi everyone :) I'm about to roll out my current product in public in a few days. I plan on charging for the product in USD, as that's seems like what all SaaS companies generally do. My company is registered in Norway though, so I have up until now kept NOK as the Stripe currency. Are there im...
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When I previously ran Chocolab, an ecommerce business with staff, I used QuickBooks and hired a bookkeeper and accountant so I could review my profit and loss ect. Now that I am mainly working on a bunch of lower revenue projects as an indie hacker, I need a way to keep track of expenses and inc...
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There are some products out there like recurly, chargebee and stripe has stripe billing, does anyone use any of those for subscription management?
I've used Stripe on other projects, but it's kind of a hassle to deal with taxes and VAT yourself. I was thinking to use Paddle for RSSMailer. Anyone has any opinions on Paddle or other suggestions?
The product I'm working on is not subscription based but still I would like to send invoices to my customers after they paid online. I'm using Stripe. Do you know how I could automatically send invoices by email, with Stripe or with a 3rd party solution? Thanks :)
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I want to create a developer-oriented invoicing and quote generating website. Idea would be to integrate Google Sheets + being able to add custom CSS. I see a lot of people using Google sheets for calculations and copy pasting it into InDesign. I was thinking of making something with a better w...
I think it's time for me to open my US bank account. I work with US clients, sell stuff in USD, buy things in USD. I pay international transaction fees or conversion fees every time money moves. That's really sucks. Time to stop it. I know a program where Japanese can open my Union Bank accoun...
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What specific app do you use, if any? Do you use a spreadsheet instead? Do you do your taxes yourself or outsource? Anything related to the above...